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599 - KEYNES, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Paris: Payot, 1942. In-8°. Paperback, with publisher’s dust jacket (spine yellowed, small tear at the bottom of the upper cover). Very good condition. First edition of the French translation by Jean de Largentaye (original English: 1936) and the preface written specifically by Keynes in February 1939. The translation, completed in June of that same year, was scheduled to be published in September, but due to the war, its release was postponed until the fall of 1942. Includes a business card with a handwritten note of thanks from Édouard Daladier, a French statesman known for having co-signed the Munich Agreement in 1938.

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KEYNES, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Paris: Payot, 1942. In-8°. Paperback, with publisher’s dust jacket (spine yellowed, small tear at the bottom of the upper cover). Very good condition. First edition of the French translation by Jean de Largentaye (original English: 1936) and the preface written specifically by Keynes in February 1939. The translation, completed in June of that same year, was scheduled to be published in September, but due to the war, its release was postponed until the fall of 1942. Includes a business card with a handwritten note of thanks from Édouard Daladier, a French statesman known for having co-signed the Munich Agreement in 1938.

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Old and rare books, literature, autographs, archives
Thursday, December 3
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 49,000 lots published

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