The Growth and Fluctuation of the British Economy, 1790-1850: An Historical, Statistical, and Theoretical Study of Britain's Economic Development (Volumes I and II)

Complete in two volumes. xxviii, 528pp, with some tables, charts etc in text; xii, 529-1028pp, with figures, tables etc in text. Both volumes uniformly bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decorations on spines. 8vos. Cloth is a little faded and rubbed at edges, rounded and frayed at corners and spine ends, with a few mild marks on boards and text block edges. Volume II is lightly loose, with cracked front hinge and gutter ahead of title page. Ex lending library with usual markings on front endpapers. Good reading and reference set. Arthur (Archie) Gayer was a rising star in the field of economic growth in the United States during the 1930s, espousing radical new approaches to the study and interpretation of economic history. Born in 1903 in Poona, British India he was educated at St Paul's School in London and then Lincoln College, Oxford, before becoming a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow at moving to the US. His promise was tragically cut off by his death in a car accident in 1951. This work, along with his Monetary Policy and Economic Stabilisation, represent his legacy to the development of economic history. Hard to find.