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No Binding. Zustand: Fine. After dictation to his secretary, Mrs. Stephens, the letters were typed and Keynes would sign them (with one exception) and at the same time frequently make emendations. The twenty three letters occupy 46 quarto pages, with about 612 typewritten lines, and there are some 27 autograph lines of additional material with numerous minor corrections and revisions. Eighteen of them are signed 'JM Keynes', one initialled 'JMK', one signed on his behalf by his secretary, and the last three 'Keynes' after he became a peer in 1943. Also included are two typed letters, signed and dated June 9th 1949, from Roy Harrod, concerning publication of short extracts of these letters in his then forthcoming (1951) biography, "The Life of John Maynard Keynes.".

First American edition of the most influential social science treatise of the twentieth century, signed by six Nobel Prize-winning economists. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Paul A. Samuelson, Kenneth J. Arrow, Edmund Phelps, Robert J. Shiller, John Nash, and Robert C. Merton. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to the extremities. An exceptional example of the utmost scarcity signed by this extraordinarily influential group of Nobel laureates, who were deeply influenced by the work of the economist J.M. Keynes. The General Theory ranks with Smith s Wealth of Nations as an intellectual event and with Malthus Essay on Population as a guide for public policy. The London Review of Books has grouped The General Theory "among the glories of modern publishing, edited with exemplary authority and lack of fuss." Many innovations of The General Theory remain central to modern macroeconomics. It was placed on Time's 2001 top one-hundred non-fiction books written in English since 1923.

First edition of the economist's masterpiece, with a rare autographed letter by Keynes laid in. Octavo, original cloth. The signed letter from Keynes, with his 46 Gordon Square Bloomsbury letterhead, was sent the month following the publication of the General Theory. Keynes write to the recipient, "Dear Captain Humberstone, I am sorry that I was not free when you called this morning, but I am happy to sign your manifesto, and return signed copy herewith. Yours truly, J. M. Keynes." The recipient, Thomas Lloyd Humberstone was an academic at the University of London, who campaigned on the subject of education and related Liberal political issues; he published University Reform in London in 1926, with a preface by H. G. Wells. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable in this condition and with the signed letter. The General Theory ranks with Smith s Wealth of Nations as an intellectual event and with Malthus Essay on Population as a guide for public policy. The London Review of Books has grouped The General Theory "among the glories of modern publishing, edited with exemplary authority and lack of fuss." Many innovations of The General Theory remain central to modern macroeconomics. It was placed on Time's 2001 top one-hundred non-fiction books written in English since 1923 and The Times Literary Supplement 100 greatest books of the twentieth century.

First edition, first impression, of perhaps the most significant work of economics of the 20th century, Keynes's last major text, and "the chief of his major theoretical works" (ODNB). This copy and its jacket are notably fresh and bright: among the nicest such examples we have handled. The General Theory was written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when the old economic order was widely seen to have failed. Keynes argued that government must intervene in the economy, directing wages, investment, and demand, in order to achieve full employment beyond the boom and bust cycle. In so doing, a middle way was found between the laissez-faire policy of classical political economy and the complete state control of socialist economic theory. Keynes's system of controlled capitalism was embraced by the political left and right across Western Europe and the United States and so came to define much of the 20th century. Prior to the counterattack of the monetarist and neo-liberal schools, Keynes's theories became the virtually undisputed economic orthodoxy of the decades following the Second World War. Mattioli 1814, Moggridge A10.1; Printing and the Mind of Man 423. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. With dust jacket. Housed in a blue quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Tables in the text. Pencil signature of "J. J. Melter" to front free endpaper. Cloth bright, very light bumping to spine ends, faint foxing to top and outer edges, contents fresh; very slight creasing to extremities of price-clipped jacket, minor toning to spine panel: a near-fine copy in like jacket.

