Sir Walter Scott The Black Dwarf And A Legend Of Montrose, Old Mortality, and The Antiquary

Sir Walter Scott The Fortunes of Nigel and The Heart Of Midlothian

Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe and Quentin Durward

Sir Walter Scott The Monastery and The Pirate

Sir Walter Scott The Betrothed and The Fair Maid Of Perth

Charles Dickens Dombey And Son, Chapman and Hall publishers, n.d.

Charles Dickens' Little Folks, 1878 John R Anderson, publisher, illustrated by Whitney & Jocelyn and Darley

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.

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.

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.

Mistress Masham's Repose, by T. H. White

Something Light by Margery Sharp

A comedic novel from 1960. No illustrator is credited, but "jacket design" is credited to Ira Goldblatt.

Hot Countries by Alec Waugh

An interesting travel book from 1930, despite the casual racism typical of the time.

Three Prayers for Children

The Opened Shutters

The Harvester

Heidi Grows Up

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.

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.

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!