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Thomas Paine: The Writings of Thomas Paine, with Common Sense, The Crisis, and Rights of Man (1792)

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Uncommon book: The Writings of Thomas Paine. Albany, NY: Charles R. and George Webster, 1792. Hardcover bound in contemporary full calf, 5 x 8, containing "Common Sense," "The Crisis," "Public Good," "Letter to Abbe Raynal," "Letter to Earl Shelborne," "Letter to Sir Guy Carlton," "Letter to the Authors of The Republican, A French Paper," "Letter to Abbe Syeyes," "Rights of Man, Part I," "Rights of Man, Part II," and "Letter to Mr. Dundass." Book condition: G/None, with browning to the textblock, some cracking to leather, warping to boards, ex-library stamps and notations to endpapers, and an ownership inscription ("Mathew Campbell") to the title page. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case.

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