First edition, first impression, of perhaps the most significant economics book of the 20th century, scarce in the jacket. The General Theory was written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when the old economic order was widely seen to have failed. Keynes argued that government must intervene in the economy, directing wages, investment, and demand, in order to achieve full employment and end the boom and bust cycle. In so doing, a middle way was found between the laissez-faire policy of classical political economy, as founded by Adam Smith in the 18th century, and the complete state control of socialist governments, derived from Marx's theories of the 19th century. Keynes's system of controlled capitalism defined much of the 20th century, as it was embraced by the political left and right alike across Western Europe and the United States. Keynes's theories became the near-undisputed economic orthodoxy of the decades following the war, until the counter-attack of the monetarist and neoliberal schools undermined his hegemony. Moggridge A10.1; Printing and the Mind of Man 423. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, rules continuing to covers in blind. With dust jacket. Housed in dark blue quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Very light discolouration to cloth else bright and square, endpapers a little toned and contents somewhat foxed, still near-fine in near-fine jacket, spine panel darkened and a little rubbed with nick at head, minor rubbing at extremities, a clean example without repair, price intact.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. A first printing of the true first edition, published in 1936. A pristine copy and extremely rare thus. John Maynard Keynes' last major work, and the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century, in the scarce original dustwrapper, in near fine condition with no restoration. ***Near fine in navy blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and borders to the spine and blind borders extending to the front and back boards. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The book is virtually perfect, with hardly any rubbing even to the head and tail of the spine or to the edges of the boards. The exterior of the book is in near fine condition. No bumping to the boards. Corners sharp. The dark-blue colour is only slightly sun-faded on the spine. Internally, the book is also near fine - clean and unmarked. There is just a hint of creasing to the fore edge of the first few pages where the pages have been turned - otherwise the book feels largely unread. No tears. None of the usual foxing or offsetting to the endpapers - just the lightest of fox spots to one of the preliminary blank pages. Spine tight. ***In a near fine plain printed dustwrapper, that is not price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's price of 5/- net on the front flap. Unusually, there is virtually no wear to the dustwrapper - just a crease to the bottom corner of the rear flap where the flap has been folded over at some point over the last 85 years. There is virtually no wear or tear to the edges at all, even to the spine, and the spine remains clean and hardly browned at all. Extremely rare thus. ***220mm x 150mm. With a four-page preface by the author to the fore, dated December 13 1935, plus 403 text-pages. ***Contents: Preface; Book I - Introduction, Book II - Definitions and Ideas, Book III - The Propensity to Consume, Book IV - The Inducement to Invest, Book V - Money-wages and Prices, Book VI - Short Notes Suggested by the General Theory, Index. ***'John Maynard Keynes, CB, FBA (5 Jun 1883 - 21 Apr 1946) was an English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in mathematics, he built on and greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles. One of the most influential economists of the 20th century, his ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, and its various offshoots.' ***'"The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" was first published in Feb 1936. It caused a profound shift in economic thought, giving macroeconomics a central place in economic theory and contributing much of its terminology ? the "Keynesian Revolution". It had equally powerful consequences in economic policy, being interpreted as providing theoretical support for government spending in general, and for budgetary deficits, monetary intervention and counter-cyclical policies in particular. It is pervaded with an air of mistrust for the rationality of free-market decision making."' (Wiki) ***A first impression of the true first edition, dated 1936, with no further printings noted, of John Maynard Keynes' "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money", in really beautiful collectable condition. Copies of this important work in this condition, in the original dustwrapper, are virtually unobtainable now. Of interest to collectors of the works of John Maynard Keynes, and of landmark twentieth century Economics titles. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "J.M. Keynes 17 Feb 1927." In very good condition. Books signed by Keynes are exceptionally rare.

xxii, 403pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Edition. First Edition. xxii, 403pp. 1 vols. 8vo. THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIC TREATISE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. First edition of Keynes' last major work, the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century, in scarce original dust jacket. The General Theory ranks with the Wealth of Nations as an intellectual event and with Malthus' Essay on Population as a guide to public policy. "The world-wide slump after 1929 prompted Keynes to attempt an explanation of, and new methods for controlling, the vagaries of the trade-cycle. First in A Treatise on Money, 1930, and later in his General Theory, he subjected the definitions and theories of the classical school of economics to a penetrating scrutiny and found them seriously inadequate and inaccurate" (PMM). PMM 423 Original blue-green cloth, original unclipped printed gray dust jacket, Japan tissue repair to jacket spine.

