The MFLIBRA Reference Archive
This archive preserves a selection of rare and antiquarian books previously handled by MFLIBRA over the years. Though these volumes have found new homes, their bibliographical record remains part of the continuing history of the book.
2025 Rare Book by van Sandwyk - Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah, A Tale of One Elephant
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant & Three Continents.Publisher: Vanc...
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2025 Rare Book by van Sandwyk - Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant & Three Continents.Publisher: Vanc...
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1881 Italian Vellum Book - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy
Author: Dante Alighieri. Commentary by Pietro Fraticelli.Title: La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri col comento di Pietro Fraticelli.Publisher: F...
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2014 Rare Book - Long Ago in Bangalore, One Lovely Poem by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Long Ago in Bangalore: Six Bookplates, Four Bookmarks, and One Lovely Poem by Charles van Sandwyk.Language: Text...
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1905 Rare Edwardian illustrated edition - Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Title: Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, John F. Shaw & Co., 48 Paternoster Row, [circa 1905]. Language: Text in ...
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2019 Signed First Edition - Alice in Wonderland, Charles van Sandwyk Illustrator
Author: Lewis Carroll. Charles van Sandwyk, illustrator.Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrations by Charles van San...
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1876 Rare Victorian Book - The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
Author: Lewis Carroll. (Henry Holiday, illustrator).Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits.Publisher: London: Macmillan and Co., ...
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1997 First Edition - Charles van Sandwyk’s Pocket Guide to the Little People
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Van Sandwyk’s Pocket Guide to the Little People.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press, 1997. First Edition...
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1925 Rare Book - The Little Green Road to Fairyland by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Author: Annie R. Rentoul and Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.Title: The Little Green Road to Fairyland.Publisher: London: A. & C. Black Ltd., 1925. Secon...
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2015 Rare First Edition - Tree Whispers, Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Tree Whispers.Publisher: North Vancouver, Savuti Press, 2015. First Edition. Printed offset (600 copies).Languag...
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1847 Victorian Fortune Telling Book - Oracles from the Poets by Caroline Gilman
Author: Caroline GilmanTitle: Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room.Publisher: New York & London: Wiley and Putnam,...
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1875 Rare Book - Christina Rossetti's Poems, with Goblin Market, Illustrated
Author: Christina G. Rossetti.Title: Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems. With four designs by D. G. Rossetti.Publisher: London, M...
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1911 Rare Edition - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald, Illustrated
Author: George MacDonald. Illustrated by Helen Stratton.Title: The Princess and the Goblin. With Twelve Full-Page Illustrations in Colour and Thirt...
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1881 First Edition - The May Blossom; or, The Princess and Her People
Author: Marion M. Wingrave. Illustrated by H. H. Emmerson.Title: The May Blossom; or, The Princess and Her People.Publisher: London, Frederick Warn...
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1867 Rare Color Illustrated Book - Out of the Heart by Hans Christian Andersen
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by H. W. Dulcken, Ph.D. Illustrated with engravings by the Brothers Dalziel.Title: Out of the Heart: Sp...
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2018 Scarce Triptych - Splendid Crow Field Guide to Decent Humans by van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Title: Splendid Crow: Life is Art; Art is Life (also known as A Field Guide to Decent Humans).Publisher: North Vancouv...
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1962 Tasha Tudor First Illustrated Edition - The Secret Garden by F. H. Burnett
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippincott Company...
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1819 Rare Book - Paul and Virginia Illustrated by Richard Westall
Author: Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Translated from the French by Helen Maria Williams. Illustrated by Richard Westall, engraved by Ch...
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2003 1stED, 1st Printing - Blue Fairy Book Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Andrew Lang. Introduction by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk.Title: The Blue Fairy Book.Publisher: London, The Folio Society...
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1875 Rare First English Edition - A Journey to the North Pole by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne. Illustrated by Édouard Riou.Title: A Journey to the North Pole.Publisher: London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1875...
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1901 Rare Book - Drake's New England Legends and Folk Lore, Illustrated
Author: Samuel Adams Drake.Title: A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore in Prose and Poetry.Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 19...
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1895 Scarce Book - The Story of Zelinda and the Monster or, Beauty and the Beast
Author: Mary Stuart Wortley, Countess of Lovelace.Title: The Story of Zelinda and the Monster or Beauty and the Beast.Publisher: London, J.M. Dent ...
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1930 First Edition - Andersen's Fairy Tales illustrated by Ben Kutcher
Author: Hans Christian Andersen.Title: Andersen's Fairy Tales.Editor: Margherita O. Osborne.Illustrator: Ben Kutcher.Publisher: New York: The Hampt...
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2000 Signed First Edition- The Gnome King’s Treasure Song by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: The Gnome King's Treasure Song.Publisher: North Vancouver, B.C.: The Fairy Press, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts,...
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1916 Rare First Edition - Wonder Tales Retold Illustrated by Katharine Pyle
Author: Katharine Pyle. Illustrated by Katharine Pyle.Title: Wonder Tales Retold.Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. First Edition...
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1876 Rare First Edition - The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Henry Holiday.Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., ...
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1852 Rare Victorian Book - The Night Side of Nature, Ghost Seers, Poltergeist
Author: Catherine Crowe.Title: The Night Side of Nature: Or, Ghosts & Ghost Seers.Publisher: London, G. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street,...
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1889 Rare Book - Little Wide-Awake: An Illustrated Magazine for Children
Author: Mrs. Sale Barker (editor). Illustrated by M. E. E., Charlotte Weeks, Adrien Marie, E. Zier, Giacomelli, Alice Bach, Kate Greenaway, and oth...
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1584 Rare Vellum Book - Bartolomeo de Medina Breve Instruttione de' Confessori
Author: Bartolomé de Medina.Title: Breve Instruttione de' Confessori.Publisher: Ferrara, Appresso Giulio Cesare Cagnacini & Fratelli, 1584.Lang...
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1916 Scarce First Edition - Fairy Tales and Legends of Burma (Myanmar) by Ward
Author: John Sebastian Marlowe Ward.Title: Fairy Tales and Legends of Burma.Publisher: Bombay, London and Glasgow, Blackie and Son Limited, 1916. F...
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1899 Rare First Edition- The Princess of Hearts Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward
Author: Sheila E. Braine. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward. Title: The Princess of Hearts.Publisher: London, Glasgow & Dublin, Blackie & So...
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1859 Rare Book - The Faerie Queene Illustrated by Edward Corbould
Author: Edmund Spenser. Illustrated by Edward Corbould.Title: The Faerie Queene: Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues. To Wh...
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1881 Rare Book - At Home Illustrated by J. G. Sowerby, Decorated by Thomas Crane
Author: J. G. Sowerby. Decorated by Thomas Crane.Title: At Home.Publisher: London, Belfast and Newcastle-on-Tyne, Marcus Ward & Co., no date (c...
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1888 Rare Book - Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Sabine Baring-Gould
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould.Title: Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.Publisher: London, Rivingtons, 1888. New Edition.Language: Text in English.Size...
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2015 Rare First Edition - Tree Whispers, Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Tree Whispers.Publisher: North Vancouver, Savuti Press, 2015. First Edition. Printed offset in a limited edition...
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1890 Rare Book - Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, Illustrated
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: A New Translation.Publisher: London and New Yor...
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