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This is the verso of the back flyleaf of Volume 1 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. second edition.

This is the recto of the back flyleaf of Volume 1 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. second edition. The page shows evidence of uniform foxing along the gutter, and less uniform along the page edge and in the corners.

A clean, edited reading copy of George P. Putnam's first edition of The Wide, Wide World.

this is the third page of advertisements from the Ward, Lock & Co. 1882 edition. It include a list of "Popular Books By Good Authors"

this is the second page of advertisements from the Ward, Lock & Co. 1882 edition. The heading is "Popular Books By Good Authors", below this is the subtitle "The Family Gift Series" followed by the list of books in the set.

this is the first page of advertisements from the Ward, Lock & Co. 1882 edition. It include a list of other books from the "Lily Series"

This is an example chapter break of the 1882 Ward, Lock & Co. edition. Chapter II starts halfway down on page 12. It is separated from the end of chapter I by a decorative rule. Under Chapter II, there is a portion of an Amy Lathrop poem. The text begins at the bottom third of the page.

This is the first page of text in the 1882 Ward, Lock & Co. edition. there is a decorative bar across the top filled with a floral design. The Wide, Wide World is written in the center of the page, followed by Chapter I. An excerpt from Longfellow's poem, "It Is Not Always May," is above the text.

This is the back pastedown of the [1874] William Nicholson & Sons, S.D. Ewins & Co. Reprint.

This is the verso of the back flyleaf of the [1874] William Nicholson & Sons, S.D. Ewins & Co. Reprint. The page has fallen out of the book and has a tear in the middle of the right side of the page.