Michie, Guilty Money: The City of London in Victorian and Edwardian Culture, 1815-1914, 2009. Small split to head of front joint, and to ends of rear joint, but text block sound, some rubbing to extremities, mark to fore edge, occasional faint foxing to contents. Original pictorial boards, title to spine black and to front cover black and red, cream coated endpapers. A Legend of the National Betting Ring, Showing what Became of it 1875 Leather Bound Spectre on. First American from the One Hundredth English Edition.
This meant that non-members had no way of knowing whether the prices they paid or received were the product of open and fair bargaining, or arrived at through the collusion of members who profited at the expense of outsiders" (Michie, p. YE VAMPYRES: A LEGEND OF THE NATIONAL BETTING-RING, SHOWING WHAT BECAME OF IT. "Non-members had to stand outside the door and give orders to members, who went inside to buy and sell on their behalf. Ye Vampyres a Legend of the National Betting-Ring, Showing What Became of It Spectre 0. 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. The Stock Exchange, closed to non-members, was seen as the basis for corruption in the City. Swindlers were prosecuted, but very seldom punished."). The real settings were easily discerned in the novel, with London as the city of Undone, and the stock exchange as the Vortex ("There were very many honourable men in Undone City who had long been sick and tired of the doings in the Vortex. First edition, the anonymous author using an imaginary setting to condemn corruption in the City in the mid-1870s.
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