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.
1927 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...
View full details1935 Rare First Edition - Andersen Fairy Tales Illustrated by Rex Whistler
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.Title: Fairy Tales and Legends by Hans Andersen.Publisher: London, Cobden-Sanderson Lt...
View full details1923 Rare Book - Oriental Fairy Tales Illustrated by Rie Cramer
A luminous Art Deco vision of the East, where ancient tales meet refined early 20th-century illustration. Author: Various. Introduction by Sir Edwi...
View full details1910 Rare Art Nouveau Binding - Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa M. Alcott
Author: Louisa M. Alcott. Illustrated by Charles Horrell.Title: Little Women and Good Wives.Publisher: London, S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd., Old...
View full details1914 Rare Book - Roses and Rose Gardens by Walter P. Wright, Illustrated
Author: Walter P. Wright. Illustrated by Beatrice Parsons.Title: Roses and Rose Gardens.Publisher: London, Headley Brothers, Bishopsgate, 1914 (Sec...
View full details1905 First Edition - The Red Romance Book by Andrew Lang, Illustrated by HJ Ford
Author: Edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H. J. Ford.Title: The Red Romance Book.Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905.Language: Te...
View full details1913 Rare Book - Tales From The Earthly Paradise by William Morris, Illustrated
Author: William Morris. Illustrated by Isabel Bonus.Title: Tales from the Earthly Paradise.Publisher: London, Adam and Charles Black, 1913. First I...
View full details1824 Rare Book Set - Sir Walter Scott’s Historical Romances, Ivanhoe, etc.
Author: Sir Walter Scott.Title: Scott’s Historical Romances: Ivanhoe, The Monastery, The Abbot, and Kenilworth.Publisher: Edinburgh, for Archibald ...
View full details1922 First Edition Illustrated by Ruth Wood - Children’s Hour with Peter Pan
Author: J. M. Barrie (adapted). Edited by Watty Piper. Illustrated by Ruth Wood.Title: Children’s Hour with Peter Pan.Publisher: New York, The Plat...
View full details2009 Scarce Signed First Edition - The Fairy Market by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: The Fairy Market.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press (Charles Van Sandwyk Fine Arts), 2009. First...
View full details1921 First Edition - Peter Rabbit in Mother Goose Land by Alma Hudson
Author: Alma Hudson. Illustrated by Richard Hudson.Title: Peter Rabbit in Mother Goose Land.Publisher: New York, Cupples & Leon Company, 1921. ...
View full details1900 Scarce Mcloughlin Edition - The Night Before Christmas & Other Stories
Author: Clement C. Moore (attributed). Illustrated by various McLoughlin Bros. staff artists.Title: The Night Before Christmas and Other Stories.Pu...
View full details1898 Rare First Edition - The Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang, Illustrated
Author: Selected and edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.Title: The Arabian Nights Entertainments.Publisher: London: Longm...
View full details1894 Rare First Edition - The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, Illustrated
Author: Edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.Title: The Yellow Fairy Book.Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., and New York: 15 ...
View full details1628 Rare Book - Georgii Buchanani - Scottish Poems by George Buchanan
Author: George Buchanan.Title: Georgii Buchanani Scoti, Poemata quae extant. Editio postrema.Publisher: Lugduni Batavorum: Ex officina Elzeviriana,...
View full details1935 Rare Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Gwynedd Hudson
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1935.Lan...
View full details1580 Scarce Book - Ovid’s Metamorphoses - Ovidii Metamorphoseon, Illustrated
Author: Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid).Title: Ovidii Metamorphoseon Libri XV. In quibus corrigendis, collatis probatissimis fide exemplaribus, maximam...
View full details1890 Scarce Book - Character and Fortune. ABC Guide to Palmistry by Paul Bello
Author: A Well-Known Palmist (Paul Bello).Title: The A B C of Palmistry. Character and Fortune Revealed. With 12 Full-Page Illustrations.Publisher:...
