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This is the front pastedown and the first page of the front advertisements in the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. This advertisement features other books in Bohn's Standard Library. This front pastedown has a decorative blue border, and the words are written in blue as well. The number 7 is written in black ink and circled in the middle of the page, as well as #130.

This is the second page of the front advertisements in the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. These advertisements feature other books in Bohn's Standard Library, Bohn's Extra Volumes, and Bohn's Scientific Library. This page has a decorative blue border, and the words are written in blue as well.

This is the third page of the front advertisements in the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. This advertisement features other books that are "Uniform with the Standard Library" This page has a decorative blue border, and the words are written in blue as well.

This is the half title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. The Wide, Wide World is written in bold in the middle of the page in capital letters.

This is the verso of the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. This page shows evidence of foxing.

This is the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint.
The title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's name is printed under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," is printed in the page's middle. H.G. Bohn's address is listed as "London, York Street, Covent Gardens."

This is the front colophon for the 1853 H.G. John "Standard Library" Reprint. The Constitution Island Association is stamped below "London: Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars."

This is the first page of the table of contents for the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. This page has Contents written above a decorative rule on the top half of the page. The chapter titles and page numbers are written on the second half of the page. Chapters I-XVIII are listed on pages 1-161.

This is the third page of the table of contents for the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. On page vii, chapters XLV-LII are listed on pages 426-507.

This is the verso of the third page of the table of contents for the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint. The page shows evidence of foxing.