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George Palmer Putnam used this title page for the completed works in one volume of the 1853 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This title page features the name of the novel, author, and publisher. This edition used Susan Warner's pen name Elizabeth Wetherell.  It contains the epigraph:

"Here at the portal thou dost stand,

      And with thy little hand

Though openest the mysterious gate,

      Into the future's undiscovered land

      I see its valves expand,

As at the touch of FATE!

Into those realms of Love and Hate.

                                     LONGFELLOW."

George Palmer Putnam used this as the copyright page of the 1853 second issue containing both volumes in one book. This page shows that this book was "entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, BY G. P. PUTNAM & Co., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." It also credits the stereotyper and printer of the book.

George Palmer Putnam included this Table of Contents in the first volume of their 1851 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This page lists the first 28 chapters with the corresponding titles and pages.

George Palmer Putnam included this Table of Contents in the second volume of their 1851 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This page is the first page of the Table of Contents for this edition and lists the first 24 chapters with the corresponding titles and page numbers.

This first page of text from the 1853 George Palmer Putnam, Vol. 1 includes the epigraph:

"Enjoy the spring of love and youth

    To some good angel leave the rest,

For time will teach thee soon the truth,

    'There are no birds in last year's nest.'

                                           LONGFELLOW."

This black and white illustration, appearing on page 82d of volume 1 of the 1853 G. P. Putnam & Company Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen and George Marshman on the steamboat as Ellen begins her journey to her Aunt Fortune's house. In the illustration, Ellen sits on a long bench with her hands in her lap, looking down sadly at the steamboat's deck. George Marshman stands nearby, looking down at her as he leans on a cane. Small waves rise in the water next to the steamboat and two men stand near the other end of the bench, appearing to have a conversation. Ellen's hat sits at her feet and a leather chair is placed behind the bench.

This black and white illustration, appearing on page 114c of the 1853 G. P. Putnam & Company Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen riding in the ox cart as Mr. Van Brunt walks alongside the oxen. Mr. Van Brunt holds up a whip as Ellen sits in a chair in the ox cart looking around her. The landscape surrounding the ox cart is bleak as bare trees hang over the path, and the dark sky contrasts the white ground, suggesting cold weather. The bleak landscape seems to suggest Ellen's apprehension upon leaving Thirlwall in the ox cart as Mr. Van Brunt guides her to her Aunt Fortune's house.

This black and white illustration appearing on page 126c of volume one of the 1853 G.P. Putnam & Co. Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen at the spout. In the illustration, Ellen is wearing a white dress with a black vest. She is leaning over the overflowing water basin and running her hands under the water coming from the spout.

This black and white illustration, appearing on page 152d of volume 1 of the 1853 G. P. Putnam & Company Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen and Nancy at the brook. In the illustration Ellen attempts to cross the brook, holding out her hand toward Nancy as if for stability. Nancy stands barefoot on the other side of the brook, leaning casually against a tree and holding her shoes. Ellen's white dress stands in contrast to Nancy's dark figure. A small waterfall cascades in the brook behind the pair, a small house stands atop a hill on the right side of the illustration, and a mountain rises up in the background.