[ELLIOTT, Mary (née Belson)]. Innocent Poetry. London: W. & T.Darton, 1809. 12° (140 x 87mm). Wood-engraved title vignette and head- and tailpieces, engraved frontispiece and 8 plates. Original limp boards. FIRST EDITION. One of Mrs. Elliott's two first published works. Moon ME-135. -- ELLIOTT. Precept and Example; or, Midsummer Holidays. London: W.Darton, [n.d. circa 1810-1811]. 12° (134 x 85mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Shaved at head and foot.) Original roan-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Moon ME-273. -- ELLIOTT. Industry and Idleness, a tale, for little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables. London: Hodson (Nottingham) for William Darton jnr., 1811. 8° (145 x 95mm). Folding engraved frontispiece (shaved with loss to headline). Original drab boards, each cover with single large wood-engraving. FIRST EDITION. ELLIOTT ME-126. -- and 4 others by Elliott (Moon ME-141 [imperfect]; ME-98; a fragment from the same work; ME-1). (7)

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[ELLIOTT, Mary (née Belson)]. Innocent Poetry. London: W. & T.Darton, 1809. 12° (140 x 87mm). Wood-engraved title vignette and head- and tailpieces, engraved frontispiece and 8 plates. Original limp boards. FIRST EDITION. One of Mrs. Elliott's two first published works. Moon ME-135. -- ELLIOTT. Precept and Example; or, Midsummer Holidays. London: W.Darton, [n.d. circa 1810-1811]. 12° (134 x 85mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Shaved at head and foot.) Original roan-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Moon ME-273. -- ELLIOTT. Industry and Idleness, a tale, for little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables. London: Hodson (Nottingham) for William Darton jnr., 1811. 8° (145 x 95mm). Folding engraved frontispiece (shaved with loss to headline). Original drab boards, each cover with single large wood-engraving. FIRST EDITION. ELLIOTT ME-126. -- and 4 others by Elliott (Moon ME-141 [imperfect]; ME-98; a fragment from the same work; ME-1). (7)

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