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

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

This is the tail of volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

This is the fore edge of volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

This is the verso of the first back flyleaf from volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

This is the recto of the first back flyleaf of Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

This 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition is covered with a blue leather grain embossed cloth (labeled Lea5 by the Library Company of Philadelphia). The front and back covers have an ornate arabesque blind-stamped border. The Putnam seal is blind-stamped in the center of the front and back covers. The title is at the top of the spine and the publisher's name, Putnam, is at the bottom of the spine. Both are gilt-stamped.

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