J. M. Rymer
Varney the Vampyre
(E. Lloyd, 1853)
12624.e.6      22x13 cm

This famous blood is comparatively well written, with an original plot. The first edition of 1845-6 ran to 868 pages; in this version of the early 1850s the text is shortened to 470 pages, but some of the most powerful original illustrations have been re-used. During the peak period of blood publishing in the 1840s Lloyd's artists experimented with the layout of their front pages, using irregular shaped blocks to create a more sophisticated design.