A Treatise on Money [two volumes, complete]
by Keynes, John Maynard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Library blind-stamps on title pages. Volume One with 6mm chip to cloth at head of spine. Volume Two with 10mm tears to cloth at head and tail of spine. Volume Two with narrow split to gutter at rear between pages 416 and 417. ; First printings. Volume One: xvii, [1], 363, [1 (blank)] pages. Volume Two: viii, 424 pages. Both volumes: Publisher's cloth bindings. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 136mm. Volume One: "The Pure Theory of Money". Volume Two: "The Applied Theory of Money". "The world-wide slump after 1929 prompted Keynes to attempt and 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 economists to a penetrating scrutiny and found them seriously inadequate and inaccurate." - Carter & Muir (eds.) "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967), p. 254. ; 8vo .
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- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 25547
- Title
- A Treatise on Money [two volumes, complete]
- Author
- Keynes, John Maynard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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