Description
Hardcover. Very Good in a good dust jacket. 1st Edition, Third Impression (Reprinted in March and December 1936). Octavo, ~5 ¾ x 8 ¾”, 403 pp. Beige jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering still bright. Jacket intact with a few small chips and tears at edges and spine; the title is lightly underlined and a faint “A” cheekily inserted for the “The.” Former owner’s signature on front paste-down, “R. A. Critchley / LSE.” The text block is tight and unfoxed with a handful of light pencil annotations.
“Herein lies the secret of the General Theory. It is a badly written book, poorly organized; any layman who, beguiled by the author's previous reputation, bought the book was cheated of his five shillings. It is not well suited for classroom use. It is arrogant, bad-tempered, polemical, and not overly generous in its acknowledgments. It abounds in mares’ nests or confusions. In it the Keynesian system stands out indistinctly, as if the author were hardly aware of its existence or cognizant of its properties; and certainly he is at his worst when expounding its relations to its predecessors. Flashes of insight and intuition intersperse tedious algebra. An awkward definition suddenly gives way to an unforgettable cadenza. When finally mastered, its analysis is found to be obvious and at the same time new. In short, it is a work of genius.” –Paul Samuelson
