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London, Printed by W.T. Sherwin, 1817 and 1819 [mainly first editions thus]. Octavo, [vi] pages (an engraved frontispiece after Romney's famous portrait, dated 1819; the cumulative title leaf, dated 1817; and the contents leaf), plus seven separately paginated (and separately published) pamphlets bound together as issued: 'Case of the Officers of Excise' (16 pages); 'Common Sense' (56 pages); 'American Crisis ([ii], 196, [2] (integral blank) pages); 'Public Good' (36 pages (last blank) with 2 diagrams); 'Letter to the Abbe Raynal' (60 (last blank), iv (appendix, last blank) pages); 'Dissertations on Government' (54 pages); and 'Prospects of the Rubicon' (34 pages). Original plain papered boards with the original paper title-label on the spine, all edges uncut; minor loss to the head and foot of the spine; front joint neatly reinforced; offsetting to the endpapers, frontispiece and title page, with a tear to the front flyleaf expertly sealed; minimal signs of use and age; overall, in excellent condition, with the individual pamphlets basically in fine condition. Seven scarce separately-published pamphlets by Thomas Paine, including some of his most influential titles, bound in one volume, as issued. The titles, with the date of publication followed by the place and date of the original publication, are: (1) 'The Case of the Officers of Excise .' (1817/ Lewis, 1772); (2) 'Common Sense, addressed to the Inhabitants of America .' (1817/ Philadelphia, 1776); (3) 'The American Crisis' (R. Carlile, 1819/ 1775-1783); (4) 'Public Good, being an Examination into the Claim of Virginia to the Vacant Western Territory .' (1817/ Philadelphia, 1780); (5) 'A Letter to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North America .' (1817/ Philadelphia, 1782); (6) 'Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank and Paper Money' (1817/ Philadelphia, 1786); and (7) 'Prospects of the Rubicon' (1817/ London, 1787). See 'Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society', October 1960: 177 ('Each of the articles in this edition has its own title page, and could be purchased separately both on fine and on common or bluish paper. Many had previously appeared in Sherwin's "Political Register" [weekly]'). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 129355
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