The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. [8], 279, [1] pp. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, ruling continued to boards in blind (small contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, faint offsetting to half title and verso of terminal leaf, otherwise internally clean; light shelf wear to tips of spine and corners, gilt lettering to spine slightly dulled, still an excellent copy overall). London, MacMillan & Co.

The work that established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist and public intellectual, described by Keynes's biographer as 'one of the most influential books of the twentieth century' (Skidelsky, p. 384).

In 1915 Keynes took up an official position at Whitehall and served as the principal representative of the British Treasury at the Peace Conference in 1919. 'He soon resigned, in protest against the terms imposed on the Central Powers, and rapidly produced The Economic Consequences of Peace, 1919. Even while the book was being written many of his prophecies came true and, in the light of subsequent history, the foresight of his conclusions would be uncanny did they not proceed so inevitably from his premises' (Printing and the Mind of Man, p. 254).

Moggridge A2.1.1.

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