Two Memoirs. Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy And My Early Beliefs by KEYNES, John Maynard - 1949

Rupert Hart-Davis. Second Impression. Black cloth. Prior owner name on ffep. Introduced by David Garnett. First edition. 8vo. 106 pp., frontispiece photograph of Keynes, Bertrand Russell and Lytton Strachey at Garsington. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. London, Rupert Hart-Davis. A posthumous publication containing two autobiographical fragments, the first 'Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy' dates from Keynes war service and the second 'My Early Beliefs' reflects upon Keynes' early intellectual interests, including the Cambridge analytic philosopher G.E. Moore. Moggridge, C.12. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1949.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Slim 8vo, pp. 106 + b/w frontis. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Light lean to spine, band of sunning to top of front board, rubbed, scuffed and mottled. Light spotting, POI in black pen to ffep: "W. T. Newlyn/ Department of Economics/ University of Leeds/ Aug. 1949". Else, clean and tight. Good+ Professor Walter Tessier Newlyn (1915-2002) was a British economist and educator, known for his work on monetary theory and with African nations, especially Uganda. In 1945 Newlyn was accepted as a mature student to read economics at LSE and by 1948 he was an assistant lecturer at the University of Leeds (UoL), to which he remained affiliated throughout his career, despite working extensively in Africa. From 1967 (until his retirement in 1978) Newlyn was Professor of Developmental Economics and in 1964 had founded UoL's African Studies Unit, now LUCAS (Loxley, 2003).

Rupert Hart-Davis, London. 1949. Rupert Hart-Davis, London. 1949. First edition. Hardback NO DW. Black and white frontis. Black cloth boards are marked and slightly rubbed along edges and the spine is sunned. Slight lean to spine. Ownership signature to front end paper and small booksellers sticker to front paste down. Contents clean.

1949. Rupert Hart-Davies. London. 1949. First edition. No DW. Black buckram gilt, slightly spotted and also faded to spine. Signature and foxing to margins of endpapers otherwise a remarkably clean and fresh copy.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949. First edition of this memoir by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece photograph of Keynes, Bertrand Russell and Lytton Strachey at Garsington. Introduction by David Garnett. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. This posthumous publication contains two autobiographical fragments, the first Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy dates from Keynes war service and the second My Early Beliefs reflects upon Keynes' early intellectual interests, including the philosopher G.E. Moore.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd, 1949. First edition of this memoir by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece photograph of Keynes, Bertrand Russell and Lytton Strachey at Garsington. Introduction by David Garnett. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. This posthumous publication contains two autobiographical fragments, the first Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy dates from Keynes war service and the second My Early Beliefs reflects upon Keynes' early intellectual interests, including the philosopher G.E. Moore.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed. Keynes, John Maynard. TWO MEMOIRS. Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy And My Early Beliefs. George (Dadie) Ryland's Copy. London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd., 1949. First Edition with George (Dadie) Ryland's ownership signature to the front free endpaper, additionally, with his pencil note, "First Edition". 8vo. 106 pp. With an Introduction by David Garnett. Black and white photographic frontispieces of Bertrand Russell, J. M. Keynes and Lytton Strachey. Fine in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a very good or better dustwrapper with some minor chips. "Poet and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, Shakespeare scholar, known to his friends as Dadie, Rylands attracted the attention of John Maynatd Keynes and Lytton Strachey when he was elected to the Apostles. In July 1924, he began a short tenure at the Hogarth Press as an assistant. In October, 1928, the day after Virginia Woolf gave… Read More