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.
1873 Rare Book - Common Wayside Flowers Color Illustrated by Birket Foster
Author: Thomas Miller. Illustrated by Birket Foster.Title: Common Wayside Flowers.Publisher: London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1873.L...
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1911 Rare First Edition - The Sensitive Plant Illustrated by Charles Robinson
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.Title: The Sensitive Plant.Publisher: London, William Heinemann; Philadelphia, J.B. L...
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1920 Rare Book - Alice in Wonderland illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited,...
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1895 Rare Victorian Book - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Illustrated
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by various artists.Title: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. A New Translation.Publisher: London, Frederick ...
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1875 Rare Book Set -The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Author: Charles Dickens. Illustrated by H. K. Browne.Title: The Personal History of David Copperfield.Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall, no date ...
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1890 Rare Edition - Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
Author: Jonathan Swift. With copious notes and a life of the author by W. C. Taylor, LL.D.Title: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. ...
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1890 Scarce Book - Legends from Fairyland by Mrs. H.B. Paull
Author: Holme Lee. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull. Title: Legends from Fairy Land.Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co., no date (1890).Lang...
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1900 Rare Book - The True Annals of Fairy-Land: The Reign of King Herla
Author: William Canton. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.Title: The True Annals of Fairy-Land: The Reign of King HerlaPublisher: London, J. M. Dent ...
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1870 Scarce First Edition - Field Flowers by the botanist James Shirley Hibberd
Author: Shirley Hibberd.Title: Field Flowers: A Handy-Book for the Rambling Botanist, Suggesting What to Look For and Where to Go in the Out-Door S...
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1907 Rare First Edition - The Story of the Weathercock by Charles Robinson
Author: Evelyn Sharp. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.Title: The Story of the Weathercock.Publisher: London, Blackie & Son Limited, no date (19...
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1893 Scarce First Edition - Scottish Fairy and Folk Tale by Sir George Douglas
Author: Selected and Edited by Sir George Douglas, Bart. Illustrated by James Torrance.Title: Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales.Publisher: London, Walt...
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1843 Rare Book set - The Poetical Works of John Milton Illustrated
Author: John Milton. With a memoir by James Montgomery. Illustrated by William Harvey.Title: The Poetical Works of John Milton (Complete set of 2 V...
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1925 Rare Book - Peter Pan and Wendy Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Author: J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.Title: Peter Pan and Wendy.Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton, no date (circa 1925)....
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1915 Rare Book - The Seven Champions Of Christendom by F. J. Harvey Darton
Author: Edited by F. J. Harvey Darton. Illustrated by Norman Ault.Title: The Seven Champions of Christendom.Publisher: London, Wells Gardner Darton...
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1867 Rare Book - The Culprit Fay by J. Rodman Drake Illustrated by A. Lumley
Author: Joseph Rodman Drake. Illustrated by Arthur Lumley.Title: The Culprit Fay. A Poem.Publisher: New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1867. First illu...
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1895 Scarce Edition - A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Author: A. Conan Doyle.Title: A Study in ScarletPublisher: Chicago, E.A. Weeks & Company, 521-531 Wabash Avenue, no date (1895). Scarce Handy V...
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1890 Rare Book - The Dragon and the Raven,The Days of King Alfred by G.A. Henty
Author: G.A. Henty. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland, R.I. Title: The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred.Publisher: London: Blackie &...
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1652 Rare Vellum Latin Book - Plautus Plays, Plauti Comoediae Superstites XX
Author: Titus Maccius Plautus.Title: M. Acci Plauti Comoediae Superstites XX. Accuratissime edita.Publisher: Amstelodami, Typis Ludovici Elzevirii,...
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2019 Rare Book - Affairs Of The Heart Peaceable Creatures 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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1890 Rare Book - History of Gutta-Percha Willie by George MacDonald
Author: George MacDonald. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes.Title: The History of Gutta-Percha Willie: The Working Genius.Publisher: London, Glasgow, Ed...
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1948 Rare Book - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Helen Sewell. Title: Little House on the Prairie.Publisher: New York and London, Harper & Brothers...
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1878 Rare First Edition- Frithiof's Saga, Illustrated Viking Tales of the North
Author: Esaias Tegnér. Illustrated by various artists.Title: Frithiof's Saga: A Legend of Ancient Norway.Publisher: Boston, James R. Osgood and Com...
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1913 First UK Edition - Peter Pan's ABC Illustrated in Colour by Flora White
Author: [Based on the works of J.M. Barrie]. Illustrated by Flora White.Title: Peter Pan’s A.B.C.Publisher: London, Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stou...
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1920 Rare Book - The Princess and the Goblin Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Author: George MacDonald. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.Title: The Princess and the Goblin.Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1920...
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1890 Italian Vellum Book - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy
Author: Dante Alighieri.Title: La Divina Commedia.Publisher: Firenze, G. Barbèra, Editore, 1890.Language: Text in Italian.Size: Small 4 x 3 inches....
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1921 First Edition - Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme illustrated by Anne Anderson
Author: Illustrated by Anne Anderson.Title: The Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Book.Publisher: London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd., no date (1921). ...
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1900 Rare Book - The True Annals of Fairy-Land: The Reign of King Herla
Author: Edited by William Canton. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.Title: The True Annals of Fairy-Land: The Reign of King Herla.Publisher: London: ...
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1560 Scarce Edition - Ovid's Metamorphoses, Metamorphoseon Libri XV
Author: Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid).Title: Pub. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV: Brevissima in singulas quasque Fabulas Lactantii Placidi Ar...
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1876 Rare Book - The Quiver of Love, Valentines Illustrated by Crane, Greenaway
Author: Various Authors. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway.Title: The Quiver of Love: A Collection of Valentines, Ancient and Modern.P...
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1698 Rare French Book - David's Book of Psalms, Pseaumes de David by M. Le Noble
Author: [M. Le Noble]Title: L'Esprit de David, ou Traduction Nouvelle des Pseaumes de David en Vers François, avec de Courtes Réflexions sur Chaque...
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1866 Rare Book - The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, with Original Memoir
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by F. R. Pickersgill, R.A., John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Felix Darley, Jasper Cropsey, P. Duggan, Percival Ske...
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1914 First Edition illustrated by Flora White - Stories Told to Children
Author: Michael Fairless. Illustrated by: Flora White.Title: Stories Told to Children.Publisher: London, Duckworth & Co., 1914]. First Edition ...
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1883 Rare Book - Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin. Illustrated.
Author: Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S.Title: Insectivorous Plants.Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883.Language: Text in English.Size: ...
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1912 First Edition - Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated By Edmund Dulac
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.Title: The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Publisher: New York & London: Hodder and Sto...
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1876 Scarce Edition - The Story Without an End by Friedrich Wilhelm Carové
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Carové. Translated by Sarah Austin, with a preface and key to the emblems by A. Bronson Alcott.Title: The Story Without a...
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1890 Rare Edition - Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
Author: Jonathan Swift. Illustrated by J. A. Browne.Title: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.Publisher: Boston: Lee and S...
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