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Indian Currency and Finance.
by KEYNES, John Maynard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. His first book in fine condition First edition, first impression, in exceptional condition, of Keynes's first book, giving a defence of the Indian currency system against those who wished to move to a gold-based currency. Keynes served as a civil servant in the India Office from 1906 to 1908, and, while he did not like the work, he used it as the basis for a series of lectures at the London School of Economics in the spring of 1911, which he then worked into the present book. Keynes took his seat on the Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency the same year. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. Housed in a green cloth solander box. Folding chart. Endpapers lightly toned as usual, else a fine copy, tight, bright, and clean. Fundaburk 9992; Mattioli 1822; Moggridge A1.1.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163795
- Title
- Indian Currency and Finance.
- Author
- KEYNES, John Maynard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Date Published
- 1913
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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