Trollope (Frances) The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy, 3 vol., first edition in book form, Henry Colburn, 1840.
Trollope (Frances) The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy, 3 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 21 etched plates by Hervieu and Onwhyn, original blind-stamped cloth, spines darkened, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, vertical crease to vol. 3 upper cover, a little rubbed, [Sadleir 3228], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1840.
⁂ Rare in the cloth and often hailed as the first "industrial novel", published several years prior to Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton.
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Trollope (Frances) The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy, 3 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 21 etched plates by Hervieu and Onwhyn, original blind-stamped cloth, spines darkened, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, vertical crease to vol. 3 upper cover, a little rubbed, [Sadleir 3228], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1840.
⁂ Rare in the cloth and often hailed as the first "industrial novel", published several years prior to Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton.