New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1933).. (1933).. Good. - Octavo, blue cloth in a dust wrapper. The covers are unevenly darkened with some light spotting to the bottom edge of the rear cover. The spine is spotted. The dust jacket chipped with tears & pieces out and with its spine & extremities darkened. The jacket spine is rippled & discolored from humidity. x & 318 pages plus colophon. There is some light staining to the pastedowns & endpapers. 8 black-and-white plates [portraits of economists] with tissue guards. Good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First American edition. Advance copy with the publisher's slip tipped onto the front flap of the dust wrapper.<p>Among the essays are biographies of Winston Churchill, Lloyd George, Robert Malthus, Alfred Marshall, F. Y. Edeworth, and F. P. Ramsey. Also included is Keynes's review of Trotsky's book "Where Is Britain Going?"

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32515
Title: ESSAYS IN BIOGRAPHY
Author: Keynes, John Maynard
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1933).
Date Published: (1933).
Keywords: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY; BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS; BRITISH AUTHOR; BRITISH ECONOMIST; JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES; ESSAYS IN BIOGRAPHY; POLITICIANS; ECONOMISTS; LLOYD GEORGE; BONAR LAW; WINSTON CHURCHILL; ROBERT MALTHUS; ALFRED MARSHALL; F. Y. EDGEWORTH; F. P. RAMSEY; T
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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