First edition, a rare privately printed pamphlet, issued in advance of the Budget due on 23 April, and keeping up the pressure after How to Pay for the War, issued a month earlier. Keynes writes "to explain the paradox that, so far, a large increase in Government expenditure has been accomplished with only a small increase in output and a moderate rise in prices. The object. is to show that a further increase in the rate of Government expenditure is likely to produce consequences of a different order." Given the ephemeral nature and flimsy format of this consultation paper, it is perhaps not surprising that surviving copies are so few. No copy appears in auction records, and the only copy traced in institutional holdings worldwide is that at the Bodleian, Oxford. Sir Richard William Barnes ("Otto") Clarke (1910-1975) was a Cambridge-educated mathematician and economist, and Keynes's eventual heir at the Treasury. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War he had worked as a journalist at the Financial News, later amalgamated with the Financial Times, where he devised the ordinary share index - still, as the FT index, the principal measure of its kind. From 1939 he moved successively through the ministries of Information, Economic Warfare, Supply, and Production, and spent a vital year (1942-3) in Washington in the combined production and resources board. In 1945 he joined the Treasury, where he enjoyed a distinguished career for the next 21 years: he has been called "The Treasury's best brain after Keynes's death in 1946". He was the author of numerous published works, including The Economic Effort of War (1940). Not found in Moggridge. Small quarto pamphlet, 8pp. stitched as issued. Custom brown cloth folding case. Creased vertically and horizontally where folded, slightly dust-soiled at head of last leaf verso and with short closed tear at fold, still a very good copy in original condition. Ownership inscription of Otto Clarke at head of first page.

First edition, first impression, in the scarce jacket, of perhaps the most significant economics book of the 20th century. The General Theory was written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when the old economic order was widely seen to have failed. Keynes argued that government must intervene in the economy, directing wages, investment, and demand, in order to achieve full employment and end the boom and bust cycle. In so doing, a middle way was found between the laissez-faire policy of classical political economy, as founded by Adam Smith in the 18th century, and the complete state control of socialist governments, derived from Marx's theories of the 19th century. Keynes's system of controlled capitalism defined much of the 20th century, as it was embraced by the political left and right alike across Western Europe and the United States. Keynes's theories became the near-undisputed economic orthodoxy of the decades following the war, until the counter-attack of the monetarist and neoliberal schools undermined his hegemony. Moggridge A10.1; Printing and the Mind of Man 423. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, rules continuing to covers in blind. With dust jacket. Contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, slight bump to bottom fore corner of early leaves, near-fine in very good jacket, price-clipped, chip at head of front panel discreetly restored with border infilled in high-quality pen facsimile, slight chipping and rubbing at extremities, spine panel lightly toned and soiled.

First edition, first impression, of perhaps the most significant economics book of the 20th century, scarce in the jacket. The General Theory was written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when the old economic order was widely seen to have failed. Keynes argued that government must intervene in the economy, directing wages, investment, and demand, in order to achieve full employment and end the boom and bust cycle. In so doing, a middle way was found between the laissez-faire policy of classical political economy, as founded by Adam Smith in the 18th century, and the complete state control of socialist governments, derived from Marx's theories of the 19th century. Keynes's system of controlled capitalism defined much of the 20th century, as it was embraced by the political left and right alike across Western Europe and the United States. Keynes's theories became the near-undisputed economic orthodoxy of the decades following the war, until the counter-attack of the monetarist and neoliberal schools undermined his hegemony. Moggridge A10.1; Printing and the Mind of Man 423. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, rules continuing to covers in blind. With supplied dust jacket. Housed in a dark blue flat-back cloth box by the Chelsea Bindery. Slight rubbing to binding, one string loose following title with offset, light creases to pp. 63/4, a very good copy in very good jacket, light ring stains to front panel, spine panel a little soiled and abraded, price intact and without repair.

