inscribed author's presentation copy
FISHER, Irving.
The Money Illusion.
New York, Adelphi Company, 1929.
Inscribed to the newspaper publisher 'Mr Henry J. Davenport with the compliments of Irving Fisher'. Davenport (1902-1977) would go on to win election to the Eighty-first Congress in 1946 on a Democratic ticket, serving as a representative for Pennsylvania's 29th district.
First edition, third printing; 8vo (19.5 x 13 cm); inscribed by the author in pen to front free endpaper recto, loose author's compliments slip, a little toned; publisher's green cloth lettered in black, spine expertly restored, very good; xv, [1], 245, [1]pp.
Stock code 121309
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