The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson:  By One of the Firm

by Anthony Trollope 

First edition.  London:  Smith, Elder & Co., 1870 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Publisher's russet cloth covers are decorated in black and gilt. 
• Boards show some ripples, smudges, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, frayed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Decorated spine has gilt text and is darkened with crushed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is a little fragile, with stitches showing at page 177, plate facing page 179 is loose.  See photos. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some bookseller marks.  
• Frontispiece is present, facing engraved pictorial title page, with intact tissue guard.
• Illustrations are bright and clear. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some irregularity to edges of paper stock.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2025.0528

254 pages. 4.75 x 7.5 inches

A generally Very Good copy of this First Edition, in the publisher's russet boards decorated with black ink and gilt.  Some tenderness to the binding, with the stitches showing in some places; some uneven page edges due to irregular stock; age toned throughout.  With four illustrations including frontispiece, engraved and printed title pages, two pages of publishers advertisements.  

The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson is a satirical attack on abuses in advertising by Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), the tale of a foolhardy junior partner of an ill-fated haberdashery store.  Formerly a bill-sticker, Robinson wishes to spend the firm's entire capital on advertising.  Trollope wrote of the work, 'I think there is some good fun in it'.  The novel is an amusing comedy, bearing the hallmarks of Trollope's better-known novels - clever dialogue, riveting moments of drama, and comic suspense. (Goodreads)

Originally published in serial form in 1862 in Cornhill Magazine.  Harper and Brothers produced an unauthorized American book edition the same year, but the first English edition did not appear until 1870 with this edition.

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