View full details1880 Scarce Routledge Binding with Brass Edges- Milton’s Paradise Lost, Regained
Author: John Milton. Illustrated by William Harvey.Title: The Poetical Works of John Milton. A New Edition, Carefully Revised, from the Text of Tho...
View full details1882 Rare Book - Lancashire Legends, Superstitions, Witches by Harland Wilkinson
Authors: John Harland, F.S.A. and T. T. Wilkinson, F.R.A.S.Title: Lancashire Legends: Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c., with an Appendix conta...
View full details1926 Rare Facsimile of the British Museum - Songs of Innocence by William Blake
Author: William Blake. Title: Songs of Innocence.Publisher: New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1926. Printed and made in Great Britain.Language: Te...
View full details1881 Scarce First Edition - Gudrun and Other Medieval Epics Stories Illustrated
Author: John Gibb. Illustrated by various artists.Title: Gudrun and Other Stories: From the Epics of the Middle Ages. Publisher: New York: Scribner...
View full details1903 Scarce First Edition - Algonquin Indian Tales Collected by E.R. Young
Author: Egerton R. Young. Illustrated by J.E. Laughlin.Title: Algonquin Indian Tales.Publisher: London: Charles H. Kelly, 2 Castle Street, City Roa...
View full details1966 Signed First Edition - The Wind in the Willows illustrated by Tasha Tudor
Author: Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.Title: The Wind in the WillowsPublisher: The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, ...
View full details1852 Rare Book- Flora’s Interpreter and Fortuna Flora by Sarah J. Hale, 4 Plates
Author: Sarah Josepha Hale.Title: Flora’s Interpreter and Fortuna Flora.Publisher: Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Company, 1852.Language: Text in E...
View full details1900 Rare Book - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, Illustrated
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. A New Translation.Publisher: London and New Yor...
View full details1876 Rare Book - The Poetical Works of John Milton, Paradise Lost and Regained
Author: John Milton.Title: The Poetical Works of John Milton.Publisher: Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1876.Language: Text in English.Size: 6.5 x 4.5...
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 ...
View full details1935 Scarce with Dust Jacket -The Complete Book of Fortune, Occult Sciences
Author: Unknown.Title: The Complete Book of Fortune A Comprehensive Survey Of The Occult Sciences And Other Methods Of Divination That Have Been E...
View full details1899 Rare First Edition - The Red Book of Animal Stories by Andrew Lang
Author: Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H. J. Ford.Title: The Red Book of Animal Stories.Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First Editi...
View full details1932 Scarce Signed First Edition - Mabel Lucie Attwell’s Fairy Book
Author: Mabel Lucie Attwell (illustrator). Various authors.Title: Lucie Attwell’s Fairy Book.Publisher: London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 4–6 Soho ...
View full details1897 Scarce Edition - The Heroes of Asgard by A. & E. Keary Illustrated by Huard
Author: Annie Keary & Eliza Keary. Illustrated by Huard.Title: The Heroes of Asgard. Tales from Scandinavian Mythology.Publisher: London: Macmi...
View full details1865 Rare Book - Robert Burns’s Poetical Works, Illustrated by John Gilbert
Author: Robert Burns. Edited by Rev. Robert Aris Willmott. Illustrated by John Gilbert.Title: The Poetical Works of Robert Burns.Publisher: London:...
View full details1904 First Edition - Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery by William Morris
Author: William Morris. Designed by Thomas Wood Stevens.Title: Sir Galahad: A Christmas Mystery.Publisher: Chicago: The Blue Sky Press, 1904. Unnum...
View full details1860 First ED.- Edgar Poe and His Critics by Poe's Fiancée Sarah Helen Whitman
Author: Sarah Helen Whitman.Title: Edgar Poe and His Critics.Publisher: New York: Rudd & Carleton, 130 Grand Street (Brooks Building, corner of...
View full details1938 The Night Before Christmas illustrated by Rackham - Bound by Sangorski
Author: Clement C Moore. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Title: The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore Lld. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Pub...
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