First editions, in the original wrappers, of the complete series of Reconstruction in Europe, published in 12 supplements to the Manchester Guardian Commercial, under the general editorship of John Maynard Keynes, with contributions by other notable authorities including A. C. Pigou, Irving Fisher, Luigi Einaudi and Gustav Cassel. Much of Keynes's material was reworked into his Tract on Monetary Reform (1923). The series discussed the economic problems and potential solutions for Europe in the aftermath of the war and the new peace settlement. It was published in five languages and included pioneering data visualisation with new graphical forms of data journalism. The Manchester Guardian Commercial had a wide readership among the business community and economic policymakers and helped cement Keynes' international reputation. "During 1922 the great Manchester Guardian supplements, twelve in number, were the main vehicle for the expression of Keynes' views. They were entitled Reconstruction in Europe and covered the whole field of finance, industry, trade and labour. Some of the issues were general, some specialised on some such topic as shipping or oil. To almost all Keynes contributed an introductory article, which summarised the subject and usually had some interesting ideas. In the first issue there was a lengthy article on "The Theory of purchasing power parity" and another one on "Forward Exchanges," which give a full account of the theory, which he subsequently summarised in his Tract on Monetary Reform" (Harrod, pp. 312-13). Roy Harrod, The Life of John Maynard Keynes, 1951. Complete in 12 sections, folio. Original brown wrappers printed in red and black. Housed in a dark blue cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. Wrappers with some soiling, a few sections with old inert fungal discolouration, some general creasing and short closed tears, some wrappers a little loose with that of section 5 detached, some staining to contents of a few parts. Section 1 with minor marginal loss not affecting text, and issue of Die Rote Fahne (21 April 1922) loosely inserted; section 5 with closed tear at head of pp. 3-6 repaired (slightly affecting text without loss), pp. 301-5 loose, and terminal leaf chipped with slight loss; section 6 with a couple of ink crosses on terminal page, ownership signature to front wrapper; section 10 with some pencil annotations and pp. 625-8 loose, ownership signature to front wrapper; section 11 with ink annotations to pp. 658-60, pp. 677-88 loose, a few English newspaper clippings loosely inserted; section 12 with some pencil annotations and stained with old inert fungal discolouration at foot. Overall a good to very good set in the fragile original wrappers.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. An extremely well preserved copy of this important work of economics history. The influential economist, John Maynard Keynes, provides a historical review of laissez-faire economic policy. With the very scarce original dust wrapper in a lovely condition. The paper label to the spine remains complete, and very clean. This work was Keynes' Sidney Ball Lecture delivered at Oxford in 1924. Extremely scarce with the dust wrapper in such a smart condition. To this work, Keynes agrees in principle that a marketplace of free individuals pursuing their own self-interest without government interference allows for the improvement of a society's economic situation than a socialist alternative. However, he also finds that a government can be constructive in protecting people from the worst of capitalism's cycles. An important work in the Keynesian cannon. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart, with minor shelfwear to the extremities. Dustwrapper is very smart. Only a few light marks to the wraps. Small hole to the title at the spine. Minor chip to the head of the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. A few light spot to the front endpapers. Otheriwse, pages are very clean. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition; 8vo; original blue cloth and dust jacket. One of the most influential economic works of the Twentieth Century. Described as "the chief of his [Keynes'] major theoretical works. a new and radical analysis of economic instability" (ODNB). Keynes provided support for government spending in general, and for budgetary deficits, monetary intervention and counter-cyclical policies in particular. It is pervaded with an air of mistrust for the rationality of free-market decision making. A lesson which it would seem has yet to be learnt! A fine copy in a very good dust jacket, which is a little toned to the spine, with a couple of small water spots and slight loss to the foot.

