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This color plate is from the [1923] Nelson&Sons, Ltd. Reprint, depicts Alice comforting Ellen after the loss of her letter. Alice sits in a chair, dressed in a dark dress, holding Ellen's face close to her's. Ellen is dressed in a green dress, her face somber. Both are at eye level. An inscription below the illustration says, "'My poor child!' Was Alice's first expression." The scene depicted in this illustration appears on page 217 of the novel.

This full-color illustration, found on page 156b of the [1907] Collins' Clear-Type Press reprint, depicts Ellen and Alice making cakes. In the illustration, Ellen, dressed in red, and Alice, dressed in pink and white, stand in Alice's kitchen before the baking table; there is a sideboard with plates behind them. Ellen looks at Captain Parry with wide eyes as Alice points a rolling pin at the cat who is putting his paw on one of the cakes. A caption below the illustration reads, "Take him off! I can't touch him."

This full-color frontispiece of the [1907] Collins' Clear-Type Press reprint, depicts the horse whipping scene. In the illustration, Mr. Saunders is on the ground looking up at John while John points at him and holds Brownie's reins. Ellen is seen in the background riding her horse away from the scene. A caption below the illustration reads, "He hurled him quite over."

This full cover of Volume 2 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton Adams & Co. second edition is covered in a bright blue wave grain cloth (labeled Wav2 by the Library Company of Philadelphia). Front and back covers include stamped arabesque corner borders. The title is gilt-stamped and centered on the front cover and again at the top of the spine. The font is decorated with tiny vines and leaves. The edges show minor wear.

This is the full cover of volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The deep blue cloth binding is stamped with a rib grain (labeled Rib3 by the Library Company of Philadelphia). Centered on both front and back covers is the publisher's mark for Putnam. The spine has the title inside a small decorative border; beneath this is the number "2." At the bottom of the spine is the name "Putnam." All words and decorations are in gilt.