Browse Items (14 total)

  • Collection: 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

Tail of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the tail of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. The cover edges show significant wear.

Subjects: Tail

Identifier: 31UVA_42

Spine of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the spine of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. It is a faded blue. The Wide, Wide World is written in gold letters with Wetherell partially visible. All other words and designs are difficult to determine.

Subjects: Spine

Identifier: 31UVA_4

Head of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the head of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. The edges of the cover show significant wear.

Subjects: Head

Identifier: 31UVA_41

Front Cover of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the front cover of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. It is a faded blue with The Wide, Wide World also written in blue. There are some border designs.

Subjects: Front Cover

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Identifier: 31UVA_2

Fore Edge of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the fore edge of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. The cover edges show significant wear.

Subjects: Fore Edge

Identifier: 31UVA_40

Back Cover of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the back cover of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. It is a faded blue with The Wide, Wide World written is blue. It has border designs and looks like the front cover.

Subjects: Back Cover

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Identifier: 31UVA_3

Title Page Vignette to the 1853 T. Nelson and Sons Reprint Depicting Ellen Preparing to Mount the Brownie

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This is the title page vignette to the 1853 T. Nelson and Sons Reprint Depicting Ellen preparing to mount the Brownie. A caption below the illustration quotes a sentence from page 11 and reads, "Looking round sometimes, as if to make sure that it was herself, and giving a little kind of satisfied neigh when he saw that it was." In the illustration, Ellen stands on a tree stump, wearing a straw hat and apron, and grabs The Brownie's reigns as she prepares to mount him. A dog sits in front of The Brownie looking up at Ellen. The right side of the illustration is framed by foliage while an open field extends into the background of the left side of the illustration.

Subjects: Ellen, The Brownie

Identifier: 31UVA_16

Frontispiece to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint Depicting Ellen and Mamma in the Parlour

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This is the frontispiece to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint Depicting Ellen and Mamma holding each other in the parlor. It is a scene from page 43. In the background is a window looking out, with some foliage framing the scene and a table sits next to them with a basket of birds. Ellen is dressed in dark while her mother, looking down at her child, is dressed in light colors. It is entitled, "Ellen And Her Mother," and has the caption, "'Now, mamma, these birds are mine you know, and I give them to you. You must pay me a kiss for them, mamma they are worth that.'"

Subjects: The Parlour, Ellen, Mamma

Identifier: 31UVA_14

Recto of Front Flyleaf of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the recto of the front flyleaf of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. "John Ham" is written in cursive on this page.

Subjects: Endpapers

Identifier: 31UVA_6

Title Page to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint

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This is the title page for the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint.
The text is enclosed within a ruled border, with the title printed in the top quarter of the page. Elizabeth Wetherell is written under the title. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," appears between two decorative rules. T. Nelson & Sons' address is listed as, "London, Paternoster Row, and Edinburgh" above a decorative rule.

Subjects: Title Page

Identifier: 31UVA_18