The MFLIBRA Reference Archive

An especially attractive 1908 illustrated edition of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, the first edition illustrated by C. E. Brock, with twenty...

An attractive turn-of-the-century edition of Thoreau’s enduring American classic, preserved in its wonderfully decorative Henry Altemus pictorial b...

An attractive 1863 first edition of Dinah Maria Craik’s influential Victorian fairy-tale anthology, handsomely bound in period half morocco and pre...

An attractive and uncommon late-Victorian edition of John Bunyan’s enduring allegory, extensively illustrated by Thomas Dalziel and preserved in it...

An exceptionally attractive first edition of Thomas Miller’s Victorian botanical classic, beautifully illustrated by Birket Foster and preserved in...

An attractive early twentieth-century illustrated edition of U. Waldo Cutler’s retelling of the Arthurian legends, bearing both 1909 and 1910 title...

An uncommon and beautifully preserved 1909 first edition of this Sowerby interpretation of Grimm’s fairy tales, complete with all twelve enchanting...

An attractive late Victorian collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s most celebrated tales, including his Gothic masterpieces and pioneering detective fict...

An attractive and uncommon 1912 first Warwick Goble illustrated edition of this important collection of Bengali folklore, complete with all 32 evoc...

An uncommon and increasingly scarce early Charles Robinson edition of Lewis Carroll’s enduring classic, complete with all eight vibrant colour plat...

An exceptionally attractive late-eighteenth-century English almanac volume, bringing together three substantial 1785 annual reference works in a ha...

An appealing seventeenth-century sammelband bringing together Seneca’s tragedies and two important works on Latin style and usage, preserved in its...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: An Unexpected Gift.Language: Text in English.Publisher: North Vancouver, C.S.V. Fine Arts (The Fairy Press), 201...

An uncommon and beautifully illustrated first edition of Cicely Mary Barker’s charming anthology of traditional rhymes, complete with all twelve de...

An elegant and complete 1911 illustrated edition of the medieval dream allegory, with twenty beautifully atmospheric color plates by Keith Henderso...

An exceptionally attractive and complete Victorian botanical volume, illustrated with forty luminous full-page color plates by F. Edward Hulme and ...

An especially attractive example of the celebrated Gwynedd M. Hudson edition of Lewis Carroll’s classic, complete with all twelve richly colored pl...

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

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

Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by H. Sandham.Title: Lenore.Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1886. First Henry Sandham Illustrated Editio...

An uncommon and beautifully decorated collection of Scottish folklore, retold from traditional ballads and legends by Dorothy King and illustrated ...

A rare first edition of Clemence Housman’s celebrated Gothic novella, complete with all six atmospheric illustrations by Laurence Housman and prese...

Rare first edition of Geoffrey Hodson’s influential Theosophical study of fairies, devas, sylphs, gnomes and other nature spirits, presented as the...

An unusually attractive and scarce first edition of this late Victorian fairyland adventure, illustrated throughout by Patten Wilson and preserved ...

An attractive first edition of Lewis Carroll’s great nonsense poem, retaining Henry Holiday’s remarkable pictorial cloth binding and complete with ...

An exceptionally handsome copy of Malory’s great Arthurian classic, the 1912 Macmillan printing of Sir Edward Strachey’s edition of the Caxton text...

An unusually attractive first edition of Sarah Helen Whitman’s important and deeply personal defense of Edgar Allan Poe, published only eleven year...

An attractive first edition of this wonderfully evocative collection of Cornish fairy lore, bringing together thirteen tales of piskies, enchanted ...

An exceptionally attractive 1902 De Luxe edition of J. A. Mitchell’s early work of speculative fiction and social satire, complete with all eight f...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title:  A Conversation with Old St. Nick at the North PolePublisher: Brandywine Cottage, Deep Cove, 2018. First Edition...

Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: After Glow.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press, November 2008. First Edition....

Author: One of the Sunday-Born [pseudonym].Title: Castle Damouray, A Glimpse of Fairy Land.Publisher: London: Harrison & Sons, St. Martin’s Lan...

Author: A. A. Milne. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.Title: Now We Are Six.Language: Text in English.Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 19...

Author: Sir Walter Scott. Illustrated by John Gilbert.Title: The Lady of the Lake. A Poem.Language: Text in English.Publisher: New York, Leavitt an...

Author: Lewis Carroll (John Tenniel, illustrator).Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There....

Author: Lucy Foster Madison.Title: Joan of Arc: The Warrior Maid.Language: Text in English.Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company, 19...