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[SEMPLE], E[lizabeth]. Summer Rambles, or Conversations, instructive & entertaining, for the use of Children. London: by Exton for E. Lloyd, 1801. 2 volumes, Small 8vo in fours (158 x 99mm). 12 engraved plates, final imprint leaf in vol.I. (Lacks first (? blank) leaf in vol.I, some leaves slightly soiled.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (worn). FIRST EDITION. -- The Magic Lantern. London: for Tabart and Co., [1806]. 12° (167 x 100mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 9 plates only (of 10, lacking first plate. Slightly browned and soiled, one plate torn affecting caption). Contemporary half calf (restored, rebacked preserving original spine). -- The Godmother's Tales. London: for J. Harris, 1808. 12° (173 x 102mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, last 5 pages of advertisements. (Slightly soiled, a few tears, mostly marginal.) Contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. -- [E. SEMPLE and others]. Dame Truelove's Tales, now first published. London: J. Harris, [1817]. Small square 8° (132 x 105mm). Engraved title by Howitt, 22 hand-coloured plates. (Slightly soiled, some tears, mostly marginal.) Original roan-backed boards (rubbed). Provenance: Eliza Smith (inscription dated 1818). FIRST EDITION. -- And 7 others by the author. (12)