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.
1864 Rare Book - The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Title: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Publisher: Halifax, Milner and Sowerby; Simpkin, Marshal...
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1913 Scarce Book - 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 ...
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1827 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...
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1887 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:...
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1681 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...
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1932 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 ...
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1935 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...
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1910 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...
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2019 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 Vancouver, B.C....
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2020 Signed Limited Ed. - Letters from Fairyland by Charles van Sandwyk #46/250
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Letters from Fairyland. Written and illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk.Publisher: London, The Folio Society, 20...
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2017 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...
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1886 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...
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1885 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 ...
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2008 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...
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1895 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...
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1900 Rare Book - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, colour illustrations
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co., circ...
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1913 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 ...
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1897 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....
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1910 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...
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1870 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...
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1864 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...
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1910 - 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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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...
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1900 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, ...
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1895 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...
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1911 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...
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1898 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...
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1919 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...
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1892 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...
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1897 Rare Book - Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales for the Young, Illustrated
Author: Hans Andersen. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Andersen’s Tales for the Young.Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co....
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2007 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...
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1911 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...
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2012 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...
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1890 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...
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1930 Hand-painted Vellum Binding - Sonnets from the Portuguese by E. B. Browning
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning.Title: Sonnets from the Portuguese.Publisher: Florence, Giulio Giannini & Son. (1930).Language: Text in Engl...
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1911 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...
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