This very scarce edition is only the second collected Writings to contain Rights of Man. On encountering Paine's first article of The Crisis, 'Washington was so impressed that he ordered it read to all the troops at Valley Forge' (Gimbel-Yale 405). This important collection contains Paine's major works, including Common Sense, and the first collected American edition of The Crisis-complete with all 12 articles, the first time individual numbers were printed together in America.

'These are the times that try men's souls.' These famous watchwords, written by Paine as America saw near-certain defeat in the face of British might, are 'the most dramatic, most memorable that Paine ever wrote… There are few passages in the modern English language more powerful' (Fruchtman, 89). With rarely found general title page listing the works in chronological order, and list of Subscriber’s Names, including Founding Father James Madison, his future Vice-President Gerry Albridge, Nathan Hale and other Revolutionary leaders, very scarce in contemporary sheep. Housed in a custom clamshell box.įirst edition of the collected Writings of Thomas Paine, featuring the first collected American edition of The Crisis, with this very scarce variant issue, differing only in the arrangement of his works, the first to arrange Paine's works chronologically, leading with Common Sense and concluding with Rights of Man Parts I & II and Letter to Dundas. Octavo, contemporary full brown sheep, burgundy morocco spine label. The Writings of Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Congress of the United States of America, in the Late War. “THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S SOULS”: RARE ALBANY EDITION OF THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE, CONTAINING THE FIRST COLLECTED AMERICAN EDITIONS OF THE CRISIS AND COMMON SENSE, ALONG WITH RIGHTS OF MAN PARTS I & II, VERY SCARCE IN CONTEMPORARY SHEEP

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