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Late 18th Century Bound Collection of Thomas Paine's Original Pamphlets

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Title and Author/Editor Rights of Man Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution (1792), Letter Addressed to the Convention of France, On the Trail of the King (1792), Trial of Thomas Paine, at Guildhall, London, Before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury (1792), The Age of Reason. Parts I& II: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1796), A Letter to George Washington. On the Subject of the Late Treaty Concluded Between Great Britain and The United States of America , Including Other Matters (1797), Agrarian Justice, Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly; Being a Plan for Meliorating the Condition of Man (Thomas Paine, 1797)
Genre Essays, Treatises and Speeches, Antiques and Collectibles, Politics, Government and Current Affairs
Binding Leather, Clamshell box
Publisher or Printer Printed for the booksellers, Printed for Robinson & Berry, Reprinted for A. Leslie, Printed for and Sold by Alexander Leslie
Period Late 18th Century
Place of Publication London, Edinburgh
Edition Statement Seventh Edition, Sixth Edition, First Edition
Number of Books 1
Additional Information This volume titled The John Young Collection of Original Pamphlets by Thomas Paine 1792 – 1979 was fashioned from pamphets collected by Young, trimmed to size and leather bound in this volume. John Young (1764 – 1825), a surveyor and the founder of Youngstown, Ohio, purchased a large tract of land from the Western Reserve Land Company which became known as the city of Youngstown. It was officially recorded as a city on August 19, 1802. Young’s ownership signature and initials are present throughout the text. This volume is housed in a clamshell box.

Condition

- wear to the leather cover with missing spine material, tape repairs, pasted-down printed title label, bumped corners, rubbed edges and soiling; chipping, tears, foxing and writing to text blocks; tape repaired cracked hinges; tanning to text blocks.

Dimensions

2.5" W x 9.0" H x 6.0" D

- measures of clamshell box; volume measures 1.5" W x 7" H x 4.5" D.

Item #

ITMA0003SL

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