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This is the full cover of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint. It is bright blue with embossed borders and floral and curlicue designs on the corners of the front and back. The title is written on the spine in gilded gold letters, along with the volume and publishing information. Vines and flowers wrap around the letters, and World is written in blue inside a gold globe.

This is the head of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint.

This is the tail of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint.

This is the fore edge of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low reprint.

This is the front pastedown of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint. The numbers 3 and #313 are written in black ink.

This is the recto of the front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint with an inscription to Warner from Sampson Low.

To,
The author of the "Wide-Wide World" with the best respect of the English Editor & Publisher.
Xmas 1851

This is the verso of the front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint.

This is the title page to volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint. The title is printed in the top quarter of the page, as well as the alternative title, "The Early History of Ellen Montgomery." In the page's middle is a line crediting the editor, a "Clergyman of the Church of England." The edition is stated as the first of two volumes. Sampson Low's address is listed as "London, 169, Fleet Street."

This is the verso of the front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint.

This is the preface to volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint. This preface was written by the editor, "a Clergyman of the Church of England."