Keynes’ A Treatise On Money, In Rare Original Dust Jackets 33. KEYNES, John Maynard. A Treatise on Money. London, 1930. Two volumes. Octavo, original blue cloth, dust jackets. $11,000. Click for more info First edition of Keynes’ important work on monetary theory, in rare original dust jackets. “The world-wide slump after 1929 prompted Keynes to attempt an explanation of... the tradecycle” (PMM 423). “In 1930, Keynes brought out his heavy, two-volume Treatise on Money, which effectively set out his Wicksellian theory of the credit cycle. In it, the rudiments of a liquidity preference theory of interest are laid out and Keynes believed it would be his magnum opus…[however, criticism was swift and extreme] and the Treatise led to the formation of a reading group, known as ‘the circus,’ composed of young Cambridge economists Richard Kahn and others… Kahn dutifully delivered reports of the Circus’s discussions to Keynes, who subsequently began revising his ideas” (History of Economic Thought). As a result of the controversy over the Treatise on Money, and the subsequent discussions and debates that arose from it, Keynes produced his greatest work, The General Theory, which literally began a revolution in American economics. Books fine, rare unrestored dust jackets in unusually fresh condition, with expected toning to spines, a bit of shallow chipping to spine heads and mild dampstaining to spine head of Volume II. Very desirable in the original dust jackets. February 2022 – 35 – Bauman Rare Books
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