The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill by KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD - 1925

London: Hogarth Press, 1925. Pamphlet. Staplebound Wraps. Fair. stapled wraps, 32 pp, first edition, lacks front cover, back cover loose and shipped at edges, stain to edge of title page Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1925. First Thus (Za10) (R10). Pamphlet. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 9 inches (32 pages). Keynes’ powerful critique of Churchill’s performance as Chancellor of the Exchequer. A rarity in any condition, this copy is just a bit better than good. The wraps have browned with age. The covers have corner losses and have been neatly reattached internally with tape. The contents are fine with scattered foxing to the page edges.

London: Hogarth Press, 1925. 1st Edition. Wraps. VG-. Small 8vo. Black lettered stapled wraps. Ownership name on front panel. Wraps separated from book but held by mylar wrap. Large chips missing from spine area.. Still a clean copy and better than it sounds. An uncommon item.

Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press. London. 1925.. pp. 32. Original green paper wrappers, browned at the edges of the covers with the occasional chip and loss, the spine once taped and now discoloured below the old tape, otherwise text clean

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press,, 1925. First edition, first impression, of Keynes's refutation of the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision to return Britain to the gold standard. Winston Churchill announced the return to gold on 28 April 1925. Keynes had personally advised him against this, arguing that the policy would cause higher unemployment, deflation, and reduced wages. Keynes originally developed these arguments in a series of articles rejected by The Times but published in Beaverbrook's Evening Standard. The pamphlet is among the most fragile and the most prescient of Keynes's well-known works. Most subsequent historical analysis has agreed that Churchill's policy led to the economic stagnation seen in the following years. The decision was ultimately reversed, and the pound was permanently unpegged from gold in 1931. Keynes further developed the monetary arguments he made here into his 1930 Treatise of Money. Octavo. Original green wrappers, front… Read More

London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press,, 1925. First edition, first impression, of Keynes's refutation of Winston Churchill's decision to return Britain to the gold standard. Churchill, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the return to the gold standard on the 28 April 1925. In the months leading to the decision, Keynes had personally advised Churchill against the return, arguing that the policy would overvalue sterling by 10 percent, and lead to higher unemployment, deflation, and reduced wages. Keynes developed his arguments in a series of articles, rejected by The Times but published in the Evening Standard, and gathered these articles for publication in the present volume. The book - printed at Leonard and Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press, and the most fragile of his well-known works - strongly criticises Churchill's policy. The title is a nod to his Economic Consequences of the Peace, his assault on the Treaty of Versailles, and both works have long been seen as prescient by… Read More