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.
2019 Scarce Limited 1stED #51/100 - Fairies in Fijiland by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Fairies in Fijiland.Publisher: Vancouver, The Fairy Press, 2019. First Limited Edition #51/100 copies.Language: ...
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1899 Rare First Edition- The Princess of Hearts Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward
Author: Sheila E. Braine. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward. Title: The Princess of Hearts.Publisher: London, Glasgow & Dublin, Blackie & So...
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1859 Rare Book - The Faerie Queene Illustrated by Edward Corbould
Author: Edmund Spenser. Illustrated by Edward Corbould.Title: The Faerie Queene: Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues. To Wh...
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1881 Rare Book - At Home Illustrated by J. G. Sowerby, Decorated by Thomas Crane
Author: J. G. Sowerby. Decorated by Thomas Crane.Title: At Home.Publisher: London, Belfast and Newcastle-on-Tyne, Marcus Ward & Co., no date (c...
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1888 Rare Book - Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Sabine Baring-Gould
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould.Title: Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.Publisher: London, Rivingtons, 1888. New Edition.Language: Text in English.Size...
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2015 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 in a limited edition...
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1993 Scarce First Edition - How to See Fairies by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: How to See Fairies.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press, no date (1993). The first edition, first printin...
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1890 Rare Book - Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, Illustrated
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: A New Translation.Publisher: London and New Yor...
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1887 Rare Book in vellum binding - Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning.Title: Poems.Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill; Glasgow and New York, 1887.La...
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1921 Rare First Edition - Peter Rabbit and the Fairies by Alma & Richard Hudson
Author: Alma Hudson. Illustrated by Richard Hudson.Title: Peter Rabbit and the Fairies.Publisher: New York, Cupples & Leon Company, 1921. First...
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1909 Rare First Edition - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Illustrated By Edmund Dulac
Author: Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. With Illustrat...
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2009 Scarce First Edition - The Fairy Market Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: The Fairy Market.Publisher: North Vancouver, The Fairy Press (Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts), 2009. First Editio...
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1890 Scarce Book - The Fairy Horn Illustrated by S. Theyre Smith
Author: S. Theyre Smith. Illustrated by the author.Title: The Fairy Horn.Publisher: London, Thos. De La Rue & Co., [circa 1890s]. First Edition...
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1870 First Edition - Legend of King Arthur, The Holy Grail by Alfred Tennyson
Author: Alfred Tennyson.Title: The Holy Grail and Other Poems.Publisher: London, Strahan and Co., 1870. First Edition.Language: Text in English.Siz...
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1899 Rare Book - The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. With historical and critical comments by Henry Austin.Title: The Mystery of Marie Roget.Publisher: New York, R. F. Fenno &...
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1809 Rare Book Set - Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha, Illustrated
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated from the original Spanish by Charles Jarvis (Jervas).Title: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious...
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2005 First Edition- Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds, Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds.Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk, 2005. First Edition. Offset p...
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1906 Rare book - The Enchanted Land; Tales Told Again by Katharine Cameron
Author: Louey Chisholm. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron.Title: The Enchanted Land; Tales Told Again.Publisher: London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, cir...
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2012 Scarce Signed 1stED - Full Moon Eyes; Ode to Owls by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles Van Sandwyk.Title: Full Moon Eyes; An Ode to the Wisdom and Forbearance of Owls.Publisher: North Vancouver, Charles Van Sandwyk Fin...
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1894 Rare Book Set - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Author: Alexandre Dumas.Title: The Count of Monte Cristo. Complete in Three Volumes.Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, circa 1894.Langua...
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1899 Scarce First Edition - The Courteous Knight Illustrated by Robert Hope
Author: Edwardson, E. Illustrated by Robert Hope.Title: The Courteous Knight and Other Tales: Borrowed from Spenser and Malory.Publisher: Edinburgh...
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1912 Signed Limited Edition Edmund Dulac - The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.Title: The Bells and Other Poems.Publisher: London, New York & Toronto, Hodder and Stought...
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1929 Rare Book - The Little Fairy Sister Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
A luminous and dreamlike fairy tale from the golden age of Australian fantasy illustration, filled with delicate winged beings, enchanted landscape...
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1858 Rare Victorian Book set - The Ladies’ Treasury, An Illustrated Magazine
A remarkable Victorian treasury of literature, fashion, domestic arts, poetry, travel, etiquette, and illustration, capturing the texture of ninete...
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1896 Rare Book - The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein with Also his Bible Cuts
One of the most haunting and influential artistic meditations on mortality ever produced, uniting the visionary imagery of Hans Holbein with the gr...
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1856 Rare Captain Frederick Marryat Set - Mr. Midshipman Easy; Peter Simple; ...
An exceptionally handsome little Victorian maritime library by Captain Marryat, uniformly bound in richly gilt half leather with vivid marbled boar...
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1882 Rare Book - The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow, Illustrated
A richly ornamented Victorian edition gathering the poetic voice of Longfellow in one of the era’s most striking decorative bindings. Author: Henry...
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1883 Rare 1stED - Rhyme? And Reason?, The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
A wonderfully whimsical Victorian first edition where Lewis Carroll’s imagination dances between nonsense, satire, and dreamlike fantasy.Author: Le...
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1853 Rare Book - Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, Illustrated
Author: Walter Scott. Illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert.Title: The Lady of the Lake.Publisher: Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853....
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1898 Rare First Edition - Dealings with the Dead, From La Légende de la Mort
Author: Anatole Le Braz. Authorized Translation by Mrs. A.E. Whitehead. Preface by Arthur Lillie. Introduction by L. Mariller.Title: Dealings with ...
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1962 Tasha Tudor First Illustrated Edition - The Secret Garden by F. H. Burnett
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippin...
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1913 Scarce First Edition - The Rose Book by H.H. Thomas, Illustrated
Author: H. H. Thomas. Assisted by Walter Easlea. Illustrated by H. Essenhigh Corke.Title: The Rose Book: A Complete Guide for Amateur Rose Growers....
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1930 Rare Book - Flower Fairies of the Summer illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker
Author: Cicely Mary Barker.Title: Flower Fairies of the Summer.Publisher: London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, [circa 1930s].Language: Te...
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1898 Fine Riviere Binding - The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Illustrated
Author: Hans Holbein the Younger. With an introductory note by Austin Dobson.Title: The Dance of Death.Publisher: London, George Bell and Sons, 189...
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1898 Rare Book - Grimm’s Fairy Tales Illustrated in color by Ada Dennis
Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Translated by L. L. Weedon. Illustrated by Ada Dennis, E. Stuart Hardy, and others.Title: Grimm’s Fairy Tales.Publ...
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1850 Rare Greek New Testament - Novum Testamentum with Clasp and Maps
Author: William Greenfield.Title: Novum Testamentum ad Exemplar Millianum.Publisher: Londini [London], Samuel Bagster & Sons, circa 1850.Langua...
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