First edition of the economist's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice example in the uncommon dust jacket. The General Theory ranks with Smith s Wealth of Nations as an intellectual event and with Malthus Essay on Population as a guide for public policy. The London Review of Books has grouped The General Theory "among the glories of modern publishing, edited with exemplary authority and lack of fuss." Many innovations of The General Theory remain central to modern macroeconomics. It was placed on Time's 2001 top one-hundred non-fiction books written in English since 1923 and The Times Literary Supplement 100 greatest books of the twentieth century.

First edition of the economist's masterpiece, generally regarded as the most influential social science treatise of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist, "Modern macroeconomics began with this book, no wonder it's not easy to read Robert Solow." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A unique example. The General Theory ranks with Smith s Wealth of Nations as an intellectual event and with Malthus Essay on Population as a guide for public policy. The London Review of Books has grouped The General Theory "among the glories of modern publishing, edited with exemplary authority and lack of fuss." Many innovations of The General Theory remain central to modern macroeconomics. It was placed on Time's 2001 top one-hundred non-fiction books written in English since 1923.

First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. [2], xvii, [1], 363, [1]; [2], viii, 424 pp. Original blue cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, ruling continued to boards in blind, dust jackets (spotting to top edges of text block, both volumes otherwise internally clean and unmarked; the cloth remains bright and virtually unworn; the rare dust jackets remain notably clean, minor chipping to tips of spine panels, small circular private library labels to spine panels of both volumes professionally removed under our direction leaving small area of faint residue, Vol. 1 with some very faint scuffing to front panel and small area of loss to lower edge professional restored, otherwise an excellent set). London, MacMillan & Co., Limited. The first of Keynes's two main contributions to economic theory and his most comprehensive work on monetary theory - complete with the rare dust jackets. A Treatise on Money anticipated many of the ideas set forth in the General Theory, but differed from the latter in important aspects of its focus, paying closer attention to the theory of price levels rather than levels of output and employment. Moggridge A7.1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Macmillan and Company, 1936. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Amazing condition for its age and rarity! Rare first edition in great shape. Pages clean and unmarked. Very little shelf wear. Very rare hard to find, perfect for any collector.

First edition, first impression, 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dust jacket, rather marked and somewhat rubbed and missing pieces at the spine ends, otherwise very good; xii, 403pp., stock23 The first edition of Keynes' masterwork, scarce in dust-jacket. Written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, The General Theory is regarded as one of the most influential social science treatises of the century; it quickly and permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy and the role of government in society. This is the book 'on which [Keynes'] fame as the outstanding economist of his generation must rest' (DNB). After the 1929 crash, Keynes analysed the classical school of economists, 'and found them seriously inadequate and inaccurate. [.] A national budget, over and above its function of providing a national income, should be used as a major instrument in planning the national economy. The regulation of the trade-cycle [.] must be the responsibility of governments. Lost equilibrium in a national economy could and should be restored by official action and not abandoned to laisser (sic) faire. [The General Theory] threw the economists of the world into two violently opposed camps. Yet eight years later Keynes was to dominate the international conference at Bretton Woods, out of which came the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank; and his influence during the ensuing decades, even on his theoretical opponents, has been such that a highly placed American official recently remarked that 'we are all Keynesians today' (PMM). About speculation especially, Keynes dismisses conventional wisdom, and the fundamentalist's dream, that the fund manager should base his investment decisions solely on the probably long-term yield of any investment: 'He who attempts it must surely lead much more laborious days, and run greater risks than he who tries to guess better than the crowd, how the crowd will behave; and given equal intelligence, he may make more disastrous mistakes." Keynes was speaking from experience. During the Twenties and Thirties, he looked after several institutional funds -- highly leveraged, and highly speculative -- dealing in commodities, currencies, and equities. Like Livermore he was no stranger to loss, and during the 1929 crash his funds lost seventy-five per cent of their value. He managed to recoup, and, amazingly, six years later increased his fortune twenty-three times with a series of judicious investments. As Barton Biggs recently wrote: 'there are many brilliant and bizarre characters in today's hedge fund world, but Keynes surpasses them all. Hedgehogs would have liked and appreciated him.' PMM 423; Moggridge A10.

