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.
1920 Rare Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Frank Adams
Author: CARROLL, Lewis. (Frank Adams, illustrator). Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Stories old and new).Publisher: London, Glasgow, Bom...
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1904 First Arthur A. Dixon Illustrated Edition - Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
Author: Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon.Title: Christmas at Bracebridge Hall.Publisher: London: Ernest Nister; New York: E.P. Dut...
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1930 First Edition bound by Asprey- Beatrix Potter's Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Author: Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by the Author.Title: The Tale of Little Pig Robinson.Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1930. First ...
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1920 Rare Book - Grimm's Fairy Tales with 48 Colour Plates By Harry G. Theaker
Author: Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Harry G. Theaker.Title: Grimm’s Fairy Tales.Publisher: London & Melbourne, Ward, Lock & C...
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1890 Rare Book - Poems of Edgar Allan Poe with Memoir of the Poet
Author: Edgar Allan Poe.Title: Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, including some poems not hitherto introduced in his works; to which is added a full and im...
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2018 Scarce 1stED - Old St. Nick at the North Pole by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: A Conversation with Old St. Nick at the North PolePublisher: Brandywine Cottage, Deep Cove, 2018. First Edition...
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1909 Scarce Binding - Alice Through the Looking-Glass by Bessie Pease Gutmann
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Bessie Pease Gutmann.Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.Publisher: New York, Dodge P...
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1881 Rare Limited Edition - Paul and Virginia. With a Memoir, Illustrated
Author: Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Illustrated by Adolphe Lalauze.Title: Paul & Virginia. With a Memoir.Publisher: Edinburgh, Wil...
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1956 First Illustrated Edition by Shepard - The Secret Garden by F.H. Burnett
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.Title: The Secret Garden.Publisher: London, The Reprint Society, 1956. First and ...
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1904 First Limited Edition - Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery by William Morris
Author: William Morris. Designed by Thomas Wood Stevens.Title: Sir Galahad: A Christmas Mystery.Publisher: Chicago: The Blue Sky Press, 1904. First...
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1921 Rare First Edition - Children’s Stories from Italian Fairy Tales
Author: Lilia E. Romano. Illustrated by Howard Davie.Title: Children’s Stories from Italian Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, Raphael Tuck & Sons ...
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1854 Rare Victorian Book - Evangeline, A tale of Acadie by Longfellow
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Jane E. Benham, Birket Foster, and John Gilbert.Title: Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie.Publisher: ...
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1900 Rare Book - The True Annals of Fairy-Land: The Reign of King Herla
Author: Edited by William Canton. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.Title: The True Annals of Fairy-Land: The Reign of King Herla.Publisher: London: ...
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1976 First Edition - Father Christmas Letters of J.R.R. TOLKIEN for his Children
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated by J. R. R. Tolkien.Title: The Father Christmas Letters.Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 197...
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1871 Rare Book bound by Ramage - The Poetical Works of Longfellow, Illustrated
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by John Gilbert.Title: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Author’s Complete Edit...
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1822 Rare Book - Jerusalem Delivered; An Heroic Poem by Torquato Tasso
Author: Torquato Tasso. Translated by John Hoole.Title: Jerusalem Delivered; An Heroic Poem.Publisher: London, Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington,...
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1886 Rare 1stED - Alice's Adventures Under Ground illustrated by Lewis Carroll
The origin of Alice — Lewis Carroll’s original manuscript, faithfully reproduced in this first edition facsimile. A rare opportunity to experien...
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1854 Scarce First Hand-Coloured Edition - The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk
Author: George Cruikshank (editor and illustrator).Title: The History of Jack & the Bean-Stalk (George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library).Publisher: L...
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1641 Rare Vellum Book - De Republica Ebraeorum, Ancient Israel by B.C. Bertramus
Author: Bonaventura Cornelius Bertramus.Title: De Republica Ebraeorum, recensitus commentarioque illustratus.Publisher: Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden):...
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1912 Rare First Edition - Tennyson Guinevere by Pre-Raphaelite Florence Harrison
Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.Title: Guinevere and Other Poems.Publisher: London, Gl...
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1892 Scarce First Edition - Fairy Tales of a Parrot, Adapted from the Persian
Author: A. Condie Stephen, C.B., C.M.G. Illustrated by Tristram Ellis.Title: Fairy Tales of a Parrot. Adapted from the Persian.Publisher: London: E...
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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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1781 Rare Book - The Book of Common Prayer, The Whole Book of Psalms Illustrated
Author: Church of England. (Psalms translated by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others.)Title: The Book of Common Prayer [1781] bound with The...
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1871 Scarce Book - Romantic Tales from English History by May Beverley
Author: May Beverley.Title: Romantic Tales from English History.Publisher: London, Strahan & Co., 56 Ludgate Hill, 1871.Language: Text in Engli...
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1917 Rare First Edition - Romance of King Arthur, illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Author: Malory, Sir Thomas; Pollard, Alfred W.; Arthur Rackham, illustrator.Title: The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Ab...
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1931 Scarce First English Edition - The Gnome’s Almanack by Ida Bohatta Morpurgo
Author: Illustrated by Ida Bohatta Morpurgo. English version by June Head.Title: The Gnome’s Almanack.Publisher: Munich, Ars Sacra / Joseph Muelle...
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1932 Rare Book - Pinocchio by C. Collodi illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham
Author: C. Collodi. (illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham).Title: Pinocchio.Publisher: Garden City, New York, Garden City Publishing Co., 1932. ...
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2013 Rare 1stED - An Unexpected Gift, A Christmas Tale by Charles van Sandwyk.
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: An Unexpected Gift.Language: Text in English.Publisher: North Vancouver, C.S.V. Fine Arts, The Fairy Press, 201...
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1882 Rare First Edition - The Story of Siegfried illustrated by Howard Pyle
Author: James Baldwin. (illustrated by Howard Pyle).Title: The Story of Siegfried.Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1882. First Edition...
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2019 Rare Book - Affairs Of The Heart Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk. Title: Affairs Of The Heart According to Peaceable Creatures.Language: Text in English.Publisher: North...
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1933 Scarce First Edition - THE Jolly Gnome Illustrated by Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo
Author: Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo. (translated into English by June Head).Title: The Jolly Gnome.Publisher: Munich, Art Institutes “Ars Sacra” Josep...
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2007 Rare Edition - Mr. Rabbit's Christmas Wish by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Mr. Rabbit's Christmas Wish Translated for Humans by Charles van Sandwyk.Language: Text in Engl...
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1929 Sangorski and Sutcliffe Binding - The Christopher Robin Story Book, 1stED
Author: A. A. Milne. (decorated by Ernest H. Shepard).Title: The Christopher Robin Story Book.Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 19...
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1935 First US Edition - Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Mystery, illustrated by Rackham
Author: Edgar Allan Poe. (illustrated by Arthur Rackham).Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination.Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company,...
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1900 Rare Book - At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald illustrated
Author: George MacDonald. (illustrated by Arthur Hughes).Title: At the Back of the North Wind With Seventy-Five Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Fro...
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1850 Rare Gothic Book - The Castle of Otranto and The Enchanted Horse by Walpole
Author: Horace Walpole.Title: The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story. With a Memoir of the Author. [Together with the tale “The Enchanted Horse.”]Pu...
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