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Keynes, John Maynard:. Indian Currency and Finance. First Edition.. London: Macmillan, 1913.

Price: US$884.11 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: viii 263p original terracotta cloth, spine lettering a bit dull, library shelfmark lettered in white to bottom of spine, text fresh and clean and very little used, library bookplate to endpaper, library stamp to top edge, folding table well preserved, this copy with some animated but neat and legible pencil notes to text on approx two dozen pages, still a nice copy of the first edition of Keynes' first book. It appears that this copy early on had a single reader. Armed with a pencil, the notes sometimes trying to improve the language of the author. The annotated page is an extreme example. The library discard likely occurred because of the annotations Language: English

Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Keynes, John Maynard. [J.M.]. Indian Currency and Finance.. Macmillan & Co., Limited, London, 1913.

Price: US$975.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Keynes' first major work on economics. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Neat ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. In 1913 Keynes was appointed secretary of a Commission to examine Indian Finance and Currency and later began to seek a publisher for his major treatise on probability based on his fellowship dissertation.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Keynes, John Maynard. [J.M.]. Indian Currency and Finance.. Macmillan & Co, London, 1913.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Keynes' first major work on economics. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light wear to the extremities. A very bright example. In 1913 Keynes was appointed secretary of a Commission to examine Indian Finance and Currency and later began to seek a publisher for his major treatise on probability based on his fellowship dissertation.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

KEYNES, John Maynard.. Indian Currency and Finance.. London Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913.

Price: US$1936.00 + shipping

Description: First edition; 8vo ( 22.5 x 14.5 cm); bookplate to front pastedown, library stamp and inscription in pen to front free endpaper, folding chart; publisher's brown cloth, gilt spine, spine caps slightly bumped; viii, 263, [1]pp. The Royal Statistical Society's copy of Keynes' first published book, Indian Currency and Finance. Keynes himself was a long-term member of the Society, and served on its council for three periods between 1915 and 1919, 1933 and 1937 and 1941 to 1945. The book was the culmination of Keynes' experience working as an administrative official at the India Office between 1906 and 1908, and of a series of lectures he gave on Indian monetary problems at the London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge in the two years prior to publication. In it, Keynes argues for the continuance of the Indian gold exchange standard over the adoption of a full gold standard, such as in place in Britain, recognising the virtue of a system under which neither a gold currency nor dependance on a substantial holding of gold reserves was necessary to guard against external liabilities. Although critical of official government policy, the book was well received, and Keynes was appointed to Royal Commission to investigate the matter further.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

KEYNES, John Maynard.. Indian Currency and Finance.. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1913, 1913.

Price: US$2275.29 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, of Keynes's defence of the Indian currency system against those who wished to move to a gold-based currency. Keynes served as a civil servant in the India Office from 1906 to 1908, and, while he did not like the work, he used it as the basis for a series of lectures at the London School of Economics in the spring of 1911, which he then worked into the present book. Keynes took his seat on the Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency the same year. Fundaburk 9992; Mattioli 1822; Moggridge A1.1. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. Folding chart. Light bumping and rubbing, minor browning to endpapers, edges, and outer leaves: a very good copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

KEYNES, John Maynard.. Indian Currency and Finance.. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1913, 1913.

Price: US$3575.46 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, in exceptional condition, of Keynes's first book, giving a defence of the Indian currency system against those who wished to move to a gold-based currency. Keynes served as a civil servant in the India Office from 1906 to 1908, and, while he did not like the work, he used it as the basis for a series of lectures at the London School of Economics in the spring of 1911, which he then worked into the present book. Keynes took his seat on the Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency the same year. Fundaburk 9992; Mattioli 1822; Moggridge A1.1. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, covers ruled in blind. Housed in a green cloth solander box. Folding chart. Endpapers lightly toned as usual, else a fine copy, tight, bright, and clean.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom