Two Memoirs Dr Melchior: A Defeated Enemy and My Early Beliefs
by KEYNES, John Maynard; GARNETT, David (introduction)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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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).
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2012
- Title
- Two Memoirs Dr Melchior: A Defeated Enemy and My Early Beliefs
- Author
- KEYNES, John Maynard; GARNETT, David (introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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