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.
1827 Rare Beautiful Book Set - Milton’s Paradise Lost, Regained and Poems
Author: John Milton. Illustrated by Richard Westall, engraved by Charles Rolls.Title: Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained; Samson Agonistes; Comus, Ar...
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1893 Rare First UK Edition - The Brownies at Home Illustrated by Palmer Cox
Author: Palmer Cox.Title: The Brownies at Home.Publisher: London, T. Fisher Unwin, Paternoster Square, 1893. First UK Edition.Language: Text in Eng...
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1940 First Edmund Blampied Illustrated Edition - Peter Pan and Wendy
Author: J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by Edmund Blampied.Title: Peter Pan and Wendy.Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. First Edmund Bl...
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1890 Scarce First Edition - Fairy in the Spider’s Web by A.L.O.E., Illustrated
Author: A.L.O.E. (Charlotte Maria Tucker).Title: Fairy in the Spider’s Web.Publisher: London & Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, no date (1890). Fi...
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1911 Rare 1stED - The Wonderful Garden, Language of Flowers by Edith Nesbit
Author: Edith Nesbit. Harold Robert Millar (illustrator).Title: The Wonderful Garden or The Three C.'s.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., L...
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1859 Rare First Edition – Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson
Author: Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate.Title: Idylls of the King.Publisher: London: Edward Moxon & Co., Dover Street, 1859. First editi...
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1914 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...
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1939 Nonesuch Complete Works of Lewis Carroll - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Introduction by Alexander Woollcott.Title: The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.Publisher: Londo...
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1896 Rare First Edition - The Were-Wolf by Clemence Housman. Illustrated
Author: Clemence Housman. Illustrated by Laurence Housman.Title: The Were-Wolf.Publisher: London: John Lane at the Bodley Head; Chicago: Way and Wi...
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1902 Rare Book - The Hound of the Baskervilles, Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.Publisher: New York: Grosset & Dunlap...
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1962 Early Printing Signed by Tasha Tudor - The Secret Garden by F. H. Burnett
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: Philadelphia & New York, J.B. Lippincott Compan...
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1912 First Edition - Tennyson's GUINEVERE by Pre-Raphaelite Florence Harrison
Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.Title: Guinevere and Other Poems.Publisher: London, Glasgow & Bombay, Blackie &...
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1887 Rare First Edition The Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson – Goldstone Copy
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson.Title: The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables.Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1887. First Edit...
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1855 The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith – Illustrated by the Etching Club
Author: Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by the Etching Club (T. Creswick, C. W. Cope, H. J. Townsend, F. Tayler, T. Webster, R. Redgrave, J. C. Horsl...
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1699 Rare French Latin Bible - L’Exode et Le Lévitique, Exodus and Leviticus
Author: Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy.Title: L’Exode et Le Lévitique. Traduits en François, avec une explication tirée des Saints Pères et des Aute...
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1902 Indian Fairy Tales – Totem Tales of the Pacific Northwest by W. S. Phillips
Author: W. S. Phillips. Fully illustrated by the author.Title: Indian Fairy Tales. Folklore – Legends – Myths. Totem Tales as Told by the Indians. ...
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1937 First Edition – The Red Witch by Averil Newell illus. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Author: Averil Newell. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.Title: The Red Witch.Publisher: London, A. & C. Black Ltd., 1937 (First Edition, pu...
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1933 Arthur Rackham First US Edition - Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti
Author: Christina Rossetti. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Title: Goblin Market.Publisher: Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, circa 1933. First ...
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1908 Rare Edition Illustrated by John R Neill - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John R. Neill.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: Chicago, The Reilly & Britton Co., 1908....
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1839 Rare 1st Illustrated Edition – Marmion A Tale of Flodden Field Walter Scott
Author: Sir Walter Scott, Baronet.Title: Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. Illustrated Edition.Publisher: London, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, 1839....
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1896 Rare McLoughlin Bros Linen Edition – Little Red Riding Hood
Author: [Anonymous / Traditional].Title: Little Red Riding Hood.Publisher: New York, McLoughlin Bros., (1896).Size: 7.5" x 5.5".Pages: [12 pages, i...
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1920 Rare First Illustrated Edition by Charles O. Golden - Moby Dick
Author: Herman Melville. Illustrated by Charles O. Golden.Title: Moby Dick or The White Whale.Publisher: Philadelphia, Macrae-Smith Company, The Fa...
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1907 Rare Early Printing – The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
Author: Beatrix Potter.Title: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.Publisher: London & New York, Frederick Warne and Co., [1907, early printing]. Endpape...
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1893 Rare De Luxe Limited Edition - A Wonder Book Illustrated by Walter Crane
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Walter Crane.Title: A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys.Publisher: Boston & New York, Houghton, Miff...
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1914 First Edition - Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians, Color Illustrated
Author: Woislav M. Petrovitch. Preface by Chedo Miyatovich.Title: Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians.Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & ...
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1880 Rare Color Illustrated Edition – The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Author: John Bunyan.Title: The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come, Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream.Publisher: Lo...
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1682 Rare Italian Theological Treatise - Paragone Dogmatico by Innocenzo Pencini
Author: Innocenzo Pencini Veneto, O.P.Title: Il Paragone Dogmatico, overo La Pietra del Tocco VeritieraPublisher: In Venetia, Appresso Stefano Curt...
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1660 Rare Italian Jesuit Philosophical Treatise - La Ricreatione del Savio
Author: Daniello Bartoli, S.J.Title: La Ricreatione del Savio in Discorso con la Natura e con Dio. Libri Due.Publisher: In Milano, Appresso Lodovic...
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1814 Rare New Testament – George Eyre & Andrew Strahan – Fine Gilt Binding
Author: [Anonymous / Authorized Version].Title: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.Publisher: London, Printed for George Eyre a...
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1894 Rare First Edition - The Water Ghost and Other Ghost Stories by J.K. Bangs
Author: John Kendrick Bangs.Title: The Water Ghost and Others.Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1894. First Edition.Language: Text in Eng...
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1718 Rare Venetian Edition – Meditationes by Saint Augustine in Vellum
Author: Saint Augustine of Hippo. With texts by Saint Anselm, Saint Bernard, and the anonymous Idiotæ.Title: Divi Aurelii Augustini Hippon. Episcop...
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1926 Rare First Edition - Fairy Flowers by Isidora Newman Illustrated by Pogany
Author: Isidora Newman.Illustrator: Willy Pogany.Title: Fairy Flowers. Nature Legends of Fact & Fantasy.Publisher: London, Humphrey Milford / O...
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1882 Rare First Edition - Fly-Away Fairies and Baby-Blossoms by L. Clarkson
Author: L. Clarkson.Title: Fly-Away Fairies and Baby-Blossoms, or What the Winds are Saying.Publisher: New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. / London: Gr...
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1674 Rare Latin Vellum Book – Polydori Apollinis Flosculi by Benedetto Perazzo
Author: Io. Benedetto Perazzo (Venetian).Title: Polydori Apollinis Flosculi (Hoc est, Disticha Varia).Publisher: Venetii (Venice), Typis Combi &...
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1880 Scarce Victorian Edition - Grace Darling: Heroine of the Farne Islands
A stirring Victorian tribute to courage at sea, bound in richly decorative cloth and alive with maritime drama. Author: Anonymous (by the author of...
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1911 Rare First Edition – The Secret Garden Illustrated by Charles Robinson
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: London, William Heinemann, 1911. First Illustr...
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