KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD

London: Macmillan, 1936. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, original dust jacket with "5/- Net" printed at foot of inner flap. First edition. Written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, Keynes's masterwork is generally regarded as probably the most influential social science treatise of the century; it quickly and permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy and the role of government in society (PMM, 423). Minor toning and chipping to edges of jacket with some loss to head and foot of spine; previous owner's ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise very fine.