Title Page to Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3

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Citation

George Palmer Putnam, “Title Page to Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed December 3, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/8.

Description

In the title page for George P. Putnam's first edition of the novel, the title is printed at 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 between two decorative rules. George P. Putnam's address is listed as "New York: 155 Broadway." Though the novel was released in December 1850, the copyright date is listed as 1851 in this first edition.

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Title Page

Date

1851

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, 2 vols. New York: George Palmer Putnam, 1851.

Creator

George Palmer Putnam

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Putnam

Coverage

155 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

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IsPartOf 74CIA

Identifier

74CIA_18