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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.

This is the back cover of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, version 2.

This is the fore edge of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, version 2. The cover edges show wear in the corners.

This 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint is covered with a blue wave grain cloth (labeled Wav7 by the Library Company of Philadelphia). The front and back covers have ornate, stamped borders. The front cover has a gilt-stamped image of a boy in Huck Finn-style clothing, prototypically American, fishing, with a house in the background. The title and author's name are gilt-stamped in Birch font. The spine The title and author's name are repeated on the spine, and it has a gilt-stamped image of Alice and Ellen carrying supplies up the mountain. An arabesque border appears at the top and bottom of the spine.

This is the head of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 2. The edges are worn in places.

This is the spine of the 1852 T. Nelson & sons reprint, version 2. The cover is a blue wave grain embossed cloth labeled "Wav7det" by the Library Company of Philadelphia. Meandros borders are gilt-stamped at the top and bottom of the spine. At the top beneath the border is the title and author name, and beneath the title is the image of a woman and child. Title, author name, and image are gilt-stamped.