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.
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1934 Rare First Edition - A Flower Fairy Alphabet by Cicely Mary Barker
A miniature jewel of the Flower Fairies world, where each letter blooms into enchantment.Author: Cicely Mary Barker.Title: A Flower Fairy Alphabet....
View full details1918 Rare Book - The Little Mother Goose Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
A golden childhood dream where nursery rhymes meet the enchanting world of Jessie Willcox Smith.Author: Jessie Willcox Smith.Title: The Little Moth...
View full details1905 Scarce Book - Goblin Market by C. Rossetti Illustrated by Dion C. Calthrop
A haunting Victorian tale brought to life through delicate color and golden cloth artistry. Author: Christina Rossetti. Illustrated by Dion Clayton...
View full details1930 Rare Book - East of the Sun and West of the Moon Illustrated by Kay Nielsen
Author: [Anonymous]. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen and V. Candell.Title: East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North.Publisher: Gar...
View full details2015 Rare First Edition - Tree Whispers, Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Tree Whispers.Publisher: North Vancouver, Savuti Press, 2015. First Edition. Printed offset (600 copies).Languag...
View full details1920 Rare Book - The Dream-Pedlar, Illustrated in Color by Florence Anderson
A rare and enchanting dream-world in color, where early 20th-century illustration reaches quiet perfection.Author: Lady Margaret Sackville. Illustr...
View full details1915 Scarce Book - Fairy Frolics by Enos and Frances Comstock, Color Illustrated
Author: Enos B. Comstock. Illustrated by Frances Bassett Comstock.Title: Fairy Frolics.Publisher: Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & Company...
View full details1902 Rare Book - The Quest of the Holy Grail, A Paraphrase of the Holy Legends
Author: Ferris Greenslet. Illustrated by Edwin Austin Abbey.Title: The Quest of the Holy Grail: An Interpretation and a Paraphrase of the Holy Lege...
View full details1887 Rare Legendary medieval Travel - The Voiage of Syr John Maundeville, Knight
Author: Sir John Mandeville. Edited by John Ashton.Title: The Voiage and Travayle of Syr John Maundeville, Knight.Publisher: London, Pickering &...
View full details1890 Rare Book - Mrs. Isabella Beeton’s Every-Day Cookery, Illustrated in Colour
Author: Isabella Beeton.Title: Mrs. Beeton’s Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book.Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., [circa 1890].Language...
View full details1860 Rare First Edition-The Nine Lives of a Cat, illustrated by Charles Bennett
Author: Charles Bennett. Illustrated by the author. Title: The Nine Lives of a Cat: A Tale of Wonder.Publisher: London, Griffith and Farran, 1860. ...
View full details1905 Rare Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (People’s Edition).Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co.,...
View full details1904 First Edition - In the Closed Room illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.Title: In the Closed Room.Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & Co., 19...
View full details1916 Rare Book- La Vita Nuova, The New Life by Dante Illustrated by Evelyn Paul
Author: Dante Alighieri. Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Illustrated by Evelyn Paul.Title: La Vita Nuova.Publisher: New York, Brentano’s (Geo...
View full details2009 Rare Signed Book - Canadian Content by Charles van Sandwyk.
Author: Charles van Sandwyk; Waisiki Doughty. Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Canadian Content.Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk ...
View full details1948 Rare Edition with Dust jacket - Round Fairyland with Alice by Lindsay Cable
Author: Brenda Girvin. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.Title: Round Fairyland with Alice.Publisher: Redhill, Surrey, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co...
View full details2008 Signed First Edition - After Glow with bedpost tag by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: After Glow.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press, November 2008.Language: Text ...
View full details1870 Rare First Edition - Tommy and His Broom and Other Tales, Color Illustrated
Author: [Anonymous].Title: Tommy and His Broom, and Other Tales.Publisher: London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin; and 596 Broadway, New York, [circa ...
View full details1827 Scarce Medieval Romance - The History of Helyas, Knight of the Swan
Author: Anonymous.Title: The History of Helyas, Knight of the Swan.Publisher: London, William Pickering, 1827. First thus.Language: Text in English...
View full details1887 Rare Book - Favourite Song Birds by H. G. Adams, Color Illustrated
Author: H. G. Adams.Title: Favourite Song Birds.Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons, 1887. New Edition (stated).Language: Text in English.Size:...
View full details1681 Rare - Lucan's Pharsalia, Civil war between Julius Caesar and the Senate
Author: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan). With notes by Hugo Grotius and Thomas Farnaby.Title: M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia, sive de Bello Civili Caesa...
View full details1932 Rare Centenary Edition with Dust jacket - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932 ...
View full details1935 Rare First Edition - Andersen Fairy Tales Illustrated by Rex Whistler
Author: Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.Title: Fairy Tales and Legends.Publisher: London, Cobden-Sanderson Ltd, 1935 (First Rex Whistler...
View full details1910 Scarce 1stED -The Green Mouse by R. W. Chambers Illustrated by E. Frederick
Author: Robert W. Chambers. Illustrated by Edmund Frederick.Title: The Green Mouse.Publisher: New York and London, D. Appleton and Company, 1910 (f...
View full details2019 Rare Signed 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: North Vanco...
View full details2017 Rare Limited Ed.- A Northern View of the Great Solar Eclipse by van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: A Northern View of the Great Solar Eclipse of 2017 Witnessed at the Sovereign State of Brandywine Cottage Deep C...
View full details1886 Scarce Third Edition - Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson.Title: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. Third Edition issu...
View full details1885 Rare Book - Demonology and Witchcraft, Witches and Fairies by Walter Scott
Author: Sir Walter Scott. With an introduction by Henry Morley.Title: Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft.Publisher: London, George Routledge and ...
View full details2008 Rare Signed 1stED - Mr. Rabbit's Symphony of Nature by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Mr. Rabbit's Symphony of Nature.Publisher: North Vancouver, CVS Fine Arts, Spring 2008. The First Edition. Print...
View full details1895 Rare Book - Weird Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Illustrated
Author: Edgar Allan Poe.Title: Weird Tales.Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry Altemus, 1895.Language: Text in English.Size: 6 x 4.5 inches.Pages: 258 p...
View full details1913 First Edition - Our Nursery Rhyme Book Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton
Author: Edited by Letty Littlewood and Frank Littlewood. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.Title: Our Nursery Rhyme Book.Publisher: London, Herbert ...
View full details1897 Rare First Edition - The One-Eyed Griffin and Other Fairy Stories
Author: Herbert E. Inman. Illustrated by E. A. Mason.Title: The One-Eyed Griffin and Other Fairy Stories.Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co....
View full details1910 Rare Book - Balzac’s Droll Stories Illustrated by Albert Robida
Author: Honoré de Balzac. Illustrated by Albert Robida.Title: Balzac’s Droll Stories: Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine.Publisher: London, Priv...
View full details1870 Scarce Victorian Book - Fairy Mary’s Dream by A.F.L., illustrated in Color
Author: (A. F. L.) Alexander Francis Lydon. Illustrated by the author.Title: Fairy Mary’s Dream.Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons, 1870. Firs...
View full details1864 First Edition - Nursery Nonsense; or, Rhymes Without Reason, Illustrated
Author: D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Illustrated by Charles H. Bennett.Title: Nursery Nonsense; or, Rhymes Without Reason.Publisher: London, Griffith...
View full details1910 - The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses or, Moses’ Magical Spirit-Art Kabala
Author: Anonymous.Title: The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses; or, Moses’ Magical Spirit-Art, Known as the Wonderful Arts.Publisher: Printed in U.S...
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