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A Revision of the Treaty.: Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
by KEYNES, John Maynard
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited,, 1922. First edition, first impression, of Keynes's second, highly controversial work on German reparations and the debt-riddled economy of post-First World War Europe. The Revision is a supplement and sequel to Keynes's highly popular 1919 work The Economic Consequences of the Peace. In Revision, Keynes develops his argument that the reparations demanded by the Treaty of Versailles were a threat to European peace and prosperity, and should consequently be reduced. "The violence of the controversy aroused by these two books [Economic Consequences and Revision of the Treaty] is now difficult to appreciate. Even while they were being written many of his prophecies came true and, in the light of the subsequent history, the foresight of his conclusions would be uncanny did they not proceed so inevitably from his premises" (PMM). Keynes's arguments as to the fundamental injustice of the Treaty remain widely shared to this day. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. Three leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear. With the small bookseller's label of "Kokusai Shob Kobe" to the front pastedown. Light sunning to spine and edges of front cover, light bumping and rubbing to extremities, several spots of soiling to covers, rear hinge cracked, light foxing to endpapers and initial leaves, browning to front free endpaper, slight separation between gatherings F & G: a good copy. Moggridge A 4.1.1; Printing and the Mind of Man 423.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167420
- Title
- A Revision of the Treaty.
- Author
- KEYNES, John Maynard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan and Co., Limited,
- Date Published
- 1922
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Peter Harrington
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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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