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CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITH CHEERFUL CULTIVATION.
Moon, Marjorie
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First edition. Mary Elliott (then Mary Belson) began writing for children in 1809, at a time when increasing literacy and wealth and more progressive understanding of the reading needs of children were creating a growing demand for more and more books for young people. Beginning with two books in verse - one a lively tale about town and country mice, the other, an anthology including many of her own poems - she went on to produce a stream of books on a variety of subjects. Her stories, some eventful and exciting, were mostly about real children learning to tackle the everyday circumstances and difficulties which they encountered in the world around them.
These books were made all the more attractive by her publisher, William Darton, who provided them with entertaining illustrations, many of them interesting today for their depiction of contemporary scenes and fashions. Mary Elliott's books soon spread across the Atlantic, and American publishers reissued many of them, sometimes adapting the text to local circumstances. Although her books are now forgotten, they cannot be disregarded by researchers into the history of childhood and of children's literature. This bibliography contains about 470 entries, detailing not only each known edition of her books but also the picture-sheets, reward cards and combined volumes of assorted tales and verses.
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> Goodacre, Selwyn H. and Justin G. Schiller, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AN 1865 PRINTING RE-DESCRIBED AND NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS THE PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY WITH A REVISED AND EXPANDED CENSUS OF THE SUPPRESSED 1865 ALICE TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SHORT-TITLE INDEX IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING THE ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS BY JOHN TENNIEL FOR ALICE AND LOOKING-GLASS.
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MANUEL DE L'AMATEUR D'ESTAMPES CONTENANT LE DICTIONNAIRE...
by Le Blanc, Ch(arles)
Text in French. A bibliography of engravers and engravings. Includes an alphabetical listing of engravers with a description of the works they produced with some illustrations of their trademarks. Other information given includes place and time the printer was in business. Author was a longtime employee of the Department of Printing at the Imperial Library in Paris. A laid-in letter from a Mr. James Hillhouse of New Haven, Connecticut to Mr Dougall Hawkes of New York describes research done on this copy and gives some information about its provenance. Ex-library with bookplate and markings. Spines of first three volumes loose. Front hinges of first two volumes cracked. Scuffing and rubbing at edges of all volumes.
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