Originally published: 1850.
2012 Penguin English Library edition contains an introduction by the author talking about his experience as administrator in Salem Custom House.
1948 Dodd Mead editon contains illustrations of the author, his environment and the setting of the book together with a foreword and descriptive captions by Basil Davenport.
1983 Penguin paperback edition has an introduction by Nina Baym and notes by Thomas E. Connolly.
1984 Reader's Digest editon contains illustrations by Robert Quackenbush ; and an afterword by James Guimond.
1999 Signet Classic paperback edition has an introduction by Brenda Wineapple.
2003 Barnes & Noble Classics editions have an introduction and notes by Nancy Stade.