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In the title page for T. Nelson & Sons' 1852 edition of the novel, the text is enclosed within a larger border. The title is printed in 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. T. Nelson and Sons' address is listed as "London Paternoster Row and Edinburgh."

This is the title page to the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. Following the title is the author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," is printed in the page's middle. A line stating the edition as the first volume of a pocketbook series is printed within a circular border containing decorative vines and flowers. Eli Charles Eginton & Co.'s address is listed as "London, 48A, Paternoster Row." Roman numerals indicate the edition's year as 1853.

George Palmer Putnam used this title page for the completed works in one volume of the 1853 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This title page features the name of the novel, author, and publisher. This edition used Susan Warner's pen name Elizabeth Wetherell.  It contains the epigraph:

"Here at the portal thou dost stand,

      And with thy little hand

Though openest the mysterious gate,

      Into the future's undiscovered land

      I see its valves expand,

As at the touch of FATE!

Into those realms of Love and Hate.

                                     LONGFELLOW."

This is the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 1. The Wide, Wide World is written on the top third of the page, followed by Elizabeth Wetherell. Beginning on the second half of the page is Longfellow's "To a Child," as well as London: H. G. Bohn, York Street, Convent Garden. 1853.

This is the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint.
The title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's name is printed under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," is printed in the page's middle. H.G. Bohn's address is listed as "London, York Street, Covent Gardens."

This is the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 2. The Wide, Wide World by Elizabeth Wetherell is written on the top half of the page, followed by Longfellow's poem, "To a Child." The publisher's address and 1853 is written at the bottom of the page. 198 is written in red ink at the top right corner of the page.

This is the title page in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page is blank except for the bolded title of the novel.

This is the title page to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page begins with the title of the book in bold followed by the author, Elizabeth Wetherell. After the author an excerpt from Longfellow's "It is Not Always May" appears. Underneath the excerpt at the bottom of the page is the city and publisher. A previous owner has written in the year "1853" underneath the publisher. The entire page has a simple boarder around it.

This is the title page for the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint.
The text is enclosed within a ruled border, with the title printed in the top quarter of the page. Elizabeth Wetherell is written under the title. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," appears between two decorative rules. T. Nelson & Sons' address is listed as, "London, Paternoster Row, and Edinburgh" above a decorative rule.