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This is the recto of the front flyleaf of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint. "John Ham" is written in cursive on this page.

This is the frontispiece to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint Depicting Ellen and Mamma holding each other in the parlor. It is a scene from page 43. In the background is a window looking out, with some foliage framing the scene and a table sits next to them with a basket of birds. Ellen is dressed in dark while her mother, looking down at her child, is dressed in light colors. It is entitled, "Ellen And Her Mother," and has the caption, "'Now, mamma, these birds are mine you know, and I give them to you. You must pay me a kiss for them, mamma they are worth that.'"

This is the title page vignette to the 1853 T. Nelson and Sons Reprint Depicting Ellen preparing to mount the Brownie. A caption below the illustration quotes a sentence from page 11 and reads, "Looking round sometimes, as if to make sure that it was herself, and giving a little kind of satisfied neigh when he saw that it was." In the illustration, Ellen stands on a tree stump, wearing a straw hat and apron, and grabs The Brownie's reigns as she prepares to mount him. A dog sits in front of The Brownie looking up at Ellen. The right side of the illustration is framed by foliage while an open field extends into the background of the left side of the illustration.

This is the front pastedown of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2.

This is the recto of the first front flyleaf of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. This flyleaf shares the same thicker, yellow paper as the pastedown.

This is the verso of the first front flyleaf of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. The page shows evidence of foxing.

This is the recto of the frontispiece to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. The page shows evidence of foxing.

This black and white frontispiece from the 1852 Nelson&Sons Reprint, depicts Nancy standing by some foliage in the Brook. Three oxen graze on the other side, two dark and one white. At the far back of the Brook is a field, that is occupied by a herd of sheep and a scarecrow, and far in the background is a white house.

This is the recto of the tissue preceding the title page vignette to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. The tissue is white in color, smaller than page size, and crinkled near the spine.