4to. 1 page. To the secretary of the Nordische Gesellschaft (Nordic Society) in Lübeck; a reply to an invitation to participate in the economic propaganda of the Nordische Gesellschaft whose purpose was to reinforce cultural and political co-operation between Germanic and Scandinavian countries. The Nordische Gesellschaft would become a central institution for Alfred Rosenberg, theorist and ideologue of the Nazi government. Heinrich Himmler was a member of the board of directors. "[.] I fear, however, that the benefits likely to ensue either to your Society or to me from the arrangement you suggest might be too slight for it to be worth our while to enter into a formal arrangement. My journalistic output is not now very considerable, and since virtually all of it is prepared for publication in 'The Nation', by no means all of it is of interest to European readers generally. Moreover, it would not in general be possible for me to let you have any article sufficiently long in advance of publication in this country for you to be able to arrange for its publication in daily newspapers in Europe until after it had already appeared here. Finally, I already have arrangements for publication of any articles which are suitable to the general European public in 'Wirtschaftsdienst', which, although it is a weekly, might interfere with circulation in daily newspapers in Germany, and also with the 'Neue Freie Presse' of Vienna [.]". - In fine condition; on stationery with printed address.

First edition, first impression, of perhaps the most significant economics book of the 20th century. This copy was gifted by the politician, economist, Governor of the Bank of Italy and afterwards second President of the Italian Republic Luigi Einaudi to one of his secretaries, and is accompanied by two letters from Einaudi (dated 1943) inserted in the book, the letterhead of one ("Poderi del Senatore Luigi Einaudi - Dogliani") cut out and pasted on the front pastedown; along with an additional letter from writer, poet and MP Arnaldo Frateili to an unknown recipient. The General Theory was written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when the old economic order was widely seen to have failed. Keynes argued that government must intervene in the economy, directing wages, investment, and demand, in order to achieve full employment and end the boom and bust cycle. In so doing, a middle way was found between the laissez-faire policy of classical political economy, as founded by Adam Smith in the 18th century, and the complete state control of socialist governments, derived from Marx's theories of the 19th century. Keynes's system of controlled capitalism defined much of the 20th century, as it was embraced by the political left and right alike across Western Europe and the United States. Keynes's theories became the near-undisputed economic orthodoxy of the decades following the war, until the counter-attack of the monetarist and neoliberal schools undermined his hegemony. Moggridge A10.1; Printing and the Mind of Man 423. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, rules continuing to covers in blind. Spine lightly sunned with slight lean, minor rubbing and bumping at extremities, a few minor marks to cloth, contents clean. A very good copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes, a foundation of modern economic theory. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 403pp. Blue pebbled cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings on copyright page. Dust remnant along top edge of text block, faint offsetting to endpapers, light foxing to rear endpaper and outer edge of text block, solid text block. Period ownership inscription dated Feb. 1936 on front free endpaper. Bookseller's label on front pastedown endpaper. Housed in custom brown leather clamshell. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, "5/-NET" retail price on front flap, archival tissue repairs to spine ends and flap folds, newspaper clipping affixed to front flap, a bright and attractive example of this scarce dust jacket. This work is the last book by influential British economist, John Maynard Keynes. It introduced many of the concepts that remain central to the study of macroeconomics, such as the impact of government spending, central bank monetary policy and a general distrust of free-market economic decision making. It was viewed as an attack on the "classic economic orthodoxy" of the 1930s. (PMM 423).

