J. MacLaren Cobban - Master of his Fate - William Blackwood, 1890, First Edition.

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood, 1890. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. An uncommon vampire novel. "[featuring a] protagonist, tortured by the need vampirically to drain the life energy of others to maintain his own Immortality, confesses all to an expert in the field of animal magnetism; and then - convulsively aged into an old man, as always happens before he feeds - kills himself." [SFE, Clute]. Published earlier in Blackwood's Magazine. Some toning to the spine, a little bumping to the tips, some wrinkling to the cloth. Owner's inscription, 24pp ads to the rear, light foxing to the first and last few leaves. Bevelled edges. [12020, Hyraxia Books].