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.
1890 Rare Victorian children’s gift book - Shining Hours, Illustrated
An appealing Victorian children’s gift book, full of gentle verses, nursery scenes, and bright chromolithographic plates. Author: Various contribut...
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1893 Rare Book - The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe, Illustrated by Mittis
An attractive miniature 1893 illustrated edition of Poe’s classic tale of cryptography, treasure, and mystery. Author: Edgar Allan Poe.Title: The G...
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1890 Rare Book - At the Back of the North Wind: Eleanor Farjeon’s Childhood Copy
An exceptional literary association copy: Eleanor Farjeon’s childhood copy of George MacDonald’s fairy classic, inscribed to her by her mother on h...
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1890 Rare Book - Faust by Goethe llustrated by Frederick J. Boston
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Illustrated by Frederick J. Boston.Title: Faust.Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. First t...
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