The MFLIBRA Reference Archive

Author: Edmund Spenser. Illustrated by Edward Corbould.Title: The Faerie Queene: Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues. To Wh...

Author: J. G. Sowerby. Decorated by Thomas Crane.Title: At Home.Publisher: London, Belfast and Newcastle-on-Tyne, Marcus Ward & Co., no date (c...

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould.Title: Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.Publisher: London, Rivingtons, 1888. New Edition.Language: Text in English.Size...

Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: A New Translation.Publisher: London and New Yor...

Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning.Title: Poems.Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill; Glasgow and New York, 1887.La...

Author: Alma Hudson. Illustrated by Richard Hudson.Title: Peter Rabbit and the Fairies.Publisher: New York, Cupples & Leon Company, 1921. First...

Author: Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. With Illustrat...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: The Fairy Market.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press (Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts), 2009. First Editio...

Author: S. Theyre Smith. Illustrated by the author.Title: The Fairy Horn.Publisher: London, Thos. De La Rue & Co., [circa 1890s]. First Edition...

Author: Edgar Allan Poe. With historical and critical comments by Henry Austin.Title: The Mystery of Marie Roget.Publisher: New York, R. F. Fenno &...

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated from the original Spanish by Charles Jarvis (Jervas).Title: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds.Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk, 2005. First Edition. Offset p...

Author: Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.Title: The Enchanted Land; Tales Told Again.Publisher: London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, cir...

Author: Charles Van Sandwyk.Title: Full Moon Eyes; An Ode to the Wisdom and Forbearance of Owls.Publisher: North Vancouver, Charles Van Sandwyk Fin...

Author: Alexandre Dumas.Title: The Count of Monte Cristo. Complete in Three Volumes.Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, circa 1894.Langua...

Author: Edwardson, E. Illustrated by Robert Hope.Title: The Courteous Knight and Other Tales: Borrowed from Spenser and Malory.Publisher: Edinburgh...

Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.Title: The Bells and Other Poems.Publisher: London, New York & Toronto, Hodder and Stought...

A remarkable Victorian treasury of literature, fashion, domestic arts, poetry, travel, etiquette, and illustration, capturing the texture of ninete...

One of the most haunting and influential artistic meditations on mortality ever produced, uniting the visionary imagery of Hans Holbein with the gr...

An exceptionally handsome little Victorian maritime library by Captain Marryat, uniformly bound in richly gilt half leather with vivid marbled boar...

A richly ornamented Victorian edition gathering the poetic voice of Longfellow in one of the era’s most striking decorative bindings. Author: Henry...

A wonderfully whimsical Victorian first edition where Lewis Carroll’s imagination dances between nonsense, satire, and dreamlike fantasy.Author: Le...

Author: Walter Scott. Illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert.Title: The Lady of the Lake.Publisher: Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853....

Author: Anatole Le Braz. Authorized Translation by Mrs. A.E. Whitehead. Preface by Arthur Lillie. Introduction by L. Mariller.Title: Dealings with ...

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippin...

Author: H. H. Thomas. Assisted by Walter Easlea. Illustrated by H. Essenhigh Corke.Title: The Rose Book: A Complete Guide for Amateur Rose Growers....

Author: Cicely Mary Barker.Title: Flower Fairies of the Summer.Publisher: London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, [circa 1930s].Language: Te...

Author: Hans Holbein the Younger. With an introductory note by Austin Dobson.Title: The Dance of Death.Publisher: London, George Bell and Sons, 189...

Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Translated by L. L. Weedon. Illustrated by Ada Dennis, E. Stuart Hardy, and others.Title: Grimm’s Fairy Tales.Publ...

A remarkable presentation copy, inscribed by the translator Mary L. Booth to a named recipient, with additional contemporary note preserving the co...

A richly illustrated Victorian children’s annual in its striking original publisher’s binding. Author: Edited by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by G...

A pocket London, alive with streets, smoke, and stories — a traveler’s companion from the heart of the Victorian age. Author: George Frederick Pard...

A luminous Art Nouveau dream, where stars, fairies, and childhood imagination meet in exquisite colour. Author: Edith Ogden Harrison. Illustrated b...

A quiet Victorian tale of discovery and moral treasure, set against the evocative landscapes of rural England. Author: Charlotte M. Yonge. Illustra...

A striking Bayntun binding of Alice, combining literary icon and fine craftsmanship in a vivid presentation. Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by ...

A haunting maritime classic in a striking gilt-decorated binding, echoing the legend of the Flying Dutchman. Author: Captain Frederick Marryat. Ill...