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

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

Front Pastedown of Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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George Palmer Putnam used this inside front cover pastedown for the 1851 1st edition Vol. 2. This edition of the novel features an inscription by a former owner that reads "1903."

Subjects: Endpapers

Identifier: 73CIA_6

Recto of Front Flyleaf of Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This is the recto of the front flyleaf from the 1851 George Palmer Putnam First Edition, Volume 2. The light brown marks across the page are evidence of foxing.

Subjects: Blank

Identifier: 73CIA_7

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

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This is the title page to the second volume of the 1851 George P. Putnam first edition, version three. The title is printed in the upper quarter of the page with a period. The author's name, Elizabeth Wetherell, is printed in the center of the page with a period, followed by an inscription taken from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, "To a Child." Volume II is printed below this inscription, and the address of George Putnam is listed as, "155 Broadway, New York."

Subjects: Title Page

Identifier: 73CIA_18

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 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

Verso of Back Flyleaf of Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This verso of the back fly leaf appeared in volume 2 of the 1851 George Palmer Putnam 1st Edition, version 3.

Subjects: Endpapers

Identifier: 73CIA_8

Recto of Second Back Flyleaf of Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam 1st Edition, Version 3

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This is the back-right flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

Subjects: Endpapers

Identifier: 74CIA_7

Fore Edge of Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This is the fore edge for volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

Subjects: Fore Edge

Identifier: 73CIA_4

Recto of Back Flyleaf of Volume 2 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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This is the recto of the back fly leaf of volume 2 of the 1851 George Palmer Putnam 1st Edition, version 3.

Subjects: Endpapers

Identifier: 73CIA_6