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This is the full cover of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint. The front and back covers are green, and the spine is gold. Both covers have a border and leaves in each corner. The front cover features a gold globe with roses and thorns growing from it. The Wide, Wide World is written around the globe. On the spine, The Wide, Wide World is written in gold above Elizabeth Wetherell. The author's name is followed by a decoration of a lilly, with a hand holding the stem. There is the inscription: BEAR A LILY IN THY HANDS GATES OF BRASS CANNOT WITHSTAND ONE TOUCH OF THAT MAJIC WAND—LONGFELLOW. The entire spine is outlined with a gold border.

In the title page for University of London Press's 1950 edition of the novel, the title is printed in the top quarter of the page, without a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed below, followed by a decorative rule. The editor and illustrator's name, Joyce Lankester Brisley, is printed in the page's middle. University of London Press Ltd.'s address is listed as, "Warwick Square, London, E.C.4."