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Four-Color Frontispiece to the [1877] Ward, Lock & Co. "Good Tone Library, Complete Edition" Reprint Depicting Ellen Arriving in Thirlwall

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This full color frontispiece, appearing in the [1877] Ward, Lock & Co, "Good Tone Library, Complete Edition" Reprint, depicts Ellen arriving at Thirlwall. In the illustration, Ellen is standing on the steps before the door to the Thirlwall shop, and her luggage rests behind her on the top steps. She is wearing a blue dress and blue shawl, red and white stripped stockings, and a tan hat with white feathers on top. She is clutching her purse in one hand and her other hand is extending towards her face in a worried fashion. She is looking off to the right. An inscription below the illustration reads, "What was to be done next."

Subjects: Arriving in Thirlwall, Ellen

Identifier: 28UVA_16

Illustration on Page 497 of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott Co. "New Edition" Reprint Depicting Ellen Saying Goodbye to Mr. Humphreys

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This black and white illustration on page 497, of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott Co. "New Edition" reprint, depicts Ellen saying goodbye to Mr. Humphreys. In the illustration, Ellen is kneeling before a sitting Mr. Humphreys. They are clasping hands and Mr. Humphreys has his other hand on Ellen's shoulder and Ellen is resting a hand on his suit jacket.

Subjects: Ellen, Mr. Humphreys

Identifier: 9CIA_33_497

Illustration on Page 467 of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott Co. "New Edition" Reprint Depicting Ellen Reading to Mrs. Blockson and Mrs. Forbes

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This black and white illustration appearing on page 467, of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott "New Edition", depicts Ellen, Mrs. Forbes, and Mrs. Blockson sitting together in a circle, in front of a window. Ellen sits on the right side next to a table, where her hand hovers over an open book from which she had been reading aloud. Mrs. Forbes wears a white bonnet and a dark gown, and is leaning attentively towards Ellen with folded hands.

Subjects: Reading, Ellen, Mrs. Blockson, Mrs. Forbes

Identifier: 9UVA_33_467

Illustration on Page 438 of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott Co. "New Edition" Reprint Depicting Ellen Mourning at Alice's Deathbed

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This black and white illustration appearing on page 438, of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott "New Edition", depicts Alice's death bed, with Ellen weeping next to her. Alice's face is pale and serene, her eyes are open, and her right hand is lifted up as if to comfort Ellen. Ellen holds her left hand, while she covers her grief-stricken, shadowed face with her right hand.

Subjects: Alice’s Deathbed, Ellen, Alice

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Identifier: 9CIA_33_438

Full Cover of the [1896] Bliss, Sands & Co. Reprint

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Subjects: Full Cover

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Identifier: 23CIA_1

Full Cover of the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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This is the full cover of the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The cover is faded and some of the title is illegible. At the top of the cover reads the price of the book while below the title is given amidst a framework of greenery which houses an illustration of Ellen, Ellen's Mother, and Ellen's father. Beneath the illustration is the publication city and publisher. The back cover is no longer attached to the book.

Subjects: Full Cover, Ellen, Mamma, Papa

Identifier: 2DES_1

Full Cover of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2

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This 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint is covered with a blue wave grain cloth (labeled Wav7 by the Library Company of Philadelphia). The front and back covers have ornate, stamped borders. The front cover has a gilt-stamped image of a boy in Huck Finn-style clothing, prototypically American, fishing, with a house in the background. The title and author's name are gilt-stamped in Birch font. The spine The title and author's name are repeated on the spine, and it has a gilt-stamped image of Alice and Ellen carrying supplies up the mountain. An arabesque border appears at the top and bottom of the spine.

Subjects: Full Cover

Identifier: 48CIA_1