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 Scarce Victorian Book - Butterflies and Fairies by Mary Albert, Illustrated
Author: Mary Albert.Title: Butterflies and Fairies.Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1873. First Edition.Language: Text...
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1874 Rare Zaehnsdorf Binding - Legend of King Arthur, The Holy Grail by Tennyson
Author: Alfred Tennyson.Title: The Holy Grail and Other Poems.Publisher: London, Henry S. King and Co., 1874.Language: Text in English.Size: 6.5 x ...
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2025 Scarce Signed by van Sandwyk - Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah, Tale of Elephant
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Illustrated by the author.Title: Fah-nama-nama-nama-lah. A Tale of One Elephant & Three Continents.Publisher: Vanc...
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1914 First Edition - The Butterfly Babies Book Illustrated by M. T. (Penny) Ross
Author: Elizabeth Gordon. Illustrated by M. T. (Penny) Ross.Title: The Butterfly Babies’ Book.Publisher: Chicago and New York, Rand McNally & C...
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1870 Rare Victorian Floriography Book - Flora Symbolica, The Language of Flowers
Author: John Ingram. With original illustrations printed in colors by Terry.Title: Flora Symbolica; or, The Language and Sentiment of Flowers. Incl...
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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 (600 copies)...
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2005 Signed 1stED - Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds, Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds. (From the front cover:) “I am the sketchbook belonging to Charl...
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1914 Rare 1stED - Poems of William Morris by Pre-Raphaelite Florence Harrison
Author: William Morris. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.Title: Early Poems of William Morris.Publisher: London, Glasgow & Bombay, Blackie &...
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2018 - Collection of Little People Common to the Forest by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Here Follows A Collection of Little People Common to the Natural Forest (The Enlarged Edition).Publisher: North ...
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1854 Rare Book - The Tower of London, A Romance Illustrated by George Cruikshank
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.Title: The Tower of London. A Historical Romance.Publisher: London, George Rou...
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1850 Scarce Book - Stories About Dogs by Thomas Bingley and Thomas Landseer
Author: Thomas Bingley. Illustrated from drawings by Thomas Landseer.Title: Stories About Dogs: Illustrative of Their Instinct, Sagacity and Fideli...
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2021 Rare book - Animal Wisdom written and illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Title: Animal Wisdom.Language: Text in English.Publisher: North Vancouver, B.C., Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2021. ...
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1895 Rare Pirate Book- The Life of William Dampier and The Buccaneers of America
Author: Anonymous (biographical narrative of William Dampier). Illustrated by Paul Hardy.Title: The Life and Adventures of William Dampier with a ...
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1860 Rare First Edition-The Nine Lives of a Cat, illustrated by Charles Bennett
Author: Charles Bennett.Title: The Nine Lives of a Cat: A Tale of Wonder. Publisher: London, Griffith and Farran, Corner of St. Paul’s Chu...
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1896 Rare Second Edition - Poems. Third Series, by Emily Dickinson
Author: Emily Dickinson. Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd.Title: Poems — Third Series.Publisher: Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1896. Second edition (as stat...
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1931 Rare First Illustrated Edition by Roy Best -Picture Story Book of Peter Pan
Author: Story based on the play by Sir J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by Roy Best.Title: The Picture Story Book of Peter Pan.Publisher: Racine, Wisconsi...
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1922 Rare Book - Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights illustrated by Edmund Dulac
Author: Emily Brontë. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.Title: Wuthering Heights.Publisher: London & Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; New York, E....
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1898 First Edition, Unique Hand-Illuminated - Flower Favourites by Lizzie Deas
Author: Lizzie Deas.Title: Flower Favourites. Their Legends, Symbolism and Significance.Publisher: London, George Allen, 156 Charing Cross Road, 18...
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2009 Rare Signed Book - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles Van Sandwyk. Waisiki Doughty.Title: Canadian Content.Publisher: Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009. S...
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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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1963 Rare First Limited Edition #419- The Planet of the Apes, Planete des Singes
Author: Pierre Boulle. Title: La Planète des Singes [The Planet of the Apes]. Publisher: Paris, Le Cercle du Nouveau Livre, 1963. First edition, fi...
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1822 Rare First Edition Book set - The Pirate by Sir Walter Scott
Author: Sir Walter Scott.Title: The Pirate.Publisher: Edinburgh, Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., London, 182...
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2018 Scarce Triptych - Splendid Crow Field Guide to Decent Humans by van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Splendid Crow: Life is Art; Art is Life (also known as A Field Guide to Decent Humans).Publisher: North Vancouve...
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1912 Rare First Signed Edition #1004 - Æsop Fables Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Author: Æsop. Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Title: Æsop’s Fables.Publisher: Lon...
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1893 Rare Book - Poems. Second Series. By Emily Dickinson
Author: Emily Dickinson.Title: Poems. Second Series.Publisher: Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1893. Fifth Edition (stated).Language: Text in English.Siz...
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1876 Rare Book - Christmas Books (A Christmas Carol, etc.) by Charles Dickens
Author: Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Fred Barnard.Title: Christmas Books (Household Edition).Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadil...
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1976 Rare First Illustrated Edition - Watership Down Signed by John Lawrence
Author: Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.Title: Watership Down.Publisher: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, Penguin Books Ltd / Kestrel...
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1870 Rare First Edition - Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry
Author: Richard F. Burton. Illustrated by Ernest Griset.Title: Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry.Publisher: London, Longmans, Gree...
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1859 Rare 1stED bound by Nutt - Idylls of the King Arthur by Alfred Tennyson
Author: Alfred Tennyson.Title: Idylls of the King.Publisher: London, Edward Moxon & Co., Dover Street, 1859.First edition, second issue, with t...
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1897 Rare 1stED - Captains Courageous, Story of the Grand Banks by R. Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Isaac Walton Taber.Title: CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. A Story of the Grand Banks. Illustrated by I.W. ...
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1925 Rare First Edition - Where the Rainbow Ends by Clifford Mills and Leo Bates
Author: Clifford Mills. Leo Bates, illustrator.Title: Where the Rainbow Ends. Illustrated by Leo Bates.Publisher: London, Hodder and S...
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1882 Scarce Floriography Book - Flora Symbolica, The Language of Flowers
Author: John Ingram. Illustrated by Terry.Title: Flora Symbolica; or, The Language and Sentiment of Flowers.Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and ...
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1889 Scarce Book - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, Illustrated by W. L. Taylor
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by W. L. Taylor.Title: The Raven.Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1889.Language: Text in Engli...
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1926 First Deluxe Edition - Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard
Author: A. A. Milne with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.Title: Winnie-the-Pooh Publisher : London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. First Edition, F...
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2019 Signed First Edition - Alice in Wonderland, Charles van Sandwyk Illustrator
Author: Lewis Carroll. Charles van Sandwyk, illustrator.Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrations by Charles van San...
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1896 Rare Book - Peter Ibbetson, A strange tale of Communication through Dreams
Author: George du Maurier. Illustrated by the Author.Title: Peter Ibbetson.Publisher: London, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896.Language: ...
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