ɪt wʌz ɐn ˌɪnɛkspˈɛnsɪv ᵻdˈɪʃən pɹˈɪntᵻd ˌɔn ɐ tʃˈiːp, bɹˈaʊn nˈuːzpeɪpɚ pˈeɪpɚɹ ʌv sˈaɪz ɐbˌaʊt sˈiː fˈoːɹ wɪðˌaʊt ˌɪləstɹˈeɪʃənz, hˈɛns ðə nˈeɪm.
It was an inexpensive edition printed on a cheap, brown newspaper paper of size about C4 without illustrations, hence the name.