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.
1859 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...
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1931 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 ...
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Author: Omar Khayyám; rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and the Saláman and Absál of Jámí Publisher:...
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1902 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:...
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1864 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...
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1915 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...
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1949 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 (...
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1920 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...
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1885 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...
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1838 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...
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1892 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...
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1916 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...
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1935 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...
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1930 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...
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1929 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...
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1935 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...
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1915 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 ...
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1827 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...
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1912 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...
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1905 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...
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1918 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...
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1908 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...
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1937 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...
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1892 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 ...
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1911 Pre-Raphaelite Edition - Idylls of the King by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson. Illustrated in Colour by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.Title: The Idylls of the King.Publisher: London, New York, ...
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1957 Rare First Edition, 3rd Printing - On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Author: Jack Kerouac.Title: On the Road.Publisher: New York, The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition, Third Printing (as stated). Copyright page stat...
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2009 Rare Signed Book - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. With Waisiki Doughty. Title: Canadian Content. Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009. First Editio...
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1890 Scarce Book - Swedish Fairy Tales by Herman Hofberg, Illustrated
Author: Herman Hofberg. Translated by W. H. Myers.Title: Swedish Fairy Tales.Publisher: Chicago, Belford-Clarke Co., 1890.Language: Text in English...
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1890 Rare Book - Faust by Goethe llustrated by Frederick J. Boston
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Illustrated by Frederick J. Boston.Title: Faust.Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. First t...
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1931 Rare First Edition in a box - Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land by Johnny Gruelle
Author: Johnny Gruelle. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle.Title: Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land.Publisher: Joliet, The P.F. Volland Company, 1931. First Ed...
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1935 Rare Book - The Complete Book of Fortune and Other Methods Of Divination
Author: Anonymous (compiled work).Title: The Complete Book of Fortune.Publisher: London, Associated Newspapers Ltd., Northcliffe House, E.C.4, [cir...
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1908 Rare - A Treasury of Verse for Little Children Illustrated by Willy Pogany
Author: Various authors. Selected by M. G. Edgar. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.Title: A Treasury of Verse for Little Children.Publisher: New York, T...
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1935 Rare Signed Book - Peter Rabbit Goes A-Visiting by Linda Stevens Almond
Author: Linda Stevens Almond. Illustrated by the author.Title: Peter Rabbit Goes A-Visiting.Publisher: New York, The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 19...
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1860 Rare Book bound by Bagster - Polyglot Bible, Old and New Testaments. Clasp
Author: The Holy Bible.Title: The English Version of the Polyglott Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments, with a Copious and Original Select...
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1825 Rare Book - The Poems of Ossian by James Macpherson
Author: James Macpherson (translator).Title: The Poems of Ossian.Publisher: London, for the Proprietors of the English Classics (Baynes and Son et ...
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1930 Rare First Edition in a Box - Raggedy Ann in the Deep Deep Woods
Author: Johnny Gruelle.Title: Raggedy Ann in the Deep Deep Woods.Publisher: Joliet, New York, Chicago & Boston, The P. F. Volland Company, 1930...
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