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.
1933 Scarce First Edition - THE Jolly Gnome Illustrated by Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo
Author: Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo. (translated into English by June Head).Title: The Jolly Gnome.Publisher: Munich, Art Institutes “Ars Sacra” Josep...
View full details2007 Rare Edition - Mr. Rabbit's Christmas Wish by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Mr. Rabbit's Christmas Wish Translated for Humans by Charles van Sandwyk.Language: Text in Engl...
View full details1929 Sangorski and Sutcliffe Binding - The Christopher Robin Story Book, 1stED
Author: A. A. Milne. (decorated by Ernest H. Shepard).Title: The Christopher Robin Story Book.Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 19...
View full details1935 First US Edition - Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Mystery, illustrated by Rackham
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. (illustrated by Arthur Rackham).Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination.Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company,...
View full details1900 Rare Book - At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald illustrated
Author: George MacDonald. (illustrated by Arthur Hughes).Title: At the Back of the North Wind With Seventy-Five Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Fro...
View full details1850 Rare Gothic Book - The Castle of Otranto and The Enchanted Horse by Walpole
Author: Horace Walpole.Title: The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story. With a Memoir of the Author. [Together with the tale “The Enchanted Horse.”]Pu...
View full details1911 First Edition - The All Sorts of Stories Book by Mrs Lang, illustrated.
Author: Mrs Lang. Edited by Andrew Lang, (Henry Justice Ford, illustrator).Title: The All Sorts of Stories BookPublisher: London: Longmans, Green, ...
View full details1897 Rare Book - Le Morte Darthur, King Arthur and of His Noble Knights
Author: Sir Thomas Malory. Edited, with an introduction, by Sir Edward Strachey, Bart.Title: Le Morte Darthur. Sir Thomas Malory’s Book of King Art...
View full details1920 Rare French Limited First Edition - Le Cimetiere Marin by Paul Valery
Author: Paul Valéry.Title: Le Cimetière marin.Publisher: Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1920. First edition, first printing, one of 500 copies on Mittin...
View full details1912 First Edition by Maria L. Kirk - Legend of King Arthur, Idylls of the King
Author: Inez N. McFee. Illustrated by M. L. Kirk.Title: The Story of Idylls of the King.Publisher: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912. Fir...
View full details1911 First Edition by Pre-Raphaelite E F Brickdale - Idylls of the King Arthur
Author: Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.Title: Idylls of the King Illustrated in Colour by Eleanor Fortesc...
View full details1907 Rare Book - The Story of King Arthur and His Knights illustrated by H. Pyle
Author: Howard Pyle. Illustrated by Howard Pyle.Title: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights.Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1907....
View full details1886 Rare Victorian Book - Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau. Introductory note by Will H. Dircks.Title: Walden; or, Life in the Woods.Publisher: London, Walter Scott Limited, Pate...
View full details1920 Beautiful Binding - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Illustrated by Rackham
Author: J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Title: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1920 (E...
View full details1888 Rare Book set - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo.Title: Notre-Dame de Paris.Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1888. Complete set of 2 volumes.Language: Text in Eng...
View full details1888 Rare Book - From the Earth to the Moon and A Trip Round It by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne. Illustrated by Émile-Antoine Bayard & Alphonse de Neuville.Title: From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes...
View full details1923 Rare Book - Moby Dick or The White Whale illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
Author: Herman Melville. Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer.Title: Moby-Dick or The White Whale.Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923.Langua...
View full details1897 Early Edition - The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E.Title: The Second Jungle Book.Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London; New...
View full details1870 1stED Vellum Binding - Legend of King Arthur, The Holy Grail by Tennyson
Author: Alfred Tennyson.Title: The Holy Grail and Other Poems.Publisher: London: Strahan and Co., 56 Ludgate Hill, 1870. First Edition.Language: Te...
View full details1911 Scarce Binding - At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
Author: George MacDonald. Illustrated by Frank C. Papé and Arthur Hughes.Title: At the Back of the North Wind.Publisher: London, Glasgow & Bomb...
View full details1942 Rare Book in Morocco Binding - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Author: Leo Tolstoy. Title page illustrated by Warren Chappell. Endpaper maps by I. N. Steinberg.Title: War and Peace.Publisher: New York: Simon an...
View full details1901 Scarce Signed - The First Christmas Tree by Henry van Dyke and Howard Pyle
Author: Henry van Dyke. Illustrated by Howard Pyle.Title: The First Christmas Tree.Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1901. Signed by th...
View full details1910 Rare Early Edition - The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Author: Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.Title: The Tailor of Gloucester.Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co., London and New York. Publ...
View full details1890 Rare Gothic Novel - Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth
Author: W. Harrison Ainsworth. Illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne).Title: Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life.Publisher: London: George Routledge...
View full details1900 Rare First Edition - To Win or To Die, Klondike Gold Rush Adventure
Author: G. Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.Title: To Win or To Die. A Tale of the Klondyke Gold Craze.Publisher: London: S. W. Partridge &...
View full details1910 Rare Early Edition - The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Author: Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.Title: The Tailor of Gloucester.Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co., London and New York. Publ...
View full details1842 Exquisite First Edition bound by Bayntun - George Cruikshank's Omnibus
Author: Edited by Laman Blanchard. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.Title: George Cruikshanks Omnibus Illustrated with One Hundred Engravings on St...
View full details1903 Scarce First Signed Edition - Algonquin Indian Tales Collected by ER Young
Author: Egerton R. Young. Illustrated by J. E. Laughlin and others.Title: Algonquin Indian Tales.Publisher: New York: Eaton & Mains. Cincinnati...
View full details1896 Rare Book - The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, First Edition, 5th Printing
Author: Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake, and P. Frenzeny.Title: The Jungle Book.Publisher: London: Macmillan and Co., Lt...
View full details1889 Rare Book - Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe, Illustrated by McCormick
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by A. D. McCormick.Title: Arthur Gordon Pym. A Romance.Publisher: New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, [circa...
View full details1886 Scarce Hand-colored Edition - A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas
Author: Charles Dickens. Illustrated by John Leech.Title: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.Publisher: London: Chapman ...
View full details1910 Rare Book - The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter
Author: Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.Title: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.Publisher: London & New York, Frederick Warne and Co.,...
View full details1898 First Edition - Heroes of Chivalry and Romance Illustrated by George Morrow
Author: Rev. A. J. Church. Illustrated by George Morrow.Title: Heroes of Chivalry and Romance.Publisher: London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 38 Great R...
View full details1866 Rare Book - Poems by Edgar Allan Poe. Complete with an Original Memoir
Author: Edgar Allan Poe.Title: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe. Complete with an Original Memoir.Publisher: New York: W. J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1866.Lan...
View full details1881 French Hetzel Initiales Edition - Cinq Semaines en Ballon by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne. Illustrated by Riou and De Montaut.Title: Cinq Semaines en Ballon. Voyage de découvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais.Publishe...
View full details1927 First Edmund Dulac Illustrated Edition - Treasure Island by Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.Title: Treasure Island.Publisher: London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. First Edmund Dulac...
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