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ELLIOTT, Mary (née Belson). Plain Things for Little Folks; seasoned with Instruction both for the mind and the eye. London: William Darton, [n.d. but circa 1824]. 12° (174 x 108mm). 24pp. 12 engraved plates (24 subjects). (The first plate with upper 20mm. strip excised with loss of title, 3 subjects with light juvenile hand-colouring.) Original printed stiff-paper covers (soiled), modern roan-backed box. Provenance: Harriet Frost (early inscription); Oppenheimer (sale: Sotheby's 22 Oct. 1974 lot 821). Moon ME-266A. -- ELLIOTT. The Wax Taper. London: William Darton jnr., 1819. 8° in 32 (155 x 99mm). Folding engraved frontispiece, 2 plates. (Small tear to fold of frontispiece.) Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Moon ME-392. -- The Children in the Wood: a tale for the nursery. London: William Darton, 1826. 12° in 18 (138 x 87mm). Folding engraved frontispiece, 4 plates. Original printed stiff-paper covers (soiled). Moon ME-40. -- and 10 others by Elliott (Moon ME-U8; cf. ME-26 [rare, no copy seen]; ME-86; ME-122, and six in French: ME-415; ME-432; ME-436; ME-449; ME-453). (13)