Elizabeth Wetherell (Susan Warner) — The Wide Wide World
London, Bliss, Sands and Co. c1880. Cloth. A scarce Victorian novel from Susan Warner. 'The Wide, Wide World' is an 1850 novel by Susan Warner, published under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. It is often acclaimed as America's first bestseller. The book is a work of sentimentalism based on the life of young Ellen Montgomery. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some slight bumping and rubbing. Slight dampstaining to front board. Hinges are strained. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, though with some handling marks and some instances of foxing. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .