Monday, June 11, 2012

Beginner's Handbook Of Chemistry by John Howard Appleton, 1888

Illustrations from a 19th Century chemistry textbook, artist uncredited.

Beginner's Handbook Of Chemistry by John Howard Appleton, 1888

Illustrations from a 19th Century chemistry textbook, artist uncredited.

Beginner's Handbook Of Chemistry by John Howard Appleton, 1888

Illustrations from a 19th Century chemistry textbook, artist uncredited.

Beginner's Handbook Of Chemistry by John Howard Appleton, 1888

Illustrations from a 19th Century chemistry textbook, artist uncredited.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865




SURVIVORS OF JUDGE ANDREWS'S HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS, PHOTOGRAPHED 1903

Forget-me-nots of the Civil War; A Romance, Containing Reminiscences and Original Letters of Two Confederate Soldiers



I'm raiding an online archive for this and subsequent images. So, they are smaller, and I may not be able to find out who the illustrator is.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Magic Dials: The story of radio and television



This is interesting, because it's a book about television from 1939. Some of you may recognize the name Lowell Thomas, too. Sorry the cover is too big for my scanner, but you get the gist.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Alfons Mucha postcards, more



Alfons Mucha postcards

Still testing out my new HP scanner...



Yes, I'm still here...

My Visioneer scanner turned out to be incompatible with my new computer and its Windows Vista operating system. So I finally decided to replace it, with an HP Scanjet G4010. Here are some vintage postcard reproductions of Alfons Mucha, to inaugurate it. As always, click on the images for a bigger view, since I've scanned them large.





Friday, August 8, 2008

Whereabouts Unknown


...by Mrs. Baille Reynolds. A potboiler from 1931, illustrator not credited. Please comment if you know who it is.

Alice of Old Vincennes


"Don't shoot til they're nigh enough!"




A historical thriller of the old Franco-American Northwest frontier, written in 1900 by Maurice Thompson. The illustrations are by F. C. Yohn

The Treasure Train



Frontispiece from The Treasure Train, by Arthur B. Reeve. The artist is uncredited, and I can't make out the signature, although it may say "Will Foster". Please leave a comment if you recognize him.

Update: It is Will Foster, I found out, thanks to this nifty signature bank.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Pandora



Elsewhere on the web, Arthur B. Reeve is credited as having invented the first "scientific" hero of detective novels. I unfortunately can't find any information on who the illustrator of this cover is. If you know, please leave me a comment!