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 Book- The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies by R. Kirk
Author: Robert Kirk, M.A., Minister of Aberfoyle (1691). (Comments, Andrew Lang).Title: The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies. Comme...
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1887 Rare Book - Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Farne Islands Lighthouse
Author: Eva Hope.Title: Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Farne Islands: her life and its lessons. Publisher: London: Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lan...
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1886 Scarce Book - Under the Mistletoe illustrated by Lizzie Lawson Mack
Author: Lizzie Lawson and Robert Ellice Mack.Title: Under the Mistletoe.Publisher: London, Griffith, Farran & Company, St. Paul’s Churchyard, [...
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1902 Rare Book - Asgard and the Gods, Norse Mythology Illustrated
Author: Dr. W. Wagner. Adapted by M. W. Macdowall. Edited by W. S. W. Anson.Title: Asgard and the Gods: The Tales and Traditions of Our Northern An...
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1669 Rare Book –Benjamin Priolo’s Celebrated History of France Historiae Galliae
Author: Benjamin Priolo.Title: Historiae Galliae, Libri XII. Ab Excessu Ludovici XIII. de Rebus Gallicis, Historiarum.Publisher: Ultrajecti (Utrech...
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1920 Illustrated Author’s Copyright Edition - The Cryptogram by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne.Title: The Cryptogram.Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., [n.d., circa 1920]. Author’s Copyright Editio...
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1900 Rare Book - Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales Illustrated by Gilbert James
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Gilbert James.Title: Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales (Langham Series for Children).Publisher: London, S...
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1663 Rare Book - Erasmus of Rotterdam’s Moriae Encomium (In Praise of Folly)
Author: Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. Commentary by Gerardus Listrius.Title: Moriae Encomium, Cum Gerardi Listrii Commentariis. Epistolae aliquo...
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1892 Rare First Edition- Celtic Fairy Tales by J Jacobs Illustrated by JD Batten
Author: Joseph Jacobs (Selected and edited). John D. Batten, illustrator.Title: Celtic Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, David Nutt, 1892. First Editi...
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1818 Scarce Books in a Box - New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Author: [Not attributed – standard Church of England text].Title: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ [and] The Book of Common P...
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1849 Rare First Edition - Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers by W.E. Aytoun
Author: William Edmondstoune Aytoun.Title: Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems.Publisher: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and So...
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1814 Rare Book with Box- The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New
Author: [King James Bible translation].Title: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New; Translated out of the Original Tongues; an...
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1957 Rare Signed First English Edition- The Rainbow Children by Josephine Baker
Author: Joséphine Baker, with the assistance of Jo Bouillon. Illustrated by Piët Worm.Title: The Rainbow Children.Publisher: Amsterdam, Mulder &...
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1910 Rare First Edition - Rewards and Fairies with IF poem by Rudyard Kipling
An important note on KIPLING AND THE SWASTIKA:The swastika on Kipling’s books is a Hindu symbol of good fortune and well-being, used in Indian cul...
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2009 Scarce First Edition - The Fairy Market by van Sandwyk dedicated to Rackham
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: The Fairy Market.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press (Charles Van Sandwyk Fine Arts), 2009. First...
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1876 Rare Book - Gulliver’s Travels and Others Works by Jonathan Swift
Author: Jonathan Swift.Title: The Choice Works of Dean Swift in Prose and Verse. Carefully Reprinted from the Original Editions. With Memoir, Portr...
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1880 Rare Victorian Book - The Lamplighter by Maria Susanna Cummins
Author: Maria S. Cummins.Title: The Lamplighter.Publisher: London, James Nisbet & Co., 21 Berners Street, [circa 1880s].Language: Text in Engli...
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1910 Rare First Edition - The House in the Wood and Other Old Fairy Stories
Author: Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.Title: The House in the Wood and Other Old Fairy Stories.Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne an...
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1890 Scarce Color French Book - Contes des Fees by Perrault, Fairy Tales
Author: Charles Perrault.Title: Les Contes des Fées.Publisher: Paris, Librairie de Théodore Lefèvre et Cie / Émile Guérin, Éditeur, [circa 1890].La...
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1914 Scarce First Edition - The Forest Ring by William C. De Mille, illustrated
Author: William C. de Mille. Illustrated by Harold Sichel.Title: The Forest Ring. Founded on the play by William C. de Mille and Charles Barnar...
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2020 Scarce version of I Believe - Fortress on the Hill by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: I Believe [Fortress on the Hill].Publisher: North Vancouver, The High Branch Society, [n.d., circa 2020s].Langua...
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1808 Rare Book - Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World
Author: Jonathan Swift, D.D.Title: Gulliver’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dub...
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1584 Scarce Vellum Book – Petrarch's On the Remedies of Fortune (De Remediis)
Author: Francesco Petrarca.Title: Francisci Petrarchae Poetae Oratorisque Clarissimi De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae Libri II.Publisher: Lugduni (Ly...
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1956 First Illustrated Edition by Shepard - The Secret Garden by F.H. Burnett
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: London, The Reprint Society, 1956. First and ...
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2019 Rare Book - Affairs Of The Heart by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Title: Affairs Of The Heart According to Peaceable Creatures.Language: Text in English.Publisher: Nor...
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1920 Scarce Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, frontis by Margaret Tarrant
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co...
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1880 Rare Victorian Book - The Lamplighter by Maria Susanna Cummins
Author: Maria S. Cummins.Title: The Lamplighter.Publisher: London, James Nisbet & Co., 21 Berners Street, [c.1880s].Language: Text in English.S...
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2021 Rare book - Animal Wisdom written and illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Animal Wisdom.Language: Text in English.Publisher: North Vancouver, B.C., Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2021. ...
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1885 Rare Book - Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne.Title: Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery.Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, [circa 1885].Langu...
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2018 Scarce Triptych - Splendid Crow Field Guide to Decent Humans by van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Splendid Crow: Life is Art; Art is Life (also known as A Field Guide to Decent Humans).Publisher: North Vancouve...
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1911 Rare Peter Pan First Edition - Peter and Wendy by James Matthew Barrie
Author: J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by F.D. Bedford.Title: Peter and Wendy.Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1911. First American Edition....
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1898 First Edition - The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Whales
Author: Frank T. Bullen.Title: The Cruise of the “Cachalot”: Round the World After Sperm Whales.Publisher: London, Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Water...
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1856 Rare Book in Exquisite Binding - The Works of Lord Byron, Poems Illustrated
Author: Lord Byron.Title: The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems and a Sketch of His Life.Publisher: Boston, Phillips, Sampson, an...
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1956 First Illustrated Edition by Shepard - The Secret Garden by F.H. Burnett
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: London, The Reprint Society, 1956. First and ...
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2025 Scarce Book by van Sandwyk - Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant & Three Continents.Publisher: Vanc...
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1866 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, 1866.Language: Text...
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