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This is the second page of back advertisements in volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. This page begins with a header saying, "CHOICE BOOKS FOR FAMILY READING". Underneath this title is an underline and then a listing of authors, their works, and the prices. The books listed are: Leigh Hunt's A Book for a Corner, Imagination and Fancy, and Stories from the Italian Poets, Mayo's Romance Dust, The Berber, and Kaloolah, Kimball's St. Leger; or, the Threads of Life, Lamb's Essays of Elia, and Specimens of the English Dramatists, Myers's The King of the Hurons, and First of the Knickerbockers, Keats's Literary Remains and Life, and Poetical Works, Hewitt's Memorial of Genius and ... [illegible due to damage], Fairfax's Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, Sedgwick's Clarence, and Redwood, Kirkland's Spencer and the Faery Queen, Foque's Undine, a Tale, and Sintram, Gilman's The Sybil; or, New Oracles from the Poets, Goodrich's Poems (illustrated), Hawthorne's Mosses from an old Manse, Howitt's Ballads and other Poems, Lynch's Poems (illustrated), Montagu's Selections from taylor,... [illegible due to damage], Peacock's Headlong Hall, &c. Hervey's Book of Christmas, Cooper's Choice Works, and Clarke's ... [illegible due to damage] Gift Book. 

This is the verso of the first back flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The paper shows evidence of foxing.

This is the recto of the back flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The paper shows evidence of foxing.

This is the verso of the third front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2.

This is the recto of the third front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2.

This is the verso of the second front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2.

This is the recto of the second front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. There is an inscription in pencil at the top right corner of the page which says, "H. M. L. Gramey, May 8th: 1856," in cursive handwriting.

This is the verso of the first front flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. There is indication of heavy foxing on this page.