Back Cover of Volume 1 of the 1853 G.P. Putnam & Co. "Illustrated Edition" Reprint

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George Putnam and Co. used this brown, cloth-covered binding for their first illustrated edition of The Wide Wide World, released in 1853. The focus of the cover is the central theme of the gilt heart encased in a large diamond shape frame. Surrounding this focal point are flowers in each of the four corners. The spine is hollow backed and printed in gilt, reading the title and the word ILLUSTRATIONS, all in capital letters.

1853

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, 2 vols. in 1, illustrated ed. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853.

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