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.
1876 Scarce Edition - The Story Without an End by Friedrich Wilhelm Carové
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Carové. Translated by Sarah Austin, with a preface and key to the emblems by A. Bronson Alcott.Title: The Story Without a...
View full details1890 Rare Edition - Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
Author: Jonathan Swift. Illustrated by J. A. Browne.Title: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.Publisher: Boston: Lee and S...
View full details1965 First Edition- Hector Protector, As I Went Over the Water by Maurice Sendak
Author: Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.Title: Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures.Publis...
View full details1908 Rare First Edition - Heroic Legends illustrated by Helen Stratton
Author: Retold by Agnes Grozier Herbertson. Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Title: Heroic Legends: The Stories of St. George and the Dragon, Robin H...
View full details1628 Rare Latin Book - Seneca, L. Annæi Senecæ - Tragedies, Oedipus, Hercules
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca.Title: L. Annaei Senecae et aliorum Tragoediae. Editio prioribus longe correctior.Publisher: Amsterdam, Apud Ioannem ...
View full details1950 First Edition - Fairies of the Flowers and Trees by Cicely Mary Barker
Author: Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.Title: Fairies of the Flowers and Trees: Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker.Pub...
View full details1910 Rare Edition - The Tale of Peter Rabbit illustrated by Beatrix Potter
Author: Beatrix Potter.Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. no date (circa 1910 -- according t...
View full details1893 Rare Book - More Magic, A Practical Treatise by Professor Hoffmann
Author: Professor Hoffmann.Title: More Magic.Publisher: London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1893.Language: Text in English.Size: 7.5 x 6 in...
View full details1923 First Edition- The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book Illustrated by Hilda T. Miller
Author: Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Hilda T. Miller.Title: The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book.Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1923. First Edit...
View full details1910 First Edition - A Wilderness Dog: The Biography of a Gray Wolf.
Author: Clarence Hawkes. Illustrated by Charles Copeland.Title: A Wilderness Dog: The Biography of a Gray Wolf.Publisher: Philadelphia: George W. J...
View full details1914 First ED - How I Tamed the Wild Squirrels illustrated by Honor C. Appleton
Author: Eleanor Tyrrell. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.Title: How I Tamed the Wild Squirrels, with the Story of Bunty and Fritz.Publisher: Londo...
View full details1661 Rare Latin Book - Terence's Comedies - Publii Terentii Comœdiæ Sex.
Author: Publius Terentius Afer (Terence).Title: Pub. Terentii Comoediae Sex: Ex Recensione Heinsiana.Publisher: Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzeviriana,...
View full details1890 Rare Book - Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen illustrated by Evelyn Stuart Hardy
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.Title: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, Ernest Nister / New York, E.P...
View full details1898 Rare First Edition - Love in Art by Mary Knight Potter
Author: Mary Knight Potter.Title: Love in Art.Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page and Company, 1898.Language: Text in English.Size: 7.5 X 5 inches.Pages:...
View full details1669 Scarce French Book ~ Nostradamus Prophecies ~ Les Vrayes Centuries.
Author: Michel de Nostradamus.Title: Les Vraye Centuries et Prophéties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus.Publisher: Paris, Chez Pierre Promé, 1669.Lang...
View full details1899 Rare Book - Alice' Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company, 1899. Eighty...
View full details1908 First US Edition - The Red Skull, a thrilling mystery novel by Fergus Hume
Author: Fergus Hume. Illustrated by Louise Rogers.Title: The Red Skull.Publisher: New York, Dodge Publishing Company, 1908. First US Edition.Langua...
View full details1896 Scarce Book - The Count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Author: Alexandre Dumas.Title: The Count of Monte-Cristo.Publisher: London, Bliss, Sands, & Co., 1896.Language: Text in English.Size: 8.5 x 6 i...
View full details1925 Rare Book - Peter Pan and Wendy Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Author: J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.Title: Peter Pan and Wendy.Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton, no date (circa 1925)....
View full details1897 Rare Book - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales with Illustrations
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by various artists.Title: Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales: A New Translation by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Publisher...
View full details1600 Rare Book - Petrarch's Remedies for Fortune De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae
Author: Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch).Title: Francisci Petrarchæ, De Remediis Utriusque Fortune, Libri Duo.Publisher: Bernæ, Exudebat Joannes le Pr...
View full details1900 Scarce Binding Variant - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Author: Alexandre Dumas. Title: The Three Musketeers or, The Queen's Guardsman.Publisher: London, Walter Scott, Ltd., Paternoster Square, no date (...
View full details1908 Scarce Book - Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: New York: Duffield & Company; London...
View full details1909 Signed Edition - Shakespeare's As You Like It, Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
Author: William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.Title: Shakespeare’s Comedy of "As You Like It," with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.Publis...
View full details1900 Rare Book - Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa M. Alcott. Illustrated.
Author: Louisa M. Alcott.Title: Little Women and Good Wives.Publisher: London: S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd., no date (1900).Language: Text in En...
View full details1633 Rare Latin Book - Histories of Alexander the Great with Map
Author: Quintus Curtius Rufus.Title: Q. Curtii Rufi Historiae Alexandri Magni, Libri.Publisher: Lugduni Batavorum: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1633.La...
View full details1930 Rare Book - The Complete Book of Fortune, Occult Sciences And Divination
Author: Not attributed.Title: The Complete Book of Fortune: A Comprehensive Survey of the Occult Sciences and Other Methods of Divination.Publisher...
View full details1859 Scarce Book - Wild Flowers by Spencer Thomson, illustrated by Noel Humphreys
Author: Spencer Thomson, M.D., L.R.C.S.E.Illustrator: Noel Humphreys (illustrations from his designs).Title: Wild Flowers: How to See and How to Ga...
View full details1867 Scarce Book - Little Lily's Alphabet Illustrated by Oscar Pletsch
Author: S.M.P. Illustrated by Oscar Pletsch.Title: Little Lily's Alphabet.Publisher: London: Frederick Warne & Co., 15 Bedford Street, Covent G...
View full details1927 Scarce Book - The Book of Celtic Stories by Elizabeth W. Grierson
Author: Elizabeth W. Grierson. Illustrated by Allan Stewart.Title: The Book of Celtic Stories.Publisher: London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1927.Langu...
View full details1931 Rare with Dust Jacket - Moby Dick by Herman Melville Illustrated by Conyers
Author: Herman Melville. Illustrated by Alfred Staten Conyers.Title: Moby Dick or The Whale.Publisher: The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohi...
View full details1941 Rare First Edition - A Tale for Easter illustrated by Tasha Tudor
Author: Tasha Tudor.Title: A Tale for Easter.Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press, 1941. First Edition with "Calligraphy by Hilda Scott" cr...
View full details1881 Rare Book - Poems of Edgar Allan POE ; The Raven, Lenore, Ulalume,...
Author: Edgar Allan Poe.Title: Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. With Memoir.Publisher: New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1881.Language: Text in English.Size: 7.5"...
View full details1836 Rare US Early Edition - Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott
Author: Sir Walter ScottTitle: Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft. Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq.Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1...
View full details1941 Rare First Edition - Snow Before Christmas illustrated by Tasha Tudor
Author: Tasha Tudor. Title: Snow Before Christmas.Publisher: London, Oxford University Press, 1941. First Edition with the price of $1.00 on the fr...
View full details1911 Rare Book by Pre-Raphaelite Eleanor F Brickdale - Idylls of the King Arthur
Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.Title: The Idylls of the King.Publisher: London: Hodder & Stought...
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