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London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. This first edition of the second and final volume of A Treatise on Money is quite scarce thus, magnificently clean and jacketed. Published on 24 October 1930, Treatise was “the first of Keynes’s two major contributions to economic theory”. This copy approaches near fine condition in a good dust jacket. The binding is unsullied, square, bright, and tight with vivid spine gilt, sharp corners, and only trivial shelf wear to extremities and a touch of mottling to the upper front cover and lower right spine. The contents are notably bright and clean with a crisp, unread feel. We find no spotting. The sole previous ownership mark is an inked name and “1931” date on the upper left front pastedown. The pages show only mild age toning and light soiling. The rarely-seen dust jacket has shallow losses to the spine ends and the lower rear hinge, none appreciably affecting spine print, with lesser wear and fractional chipping…