The MFLIBRA Reference Archive

An attractive miniature 1893 illustrated edition of Poe’s classic tale of cryptography, treasure, and mystery. Author: Edgar Allan Poe.Title: The G...

An exquisite large-folio first English edition of Andersen’s own life story, beautifully illustrated and dressed in a superb Danish binding by Henn...

Alice steps from page to picture in this scarce early photoplay edition, still preserved in its wonderfully theatrical original dust jacket. Author...

An exquisite signed Dulac fairy book, bound in deep blue morocco and filled with the luminous dream-colours of the Golden Age of illustration. Auth...

A highly desirable first edition of Kate Greenaway’s iconic Under the Window, presented here in a fine Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. Author: ...

An exceptional literary association copy: Eleanor Farjeon’s childhood copy of George MacDonald’s fairy classic, inscribed to her by her mother on h...

An especially charming first edition, gathering Eleanor Farjeon’s own chosen stories with Edward Ardizzone’s warm and unmistakable illustra...

An enchanting van Sandwyk dreamscape, alive with birds, fishes, calligraphy, and the quiet magic of handmade-looking book art. Author: Charles van ...

A lovely early illustrated impression of The Secret Garden, beautifully presented in its original gilt-decorated cloth with Charles Robinson’s drea...

Author: Anonymous / Traditional. Illustrated by Thomas B. Dalziel.Title: The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.Publisher: London: George Routledge and...

Author: C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.Title: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. A Story for Children.Publisher: London: Geoffrey Bl...

Author: Susan Pindar.Title: The Floral Offering; or, Legends of the Flowers.Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, 1...

Author: Jonathan Swift.Title: Gulliver’s Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World.Illustrator: Arthur Rackham.Publisher: London: J...

Author: Cicely Mary Barker.Composer: Olive Linnell.Title: Flower Songs of the Seasons With Music.Publisher: London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son L...

Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas.Title: The Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales.Publisher: London: J. M. Dent & Sons L...

Author: Alfred Tennyson.Title: Idylls of the King.Publisher: London, Strahan and Co., Publishers, 56 Ludgate Hill, 1869. Early edition.Language: Te...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant & Three Continents.Publisher: Vanc...

Author: Lewis Carroll. Charles van Sandwyk, illustrator.Title:  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrations by Charles van San...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Tree Whispers.Publisher: North Vancouver, Savuti Press, 2015. First Edition. Printed offset (600 copies).Languag...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant & Three Continents.Publisher: Vanc...

Author: Dante Alighieri. Commentary by Pietro Fraticelli.Title: La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri col comento di Pietro Fraticelli.Publisher: F...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Long Ago in Bangalore: Six Bookplates, Four Bookmarks, and One Lovely Poem by Charles van Sandwyk.Language: Text...

Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Title: Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, John F. Shaw & Co., 48 Paternoster Row, [circa 1905]. Language: Text in ...

Author: Lewis Carroll. Charles van Sandwyk, illustrator.Title:  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrations by Charles van San...

Author: Lewis Carroll. (Henry Holiday, illustrator).Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits.Publisher: London: Macmillan and Co., ...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Van Sandwyk’s Pocket Guide to the Little People.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press, 1997. First Edition...

Author: Annie R. Rentoul and Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.Title: The Little Green Road to Fairyland.Publisher: London: A. & C. Black Ltd., 1925. Secon...

Author: A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.Title: Winnie-the-Pooh.Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First American Ed...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Tree Whispers.Publisher: North Vancouver, Savuti Press, 2015. First Edition. Printed offset (600 copies).Languag...

Author: Caroline GilmanTitle: Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room.Publisher: New York & London: Wiley and Putnam,...

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

Author: Christina G. Rossetti.Title: Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems. With four designs by D. G. Rossetti.Publisher: London, M...

Author: George MacDonald. Illustrated by Helen Stratton.Title: The Princess and the Goblin. With Twelve Full-Page Illustrations in Colour and Thirt...

Author: Marion M. Wingrave. Illustrated by H. H. Emmerson.Title: The May Blossom; or, The Princess and Her People.Publisher: London, Frederick Warn...

Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by H. W. Dulcken, Ph.D. Illustrated with engravings by the Brothers Dalziel.Title: Out of the Heart: Sp...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Title: Splendid Crow: Life is Art; Art is Life (also known as A Field Guide to Decent Humans).Publisher: North Vancouv...