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 Rare First US Edition - Goblin Market illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Author: Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Title: Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Publisher: Phil...
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2009 Rare Signed Book - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles Van Sandwyk. Waisiki Doughty.Title: Canadian Content.Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009. First Editio...
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1898 Rare First Edition - The Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang, Illustrated
Author: Selected and Edited by Andrew Lang. (Henry Justice Ford, illustrator).Title: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS.Language: Tex...
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1890 Rare Ramage Binding - The Vicar of Wakefield illustrated by Hugh Thomson
Author: Oliver Goldsmith. Preface by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.Title: The Vicar of Wakefield.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co.,...
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2005 Signed 1stED - Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds, Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds. (From the front cover:) “I am the sketchbook belonging to Cha...
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1890 Rare Book - All Around the Moon by Jules Verne, Illustrated
Author: Jules Verne. Translated by Edward Roth.Title: All Around the Moon.Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay, no date [circa 1890s].Language: Tex...
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2021 Signed First Edition - Yours Truly, Biography of Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: Yours Truly.Publisher: North Vancouver, BC: The Fairy Press, 2021. First Edition. Sig...
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1962 First Illustrated Edition by Tasha Tudor - The Secret Garden
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippincott Company...
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1890 Rare Book - The Fortunes of the Ranger and Crusader, A Tale of Two Ships
Author: William H.G. Kingston.Title: The Fortunes of the “Ranger” and “Crusader.” A Tale of Two Ships, and the Adventures of Their Passengers and C...
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2013 Rare Book - An Unexpected Gift, A Christmas Tale by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: An Unexpected Gift.Language: Text in English.Publisher: North Vancouver, C.S.V. Fine Arts, The Fairy Press, 2013...
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1936 Rare Book - Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author: L.M. Montgomery. Title: Rilla of Ingleside.Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Limited, no date (circa 1936).Language: Text in Eng...
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1911 Rare First Edition - The Secret Garden illustrated by Maria Louise Kirk
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1911]. First edition with "1911" on cop...
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1597 Rare Greek Latin Vellum Book - The Tragedies of Euripides
Author: Euripides. Edited and translated by Aemilius Portus, with commentary by Gulielmus Canterus.Title: Evripidis Tragoediae XIX.Publisher: Heide...
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1905 Rare Book - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne. Illustrated by Henry Austin.Title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.Publisher: London, Melbourne and Toronto: Ward, Lock ...
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1997 First Edition - Charles van Sandwyk’s Pocket Guide to the Little People
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Van Sandwyk’s Pocket Guide to the Little People.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press, 1997. First Edition...
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1870 Rare Book - Night Thoughts and The Poetical Works of Edward Young
Author: Edward Young.Title: The Poetical Works of Edward Young. With Life.Publisher: Edinburgh and London, Gall & Inglis, [circa 1870s].Languag...
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1904 Rare Book - The Heroes, Greek Fairy Tales by Charles Kingsley, Illustrated
Author: Charles Kingsley.Title: The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited / New York, The Macmi...
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1696 Rare Latin French Book - Tobie, Judith and Esther from the Old Testament
Author: Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy.Title: Tobie, Judith et Esther, traduits en François, avec une Explication tirée des SS. Pères & des Aute...
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1896 First Edition - Fantasies, Fairy Tales by Mabel Nembhard, Illustrated
Author: Mabel Nembhard. Illustrated by Maud Linley Sambourne, A.L. and M. Bowley, A.S. Gibson, and F. Reason.Title: Fantasies.Publisher: London, Ge...
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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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1923 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...
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1888 Rare Book - Lady of the Lake and Other Poems by Sir Walter Scott
Author: Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Title: Lady of the Lake and Other Poems.Publisher: New York, Worthington Co., 747 Broadway, 1888.Language: Text in ...
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1693 Scarce Italian Poetry Book - Rime Spirituali by Vittoria Colonna, Naples
Author: Vittoria Colonna, Marchesa di Pescara. Edited by Antonio Bulifon.Title: Rime Spirituali di M. Vittoria Colonna d’Avalos, Marchesana di Pesc...
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1894 Rare – The Conquest of the Moon by André Laurie, Jules Verne’s Collaborator
Author: André Laurie. Illustrated by Georges Roux.Title: The Conquest of the Moon. A Story of the Bayouda.Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston &...
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1908 Rare Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by K. M. Roberts
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by K. M. Roberts.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: London, S. W. Partridge & Co., no date [...
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1916 First Edition - Jataka Tales on lives of the Buddha by Francis and Thomas
Author: H.T. Francis and E.J. Thomas.Title: Jataka Tales. Selected and Edited with Introduction and Notes.Publisher: Cambridge, University Press, 1...
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1886 Rare Book - The Brownies and Other Tales by Juliana Horatio Ewing
Author: Juliana Horatia Ewing.Title: The Brownies and Other Tales.Publisher: London, George Bell and Sons, 1886. New Edition.Language: Text in Engl...
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1942 Rare First US Edition - The Gnome's Almanack by Ida Bohatta
Author: BOHATTA-MORPURGO, Ida. (June Head, translator).Title: The Gnome's Almanack.Publisher: New York, Ars Sacra – Herbert Dubler, Inc., 1942. Fir...
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1681 Rare Latin French Book - Solomon Book of Proverbs from the Old Testament
Author: Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy.Title: Les Proverbes de Salomon. Traduits en François, Avec une explication tirée des SS. Pères, & des Au...
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1700 Rare Latin French Book - Daniel and the Maccabees from the Old Testament
Author: Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy.Title: Daniel. Les Machabées. Traduits en François, avec une explication tirée des saints Pères et des auteur...
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1897 Rare Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Author: Lewis Carroll.Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Company, no date (circa 1897).Language: Text i...
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1860 Rare Book- The Poetical Works of James Montgomery of Sheffield, illustrated
Author: James Montgomery.Title: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery, of Sheffield. With a Memoir.Publisher: Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, 6 Geor...
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1850 French First Illustrated Edition by the Pauquet brothers - Contes des Fees
Author: Charles Perrault. Illustrated by the Pauquet brothers.Title: Les Contes des Fées.Publisher: Paris, Amédée Bédelet, (no date), but circa 185...
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1890 Rare Book - The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Author: Daniel Defoe.Title: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co., no date (1890).Lang...
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1883 Rare Book - The Defence of Guenevere, King Arthur by William Morris
Author: William Morris. Title: The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems.Publisher: London, Ellis & White, 1883.Language: Text in English.Size:...
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1934 First Edition- A Bunch of Wild Flowers illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Author: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.Title: A Bunch of Wild Flowers.Publisher: Australia, Angus & Robertson Limited, 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 19...
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