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This is the first page of text in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The page begins with the book's title at approximately 1/6 way down the page. After the title is a simple zierrat with the Chapter underneath. Underneath the chapter title is an excerpt from Longfellow's "It is not always May".

This is the tail of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The tail is mostly intact except for a lifted spine on the right corner and some wear on the bottom of the front and back.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.