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This is the colophon on the last page of text in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The text is on the top third of the page, with "The End" in the middle of the page. The colophon at the bottom of the page reads, "Bradshaw and Bradlock, Printers, Manchester."

This is the first page of the front advertisements in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. This page advertises the "The Pocket Library" series, which comes in monthly volumes. The words are surrounded by a single, black line.

This is the first page of text in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The Wide, Wide World is written above the decorative rule, with Chapter 1 and its title under it. A portion of Longfellow's poem, "It Is Not Always May," is written beneath the chapter title. The text begins about a third of the way down the page.

This is the first page of the table of contents for the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. Contents is written on the top third of the page, separated from the chapters by a short, bold line. Chapters I-XII are listed in the left column on pages 1-58. Chapters XIII-XXIV are listed in the right column on pages 61-117. The two columns are separated by a bold line, with each side set up in the same fashion (with Roman numeral chapters, chapter titles, and page numbers).

This is the fore edge of the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint.

This is the front pastedown of the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The numbers 18 and #321 are written in black ink on this blank page.

This is the full cover of the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The front and back covers are the same embossed olive green cloth, with curlicue designs in each corner and a circular design in the middle. The words "The Pocket Library" are surrounding the inner circle where it reads, "One Shilling." Surrounding the circle design is a large pointed oval, with the curlicue corners being outside this oval. The Wide, Wide World is written in gold letters in the middle of a gold box on the spine. Three green curlicues and four green boxes decorative the rest of the spine.

This is the head of the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint.

This is the recto of the back flyleaf of the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint.

This is the recto of the first page of the front advertisements in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint.