Young Brown or the Law of Inheritance

  • xxiv, 300; vi, [ii], 304; viii, 281 pp. 3 vols. 12mo
  • London: Smith, Elder, 1874
By [Murray, Eustace Clare Grenville]
London: Smith, Elder, 1874. First edition. xxiv, 300; vi, [ii], 304; viii, 281 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Later white buckram , with brown leather labels. Some foxing, but overall, a very good copy. First edition. xxiv, 300; vi, [ii], 304; viii, 281 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. An "absolutely brilliant, bitter novel attacking the aristocracy" (Wolff); first published serially, it caused a scandal for its portrayal of known personalities and its suggestion of incest. Wolff 5057 (only the Tauchnitz edition); not in Sadleir

Details

Title

Young Brown or the Law of Inheritance

Author

[Murray, Eustace Clare Grenville]

Binding

xxiv, 300; vi, [ii], 304; viii, 281 pp. 3 vols. 12mo

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Smith, Elder: London

Date

1874

Edition

First edition


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