Browse Items (42 total)

James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams used this fore-edge for the first volume of an 1852 edition of The Wide, Wide World.

This is the fore edge of Volume 2 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. second edition. The edge shows minor wear.

This is the front pastedown for Volume 1 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. Second Edition.

This full cover of Volume 1 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton Adams & Co. second edition is covered in a bright blue wave grain cloth (labeled Wav2 by the Library Company of Philadelphia). Front and back covers include stamped arabesque corner borders. The title is gilt-stamped and centered on the front cover and again at the top of the spine. The font is decorated with tiny vines and leaves. The edges show minor wear.

This full cover of Volume 2 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton Adams & Co. second edition is covered in a bright blue wave grain cloth (labeled Wav2 by the Library Company of Philadelphia). Front and back covers include stamped arabesque corner borders. The title is gilt-stamped and centered on the front cover and again at the top of the spine. The font is decorated with tiny vines and leaves. The edges show minor wear.

This is the half-title page to Volume 1 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. Second Edition. The page shows evidence of foxing.

This is the half-title page to Volume 2 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. second edition. The page shows evidence of foxing.

James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams used this head for the first volume of an 1852 edition of The Wide, Wide World.

This is the head of Volume 2 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. second edition. The pages and spine edge show some wear.

This is page vi of the preface to Volume 1 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. Second Edition. This is the final page of the preface, dated New York December 20th, 1851. There is evidence of foxing on the page.