Lot 52
KEYNES, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 714 - Library of a Midwestern Collector
Nov 5, 2019 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

Sold for $8,750

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
KEYNES, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936. 

8vo. Original publisher’s blue cloth, lettered in gilt; printed dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIC TREATISE OF THE 20th CENTURY. Keynes argued in this work for government intervention to moderate the extremes of economic activity and to introduce policies in order to produce full employment. PMM 423. 

AN UNUSUALLY FINE COPY IN A BRIGHT DUST JACKET. 

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