John Maynard Keynes, complete in three volumes: Volume 1: Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920; Volume 2: The Economist as Saviour 1920-1937; Fighting for Britain 1937-1946

London: Papermac, a division of Macmillan and Company. Softcover. As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Three big, fat, oversized, nearly flawless trade paperbacks, complete, published in various years as the paperback edition of the original true First Editions published in hardcover by Macmillan and Co. Illustrated card stock wraps to all three, clearly unread. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. From the publisher's blurbs, "Robert Skidelsky's three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes has been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman's life. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this abridged biography offers us a sympathetic account of the life and influences of a passionate visionary, and an invaluable insight into the formation of a new economic philosophy whose ideas remain even today at the centre of political and economic discussion. `In Robert Skidelsky's magnificently intelligent biography in my opinion the greatest of the last century and, possibly, of this one too Keynes has received the best tribute he could deserve Mark Archer, Financial Times Magazine `As brilliant as his full-length version . . . this one-volume version can be strongly recommended to the many non-economists who are mystified but intrigued by the Keynes legend William Keegan, Observer 'Nobody who wants to understand one of the most extraordinary Englishmen of his time can do without this biography' Eric Hobsbawm. Volumes contain scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Volume 1: xxviii [1], 2-447 pp.; Volume 2: xxxv [2], 4-580 pp.; Volume 3: xxxv, 2-731 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.