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This is the verso of the title page to the in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page is blank except for a stamp of ownership approximately 1/3 down the page which reads "CONSTITUTION ISLAND ASSOCIAATION WEST POINT. N. Y.".

This is the first page of the table of contents for the in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page begins approximately 1/4 down the page with the title "CONTENTS" a simple zierrat is placed below to give way to the chapter listings. Each chapter title is accompanied with its corresponding Roman numeral and is connected to the right hand page number by a line of elipses. The chapter titles listed here are: "Breaking the News", "Gives Sorrow to the Winds", "The worth of a Finger-ring", "The Bitter-sweet of Life", "A Peep into the Wide World", "Night and Morning", "Strangers walk as Friends", "Leaves us in the Street", "The Little Queen in the Arm-Chair", "Mud-and what came of it", "Running away with the Brook", "Splitters", "Hope Deferred", "Work not Deferred", "Mother Earth rather than Aunto Fortune", "Counsel, Cakes, and Captain Parry", "Difficulty of Doing Right", "Loses Care on the Cat's Back", "Showing that in some circumstances White is Black", "Headsick and Heartsick", "Footsteps of Angels", "Shows how Mr. Van Brunt could be sharp upon some things", "How Miss Fortune went out, and Pleasure came in", "Sweeping and Dusting", "Shows what Noise a Bee can Make when it gets into the house", "Sundry things round a Pot of chocolate", "The JIngling of Sleigh-bells", "Scraps-of Morocco and Talk", "Stockings to which the 'Bas Bleu' was nothing", "Sunday at Ventnor", "Flowers and Thorns", "The Bank Note and George Washington", "A Gathering Cloud in the Spring Weather", "The Cloud Overhead", and "This 'Working-day World'".

This is the in the second page of the table of contents for the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The chapters listed on this page include: "The Brownie", "Timothy and his Master", "Wherin the Black Prince arrives opportunely", "Halcyon Days", "Prodigious", "The Clouds return after the Rain", "One less in the Wide, Wide World", "Those that were left", "The little Spirit that haunted the Big House", "The Guardian Angel", "Something turns up", "The Wide World grown Wider", "How old Friends were invested with the Regalia", "Thought is Free", "Trials without", "Trials within", and "Thou!". Each chapter title is accompanied by its corresponding Roman numeral on the left hand collumn and the page number of the chapter is on the right hand side of the page, connected to the chapter title by a line of ellipsis.

This is in the verso of back flyleaf of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. This page is blank.

This is in the recto of the first page of back advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. This page is blank.

This is in the first page of back advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. This page is surrounded by a thin boarder with book ornaments in each corner. At the top of the page is the publisher and their publication cities. Underneath the publisher is a simple zierrat followed by a bolded "CABINET EDITIONS OF THE POETS," with the subtitle "BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL." in a smaller font. The first three listings are classified as "Now Ready". These are:The Life and Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, Cowper's Poetical Works, and Longfellow's Poetical Works. All of these titles are accompanied by a short paragraph. Underneath these three titles is another simple Zierrat which leads to the "BOOKS FOR THE FAMILY LIBRARY" section. These titles include: The Christian Missionary, Forester's Life of Sarah B. Judson, Reverand Hollis Read's The Young Lady's Companion, and The Hand of God in History, The Planetary and Stellar worlds, Elijah the Tishbite, Krummacher's Elisha, and Bogatsky's Golden Treasury.  

This is the second page of back advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The text of the page is outlined by a text box with book ornaments in each corner. At the top, the publisher and location is printed. A simple zierrat comes above "New Illustrated Works" in larger font. These works are, Romaunt's The Island Home, and Pictures of Travel and Adventure. There is another Zierrat which leads to the next section, "The Royal Juvenile Library" the price is listed as a subtitle to this. These titles include, The Swiss Family Robinson, Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The Happy Holidays, and History of Sandford and Mertron. There is a Zierrat which leads to more books of the same price. These titles are, Sigourney's The Coronal, Beecher's The Mayflower, The Gem, and Bache's Clara's Amusements. 

This is the fore edge of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The fore edge is intact with minor wear on the edges.

This is the full cover of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The cover is red. On the front the publisher's collection is listed first with the title of the book and author below. The publisher is listed at the bottom beneath an illustration of Ellen and the Brownie.

This is the head of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The head is mostly intact except for a separating spine on the top right corner. the other parts of the binding are together except for wear on the corners.