KEYNES, John Maynard.

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Set of his works from the library of his biographer, Robert Skidelsky. A full set of Keynes's books, excluding only Essays in Persuasion, from the library of his biographer, the economist Robert Skidelsky. All are first editions, save The End of Laissez-Faire, which is a second impression.Skidelsky (1939-2026) was a prominent British economic historian, and a member of the House of Lords from 1991. His three-volume biography of Keynes, published from 1983 to 2000, is regarded as the definitive study of the economist's life and work. Each volume has his bookplate, with the exception of The Economic Consequences of Mr Churchill, A Short View of Russia, The End of Laissez-Faire, The Means to Prosperity, and How to Pay for the War.The collection includes all the books Keynes authored; it excludes those he co-authored or those he contributed to. All are clearly well-read; a few have pencilled sidelining and a few annotations.Comprising:i) Indian Currency and Finance. London: Macmillan and Co., 1913;ii) The Economic Consequences of the Peace. London: Macmillan and Co., 1919. Also with bookplate of Charles G. Duckworth, dated 19 May 1967;iii) A Treatise on Probability. London: Macmillan and Co., 1921;iv) A Revision of the Treaty. London: Macmillan and Co., 1922. Contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper;v) A Tract on Monetary Reform. London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. Contemporary ownership signature to title page;vi) The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill. London: T

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