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PAINE, THOMAS. 1737-1809.

11 June 2008, 13:00 EDT
New York

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PAINE, THOMAS. 1737-1809.

Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America.... Providence: John Carter, 1776. 32 pp (only, of 33). 8vo (218 x 150 mm). Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Browned, corners rounded, lacking final text leaf (facsimile laid in), de-accessed from the Boston Athenaeum with a few stamps.

First Providence edition, with John Carter's name present in the imprint. The "pamphlet which, more than any other factor, fomented the movement that established the Independence of the United States" (Gimbel CS-51).
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