Lloyd's Sixpenny Dickens : Nicholas Nickleby (2 volumes)

Complete in two volumes. 420pp (across both volumes). Original grey wraps. Both have tipped in colour illustrations on front cover and numerous further b/w illustrations internally all by F Barnard. Decorated initial capitals in places. Fascinating contemporary adverts at rear of each volume. Chipped and rubbed all round with scuffing. Volume two, rear cover absent. Pages dog-eared and tan brittle. Charming (rather than pretty) insight into Dickens' sustained popularity and the reading habits of the early 20th century, published by the innovative and notorious inventor of 'penny dreadfuls', Edward Lloyd.