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This is the fore edge of the 1882 T. Ward, Lock & Co reprint, complete edition. The fore edge is intact.

This is the back cover of complete edition of the 1882 Ward, Lock & Co reprint. It is a faded red cover with a thick border and a bouquet design in the center.

this is the third page of advertisements from the Ward, Lock & Co. 1882 edition. It include a list of "Popular Books By Good Authors"

this is the second page of advertisements from the Ward, Lock & Co. 1882 edition. The heading is "Popular Books By Good Authors", below this is the subtitle "The Family Gift Series" followed by the list of books in the set.

this is the first page of advertisements from the Ward, Lock & Co. 1882 edition. It include a list of other books from the "Lily Series"

This is an example chapter break of the 1882 Ward, Lock & Co. edition. Chapter II starts halfway down on page 12. It is separated from the end of chapter I by a decorative rule. Under Chapter II, there is a portion of an Amy Lathrop poem. The text begins at the bottom third of the page.

This is the first page of text in the 1882 Ward, Lock & Co. edition. there is a decorative bar across the top filled with a floral design. The Wide, Wide World is written in the center of the page, followed by Chapter I. An excerpt from Longfellow's poem, "It Is Not Always May," is above the text.

In the title page for Ward, Lock, and Co.'s 1884 edition of the novel, the title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed in the page's middle. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," appears in the page's center. Below the inscription is a line attesting to the printing as a complete edition. Ward, Lock, and Co.'s address is listed as "London Warwick House Salisbury Square, E.C.," and "New York Bond Street."