Drawn Blank: A Novel by Ada Maria Jocelyn, 1892.

From Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life by Benjamin Brierley, 1882.

"The matrimonial duet turned into a trio," from Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat, in Dicks' English Library of Standard Works, 1884.

Here's precursor to decorative adhesive strips, from The National and Domestic History of England by William Hickman Smith Aubrey, 1878.  The caption reads, "Lady's face with patches."

Here's a blooming halo from Iconographie Chrétienne by Adolphe Napoléon Didron, 1843.

From Le Sang des Dieux by Jean Lorrain, 1920.

In this graph from Advanced Calculus by Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1911), we learn a lot about how stationery is related.  A1, A2, and A3 are, of course, paper sizes.  The X and O at the bottom of the graph stand for kisses and hugs.

Here's a precuror to the cliche of a film director framing a scene with his fingers.  From Первое путешествіе въ аѳонскіе монастыри и скиты въ 1845(-1846) году.

You've heard of people who have "been there, done that."  Here's exactly where "there" is.  We'll leave what "that" entailed to your imagination.  From Fair Diana by Wanderer and illustrated by Georgina Bowers, 1884.

It's a fine line Where Ghosts Walk by Marion Harland, 1898.

Here's a precursor to the "let your fingers do the walking" ad campaign, from The Home Library by Arthur Penn, 1883.  This one goes out to all the E.J.s of the world.

From The Works of Charles Dickens, Household Edition.