2 Bl., XII 403 S., Ln., OU. etw. beschädigt, NaV., tls. Anm. u. Anstr. -- Braeuer 213. PMM 1968, 423. - ". Fellow of King's Kollege, Cambridge". - Erste Ausgabe. - ". the increment of aggregate investment multiplied by the marginal propensity to consume. ." (123).- [ Wirtschaftswissenschaft Volkswirtschaft SpracheEN J| 1936 N| John M. Keynes ] --.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light touches of wear to cloth at extremities, fading to spine. In a Near Fine original dust jacket with toning heaviest at the spine and light edge wear, crimping to the head of the spine with a tape-repair there made from the verso. The economist's first collection of essays in which he touches upon politics, economics and world affairs. Copies in the dust jacket are scarce.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with Rare Dust Jacket of THE END OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE. Size: 8vo, 7 3/8" x 4 7/8" 54 pp. with original publisher's cloth-backed blue, greenish grey boards with an excellent printed white label printed dark blue on the spine. The cream dust jacket printed in blue has some sunning and staining with age and a small chip on the head and bottom of the spine and folds. Otherwise in very good condition. No restoration on jacket or edition. Slight fading to boards, minor rubbing to corners with some light overall use. Published July 1926 at 2s; 2,000 copies printed. Woolmer 97. A very important and rare Hogarth Edition based on John Maynard Keynes' Sidney Ball lecture delivered at Oxford in 1924.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the printed dust jacket; an exceptional copy; viii, 209pp. stock23 A spectacular copy in collector's condition of the first of Keynes's major contributions to economic theory. A significant text in which, for instance, he dismisses the gold standard out of hand as 'a barbarous relic'. The theorising here would lead directly to the wider exposition of The General Theory and may be seen as its prolegomenon. It is also the source of his notorious statement, 'In the long run we are all dead'. Copies in cloth are not uncommon but examples such as in this in jacket and in collector's condition are genuinely rare.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition; 8vo; original boards and dust jacket. Keynes states the need for stable currency as the indispensable foundation to a healthy world economy. Keynes begins by laying out data showing the serious fluctuations in the value of money that began in 1914 and subjected North America, Europe, and India to injurious cycles of inflation and deflation. He describes the various effects of this erratic underlying influence and makes it clear that policies limiting such fluctuations should be implemented to ensure economic and social stability. In the final analysis he recommends the implementation of policies by Great Britain and the United States that aim at achieving stability of the commodity value of the dollar rather than the gold value. "[T]he ideal state of affairs," he argues, "is an intimate co-operation between the Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of England, as a result of which stability of prices and of exchange would be achieved at the same time." A fine copy in a very good dust jacket, which is a little toned to the spine and slightly frayed at upper edges.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original navy blue cloth ruled in blind on the boards and stamped in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with light rubbing at the corners and spine ends, pages tanned, endsheets offset and a former owner name to the front free endpaper, foxing to the textblock edge. In a Near Fine dust jacket with moderate toning to the spine panel and very light edge wear. A fantastic copy, uncommon in such nice condition.

Small 4to. 1 page. To Sir W. D. Ross, Provost of Oxford's Oriel College from 1929 to 1947 and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1941 to 1944, writing shortly after Edvard Bene 's resignation as president of Czechoslovakia and escape to Britain: "I would very readily sign the letter to Dr Benes which you have sent me if it were not that I have already signed a very similar letter drafted by Mr. H. G. Wells on behalf of a certain number of writers, which was delivered to Dr Benes a few days ago. In view of this, perhaps it would be rather a duplication for me to sign a further letter, and I feel that it would be better that I should not do so. If, knowing the above, you still feel that my signature should be affixed to this letter, I readily give you discretion to add it to the list". - Small folding marks, light foxing.