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- Collection: 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
Front Colophon for the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
The Verso of Title Page with Colophon of printers.
Subjects: Colophon
Identifier: 20DES_19_001G
Page iii of the Preface to the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
Page 1 of the Preface to the English Edition to the 1883 James Nisbet & CO. Reprint. This preface was written in New York, December 20, 1851.
Subjects: Preface
Identifier: 20DES_21_001H
Page iv of the Preface to the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
Page 2 of the Preface to the English Edition to the 1883 James Nisbet & CO. Reprint. This preface was written in New York, December 20, 1851.
Subjects: Preface
Identifier: 20DES_21_001I
Title Page of the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
Title Page to the 1883 new James Nisbet edition.
Subjects: Title Page
Identifier: Title Page
Second Page of the Table of Contents for the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
Subjects: Table of Contents
Identifier: 2nd page of Table of Contents
Front Pastedown of the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint, with a Prize Prize Plate Presented to Lily Plank [Plant] by the Ricardo Street School
This front pastedown, from the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition," includes a school prize plate pasted in with royal blue print. The prize plate is presented by the Ricardo Street School to Lily Plank [Plant], who "in Standard III attended punctually and regularly during the two School Quarters ended Xmas 1882 and March 1883." The prize plate is signed by Head Teacher Catherine Combs. "SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON." is printed on the top of the plate in an all-caps serif type. Parts of the interior text are printed in a script type, with the name of the school, the student, teacher, grade level, and ending dates of the quarters hand-written. The text, "BOOK AWARDED FOR PUNCTUAL AND REGULAR ATTENDANCE." is printed along the side in a serif font, with each word given its own line. Finely laced and printed lines divide portions of the prize plate.
Subjects: Prize Plate, Endpapers
Identifier: 20DES_8
Frontispiece to the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint Depicting the Letter from Home
This illustration, appearing as the frontispiece to the 1883 James Nisbet and CO. reprint, depicts Ellen receiving a letter from home. The inscription reads "The Letter from Home" which is based on the events that take place on page 353. This image is in color unlike the image it is based on.
Subjects: Ellen, The Letter Carrier Arriving, Father Swaim
Identifier: 20DES_14_001E
First Page of the Table of Contents for the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
James Nisbet and CO. included this Table of Contents in their 1883 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This page is the first page of the Table of Contents for this edition and lists the first 19 chapters.
Subjects: Table of Contents
Identifier: 20DES_23_001J
Third Page of the Table of Contents for the 1883 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition" Reprint
Third Page of the Table of Contents of of the 1883 James Nisbet and CO. "New Edition"
Subjects: Table of Contents
Identifier: 20DES_23_001L
