YE VAMPYRES: A LEGEND OF THE NATIONAL BETTING-RING, SHOWING WHAT BECAME OF IT. By The Spectre [pseudonym]. First American from the One Hundredth English Edition .. by Spectre, The (pseudonym) - 1877

Boston: Published by A. W. Lovering, 1877. Octavo, pp. [3-4] 5 [6] 7-282 [note: text complete despite gap in pagination, title leaf is first leaf of signature (1)], flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated terra cotta cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in black and gold, cream coated endpapers. First U.S. edition. Allegorical fantasy set in the far future (one million A. D.), of speculation in the corrupt, ruinous British stock market, narrated by an ancient space traveling spectre who returns to Earth from time to time to observe the activities of the inhabitants of his home world. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume III, p. 183 (describing the UK first edition). Locke, Voyages in Space (2011) V 613. Reginald 13473. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, a few mild stains to cloth, old private owner's stamp on front free endpaper and ghosts from removed labels, small price sticker on front free endpaper, a tight, very good copy. (#156053)