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  • Collection: 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

The Wide, Wide World First-Edition E-Book

A clean, edited reading copy of George P. Putnam's first edition of The Wide, Wide World.

Identifier: 74CIA_22

Back Pastedown of Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam 1st Edition, Version 3

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This is the back pastedown of volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam 1st Edition, Version 3.

Subjects: Endpapers

Identifier: 74CIA_9

Back Pastedown of Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This end pastedown in 1851 George Palmer Putnam's 1st Edition, Vol. 1 of The Wide Wide World shows the cover's dark green cloth-covered binding.

Identifier: 74CIA_7

Copyright Page to Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This front page for 1851 George Palmer Putnam 1st Edition, Vol 1. shows that this book was entered into the "Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York", in 1850.

Subjects: Copyright Page

Identifier: 74CIA_13

Copyright Page to Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This copyright page for 1851 George P. Putnam 1st Edition, Vol 2 shows that this book was entered into the "Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York," in 1850.

Subjects: Copyright Page

Identifier: 73CIA_13

First Page of Text in Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This is the first page of text in volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3. It features an epigraph taken from Longfellow's "It Is Not Always May." The Wide, Wide World is at the top of the page in all capitals, with a decorative rule under it.  Chapter 1 follows the decorative rule, with the epigraph and text under it.

Subjects: Text Opener

Identifier: 74CIA_27_2

First Page of Text in Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This chapter title page in 1851 George Palmer Putnam 1st Edition, Vol. 2 shows the epigraph, "As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure,/ The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure./ Kings may be blest, but they were glorious,/ O'er all the ills o' life victorious. BURNS." This was taken from the poem, "Tam o'Shanter," by Robert Burns.

Subjects: Text Opener

Identifier: 73CIA

First Page of Text of Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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George Palmer Putnam used this first page of text in the 1st edition, Vol. 1 and included the epigraph:

"Enjoy the spring of love and youth,

   To some good angel leave the rest,

For time will teach thee soon the truth,

   'There are no birds in last year's nest.'

                                           LONGFELLOW."

Subjects: Text Opener

Identifier: 74CIA_16

First Page of the Table of Contents for Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This page 1 of "Contents of Chapters" for 1851 George Palmer Putnam's 1st Edition, Vol. 1 of the Wide Wide World denotes this as "Volume I." It then lists the chapters with roman numerals, the chapter's title and which page number each chapter starts on, connected to the title by a series of dots.

Subjects: Table of Contents

Identifier: 74CIA_15

First Page of the Table of Contents for Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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George P. Putnam included this Table of Contents in the second volume of their 1851 edition of The Wide, Wide World.  This page is the first page of the Table of Contents for this edition and lists the first 19 chapters.

Subjects: Table of Contents

Identifier: 73CIA_23