The MFLIBRA Reference Archive

A charming and beautifully produced first edition of Charles van Sandwyk’s Christmas tale, richly illustrated in his unmistakable whimsical style a...

A charming and uncommon 1920 First Edition of The Book of the Clock, beautifully illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant with 28 illustrations in colour...

A particularly attractive early twentieth-century edition of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, preserved in a richly decorated blue publisher’s bindi...

A beautifully produced signed first edition celebrating the mystery, intelligence, and quiet grandeur of owls, richly illustrated and designed thro...

An imposing 1923 illustrated edition of Herman Melville’s American masterpiece, enriched with Mead Schaeffer’s dramatic full-page colour plates and...

A remarkable First Edition, First Printing of Nox by 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Anne Carson, an extraordinary accordion-fold artist’s ...

A charming first American edition of Rose Fyleman’s beloved fairy poetry, beautifully illustrated by Hilda T. Miller with twelve enchanting colour ...

A scarce and beautifully preserved Victorian children’s book, combining fairy tales, verse and moral fantasy in a striking gilt and black decorated...

A wonderfully decorative early twentieth-century edition of Joseph Jacobs’s landmark collection of Indian folk and fairy tales, complete with John ...

A handsome and complete first Rackham edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s celebrated retelling of the Greek myths, richly illustrated with twenty-four...

The scarce first printing of Macmillan’s 1907 “Miniature Edition” of Lewis Carroll’s enduring classic, preserving John Tenniel’s complete suite of ...

A beautifully illustrated 1942 Heinemann edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s enduring classic, complete with Charles Robinson’s eight atmospheric ...

An exceptionally decorative late-Victorian edition of twenty-four classic French fairy tales, bringing together Perrault, Madame de Villeneuve, Mad...

An enchanting signed First Edition of Charles van Sandwyk’s After Glow, a beautifully crafted Fairy Press production combining poetry, calligraphy ...

An exceptionally attractive 1847 edition of Sarah Josepha Hale’s influential American “language of flowers,” preserved in its richly gilt floral bi...

An attractive early American edition of the celebrated Scandinavian fairy tales, richly illustrated with Kay Nielsen’s extraordinary fantasy imager...

The rare 1896 First Edition of Clemence Housman’s landmark Gothic werewolf tale, illustrated with six dramatic plates by her brother Laurence Housm...

An exceptionally attractive signed First Edition of Charles van Sandwyk’s The Gnome King’s Treasure Song, one of the artist’s most enchanting early...

An attractive 1897 First Edition of Lady Guendolen Ramsden’s scarce collection of Victorian fairy stories, illustrated by Bertha Newcombe and prese...

An attractive 1922 American edition of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales, illustrated throughout by R. Emmett Owen and retaining both full-page colo...

An attractive 1894 illustrated English edition of Jules Verne’s Arctic adventure, with a remarkable contemporary presentation label from the July 1...

An attractive early Grosset & Dunlap edition bringing both of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books together in one volume, illustrated throughout with t...

The 1917 First Edition of Malory’s Arthurian legend illustrated by Arthur Rackham, complete with all sixteen atmospheric colour plates and his exte...

An exceptionally attractive small-format Victorian Church Services volume, combining the Book of Common Prayer, Psalter, New Testament and metrical...

An attractive complete three-volume First Edition, First Issue, First State of Sir Walter Scott’s The Pirate (1822), retaining all three half-title...

The landmark 1930 first Random House one-volume edition of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, magnificently illustrated and designed by Rockwell Kent, wh...

A very scarce and beautifully preserved 2005 collection of six illustrated bookplates and two bookmarks by Charles van Sandwyk, complete in its ori...

A beautifully preserved First American Edition of Clement C. Moore’s beloved Christmas classic, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with four enchanting ...

A handsome First Edition, First Printing of Jessie Willcox Smith’s beloved anthology of childhood verse, complete with all ten colour plates, picto...

An attractive 1682 Venetian edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, preserving the complete fifteen books in Latin in a handsome contemporary vellum bindi...

The scarce 1916 Second Edition of Anne Macdonell’s enchanting collection of Italian fairy tales, beautifully illustrated by Morris Meredith William...

The first edition of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women illustrated by Harold Copping, published in 1912 and complete with all eight of his full-page...

An exceptionally attractive 1868 edition of Baron Munchausen’s fantastical adventures, preserved in its richly gilt original cloth and distinguishe...

The true first appearance of Ray Bradbury’s dystopian masterpiece, issued as Ballantine Books #41 in the original 35¢ paperback format, with Joe Mu...

An exceptionally charming 1848 American “language of flowers” volume, combining floral symbolism, poetry, and botanical descriptions, complete with...

An exceptionally attractive pocket-sized 1567 Antwerp New Testament in Latin, printed by the celebrated Christophe Plantin and retaining his famous...