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.
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1875 Rare Book - Christina Rossetti's Poems, with Goblin Market, Illustrated
Author: Christina G. Rossetti.Title: Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems. With four designs by D. G. Rossetti.Publisher: London, M...
View full details1911 Rare Edition - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald, Illustrated
Author: George MacDonald. Illustrated by Helen Stratton.Title: The Princess and the Goblin. With Twelve Full-Page Illustrations in Colour and Thirt...
View full details1867 Rare Color Illustrated Book - Out of the Heart by Hans Christian Andersen
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by H. W. Dulcken, Ph.D. Illustrated with engravings by the Brothers Dalziel.Title: Out of the Heart: Sp...
View full details2018 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 Vancouv...
View full details1875 Rare First English Edition - A Journey to the North Pole by Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne. Illustrated by Édouard Riou.Title: A Journey to the North Pole.Publisher: London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1875...
View full details1901 Rare Book - Drake's New England Legends and Folk Lore, Illustrated
Author: Samuel Adams Drake.Title: A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore in Prose and Poetry.Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 19...
View full details1895 Scarce Book - The Story of Zelinda and the Monster or, Beauty and the Beast
Author: Mary Stuart Wortley, Countess of Lovelace.Title: The Story of Zelinda and the Monster or Beauty and the Beast.Publisher: London, J.M. Dent ...
View full details1930 First Edition - Andersen's Fairy Tales illustrated by Ben Kutcher
Author: Hans Christian Andersen.Title: Andersen's Fairy Tales.Editor: Margherita O. Osborne.Illustrator: Ben Kutcher.Publisher: New York: The Hampt...
View full details2000 Signed First Edition- The Gnome King’s Treasure Song by Charles van Sandwyk
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: The Gnome King's Treasure Song.Publisher: North Vancouver, B.C.: The Fairy Press, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts,...
View full details1916 Rare First Edition - Wonder Tales Retold Illustrated by Katharine Pyle
Author: Katharine Pyle. Illustrated by Katharine Pyle.Title: Wonder Tales Retold.Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. First Edition...
View full details1876 Rare First Edition - The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Henry Holiday.Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., ...
View full details1852 Rare Victorian Book - The Night Side of Nature, Ghost Seers, Poltergeist
Author: Catherine Crowe.Title: The Night Side of Nature: Or, Ghosts & Ghost Seers.Publisher: London, G. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street,...
View full details1889 Rare Book - Little Wide-Awake: An Illustrated Magazine for Children
Author: Mrs. Sale Barker (editor). Illustrated by M. E. E., Charlotte Weeks, Adrien Marie, E. Zier, Giacomelli, Alice Bach, Kate Greenaway, and oth...
View full details1916 Scarce First Edition - Fairy Tales and Legends of Burma (Myanmar) by Ward
Author: John Sebastian Marlowe Ward.Title: Fairy Tales and Legends of Burma.Publisher: Bombay, London and Glasgow, Blackie and Son Limited, 1916. F...
View full details1899 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...
View full details1859 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...
View full details1881 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...
View full details1888 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...
View full details2015 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...
View full details1890 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...
View full details1887 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...
View full details1921 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...
View full details1909 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...
View full details2009 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...
View full details1890 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...
View full details1899 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 &...
View full details1809 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...
View full details2005 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...
View full details1906 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...
View full details2012 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...
View full details1894 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...
View full details1899 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...
View full details1912 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...
View full details1858 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...
View full details1896 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...
View full details1856 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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