first edition Hardcover
n.d. · London
by Paine, Thomas
London: Daniel Isaac Eaton, n.d.. First Complete Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 293pp. Modern full sprinkled calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, leather lettering label, gilt. Gilt and blind rules on the boards. P. 272 has some slight staining else this is a fine copy.
The dating of this collection is a bit confusing. Eaton is known to have published two editions, one in 1788 and the other in 1796. The obverse of some titles contains a plea from the publisher for copies of Nos. X and XII, but others contain instead a statement that essay No I is not actually by Paine. Many auction records show both as published in 1788, but that edition apparently lacked numbers X and XII, which are here present. This is further confused by the bibliographies, which suggest that both editions contain the same number of pages. This collection contains all fourteen pamphlets. Given the confusing points, we feel it prudent to list it as the 1796 edition, which is the first complete edition.
No. I is misdated 1795 instead of 1775. Two of the essays are numbered IV, but there is no V.
Howes P-16; Sabin 58209.
Written to bolster the confidence of the American colonists in the Reovluton War, the first essay begins:
"These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
. (Inventory #: 23874)
The dating of this collection is a bit confusing. Eaton is known to have published two editions, one in 1788 and the other in 1796. The obverse of some titles contains a plea from the publisher for copies of Nos. X and XII, but others contain instead a statement that essay No I is not actually by Paine. Many auction records show both as published in 1788, but that edition apparently lacked numbers X and XII, which are here present. This is further confused by the bibliographies, which suggest that both editions contain the same number of pages. This collection contains all fourteen pamphlets. Given the confusing points, we feel it prudent to list it as the 1796 edition, which is the first complete edition.
No. I is misdated 1795 instead of 1775. Two of the essays are numbered IV, but there is no V.
Howes P-16; Sabin 58209.
Written to bolster the confidence of the American colonists in the Reovluton War, the first essay begins:
"These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
. (Inventory #: 23874)
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