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London: MacMillan, 1971. new edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in original cloth xxvii + 335pp., appendix, index, Originally published in 1930

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Macmillan, London, 1935, third impression.. /Dust Jacket Included. 1935. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, xviii,363pp, owner's name on endpaper of Alan Day, edges browning, text clean and sound, blue cloth, gilt titles, Very Good condition in browned and slightly frayed dustwrapper. Vol. 1 only (of 2) .

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1930. . First edition, first impression; 2 vols; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); ownership inscriptions in pen to front free endpaper recto of each vol., manuscript annotations and loose notes in pencil throughout; publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in gold, extremities a little rubbed, overall a very good copy. An economist's copy with manuscript notes in pencil of Keynes' first major contribution to the development of modern monetary theory.'The world-wide slump after 1929 prompted Keynes to attempt an explanation of, and new methods for controlling, the vagaries of the trade-cycle' (PMM). The resultant work, A Treatise on Money, published in 1930, anticipated many of the key arguments that would later appear in his General Theory of Employment. The central being that if the amount of money saved exceeds the amount invested, which can happen if interest rates are too high, then unemployment will rise. This is in part a result of people not wanting to spend too high a… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a magnificent, two-volume set of the U.S. first edition, first printing, quite scarce thus in the original dust jackets. Published in late 1930, Treatise was “the first of KeynesÂ’s two major contributions to economic theory”. This set is improbably clean and bright, featuring better than near-fine copies in near fine dust jackets. The burgundy cloth bindings are square, clean, bright, and tight with bright spine gilt. Particularly given the coarse cloth and easily faded hue, these volumes are strikingly fresh. We note only slight wrinkling to the spine ends and a hint of bruising to the upper Volume II corners. The contents are even more impressive – immaculately bright with no spotting, no soiling, and no previous ownership marks. Even the text block edges are nearly pristine. The jackets, printed in burgundy on pale yellow-tan paper, are beautifully bright and clean, appearing not only… Read More