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.
Filters
1798 Scarce Book - The Poems of William Shakespeare, Shakspeare' Fables Origin
Author: William Shakespeare. With a history by Edward Capell. Illustrated with portraits by Francesco Bartolozzi.Title: The Poems of William Shakes...
View full details1900 Scarce Book - Our Nursery Rhyme Book illustrated by Honor C. Appleton
Author: Edited by Letty and Frank Littlewood. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.Title: Our Nursery Rhyme Book.Publisher: London, Simpkin, Marshall, ...
View full details1895 Rare Victorian Book - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Illustrated
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co., (189...
View full details1911 Rare Book - Little Songs for Little People by Githa and Millicent Sowerby
Author: Selected by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.Title: Little Songs for Little People.Publisher: London, Henry Frowde & Hod...
View full details1898 Rare Book set in Original Box - The Complete Works of Robert Browning
Author: Robert Browning.Title: The Complete Works of Robert Browning. Camberwell Edition.Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1898...
View full details1919 Rare First Limited Signed Edition - Some British Ballads by Arthur Rackham
Author: [Various]. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Title: Some British Ballads.Publisher: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1919. First Limited Sign...
View full details1892 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 Edit...
View full details2007 Rare Book Signed Charles van Sandwyk - Mr. Rabbit's Christmas Wish
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Mr. Rabbit's Christmas Wish Translated for Humans by Charles van Sandwyk.Language: Text in English.Publisher: No...
View full details1911 Rare First Edition - Sylvia’s Travels by Constance and Maxwell Armfield
Author: Constance Armfield. Illustrated by Maxwell Armfield.Title: Sylvia’s Travels.Publisher: London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911. First Edit...
View full details2012 Will o’ the Wisps – Charles van Sandwyk Artist’s Proof Miniature Book
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Will o’ the Wisps (for Tiny Hands).Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2012.Language: Text in E...
View full details1890 Rare Routledge Edition - La Mort d’Arthure: The History of King Arthur
Author: Sir Thomas Malory. Edited with introduction and notes by Thomas Wright.Title: La Mort d’Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knig...
View full details1911 Rare First Edition - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. First edition with "1911" on the c...
View full details1859 Rare First Edition - Baron Munchausen's Adventures Illustrated by Crowquill
Author: Raspe (Rudolph Erich). (Alfred Crowquill, Illustrator).Title: The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Illustrated by Alf...
View full details1931 First Edition - Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies in Publisher's Box w/ Book Mark
Author: Johnny Gruelle. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle.Title: Raggedy Ann’s Lucky Pennies.Publisher: Joliet, The P. F. Volland Company, 1932. First ...
View full detailsc.1899 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám — FitzGerald — Illustrated — Art Nouveau Binding — Crowell, New York
Author: Omar Khayyám; rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and the Saláman and Absál of Jámí Publisher:...
View full details1902 Rare Book - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam illustrated by Gilbert James
Author: Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald.Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and the Salámán and Absál of Jámí.Publisher:...
View full details1864 Floriography Book - The Illustrated Language of Flowers by Mrs. L. Burke
Author: Compiled and edited by Mrs. L. Burke.Title: The Illustrated Language of Flowers.Publisher: London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge; New York...
View full details1915 Rare Book - The Invisible War-Plane: A Tale of Air Adventure, Illustrated
Author: Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper. Illustrated by John de G. Bryan.Title: The Invisible War-Plane: A Tale of Air Adventure in the Great...
View full details1949 George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984, 1st Edition, 2nd printing
Author: George Orwell.Title: Nineteen Eighty-Four.Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First American edition, second printing (...
View full details1920 Rare - Tristan and Iseult - Tristram and Isoude Illustrated by Evelyn Paul
Author: Evelyn Paul, Illustrator.Title: The Romance of Tristram of Lyones and La Beale Isoude. Drawn out of the Celtic-French and illuminated b...
View full details1885 First Edition - The Poetic of the Rose, Ros Rosarum by E.V.B.
Author: “E. V. B.” (Eleanor Vere Boyle).Title: Ros Rosarum ex Horto Poetarum: Dew of the Ever-Living Rose. Gathered from the Poets’ Gardens of Many...
View full details1838 Rare Book - The Sentiment of Flowers; or, Language of Flora, Illustrated
Author: By the editor of Woodland Gleanings.Title: The Sentiment of Flowers; or, Language of Flora.Publisher: London, Robert Tyas, 50 Cheapside; Jo...
View full details1892 Near Fine Book - Paul and Virginia Illustrated by Maurice Leloir
Author: Bernardin de Saint‑Pierre. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir.Title: Paul and Virginia.Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 189...
View full details1916 Rare Book in Scarce Dust Jacket - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.Publisher: London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co...
View full details1935 First Platt and Munk Edition - The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Author: Inspired by Beatrix Potter.Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.Publisher: New York, Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1935. First Platt and Munk Edit...
View full details1930 Rare First Edition - Moby Dick by Melville illustrated by Rockwell Kent
Author: Herman Melville. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.Title: Moby Dick, or The Whale.Publisher: New York, Random House, 1930. First one-volume il...
View full details1929 Signed First Edition - The Long Bright Land, Fairy Tales from Southern Seas
Author: Edith Howes. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.Title: The Long Bright Land: Fairy Tales from Southern Seas.Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown...
View full details1935 Rare Book with Dust Jacket - How Peter Rabbit Went to Sea by Duff Graham
Author: Duff Graham.Title: How Peter Rabbit Went to Sea.Publisher: New York, The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., [1935]. First Platt & Munk Edition...
View full details1915 Rare First Edition - Grandmother’s Fairy Tales Illustrated by Maurice Lalau
Author: Charles Robert Dumas. Translated by Pia Hewlett. Illustrated by Maurice Lalau.Title: Grandmother’s Fairy Tales: From the French of Charles ...
View full details1827 Rare Philosophical Book - Rasselas; A Tale. With Dinarbas; A Tale
Author: Samuel Johnson. With Dinarbas; A Tale by Ellis Cornelia Knight.Title: Rasselas; A Tale. Dinarbas; A Tale.Publisher: London, Printed and Pub...
View full details1912 Rare First Edition - A Child’s Book of Warriors Illustrated by Herbert Cole
Author: William Canton. Illustrated by Herbert Cole.Title: A Child’s Book of Warriors.Publisher: London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; New York, E. P...
View full details1905 First Edition - The Tyranny of the Dark by Hamlin Garland, Spiritualism
Author: Hamlin Garland.Title: The Tyranny of the Dark.Publisher: London and New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. First Edition.Languag...
View full details1918 First Edition - The Illustrated Key to the Tarot, Divination by de Laurence
Author: Lauron William de Laurence.Title: The Illustrated Key To The Tarot - The Veil of Divination. Illustrating The Greater An...
View full details1908 Rare Symbolist Theatre - Pelleas and Melisande by Maurice Maeterlinck
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck.Title: Pelléas and Mélisande. Translated by Erving Winslow. With an introduction by Montrose J. Moses.Publisher: New Yo...
View full details1937 The Fairy Circus – Signed Dorothy P. Lathrop, Scarce
Author: Dorothy P. Lathrop. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.Title: The Fairy Circus.Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company, 1937. First Editi...
View full details1892 The Descent of Man – Charles Darwin Rare Edition
Author: Charles Darwin.Title: The DESCENT OF MAN and Selection in Relation to Sex. Complete in One Volume.Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and ...
View full details