The Writings of Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Congress of the United States of America, in the Late War.

Thomas Paine

Albany: Charles R. & George Webster (1791, 1792)

[Handsome 18th Printing of one of the most important books on individual freedom and the development of revolutionary sentiment in America] Bound in contemporary calf.  Good binding and cover. Early note on front end page: Social Library Leicester. Stain on rear end page. Collated:  xii, 60, 186, 41, 70, blank, 24, 124, 90, 10 pages (613 pages).  Institutional stamp on title page. The nine sections include Rights of Man, Common Sense, The Crisis, Public Good, and five letters, each with separate pagination and title pages. Evans 24658; Sabin 58247; Howes P34. Second edition.