Lot 167
Original Print of "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, 1776, Sixth Edition, Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, On the following interesting Subjects: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III. Thoughts on the present State of American Affairs. IV. Of the present Ability of America, with some miscellaneous Reflections. [Two lines from Thomson]. The Sixth Edition. Philadelphia, Printed: Providence, Re-printed and Sold by John Carter, at Shakespear's Head, near the Court-House. M,DCC,LXXVI [1776]. Modern calf and marbled boards, front board being separated but present. Presentation book plate to the Boston Athenaeum [cancelled] on inside board; small library notation affixed to inside back board. Toning and foxing throughout. Missing the final page (33).
Gimbel CS-51 (lacking pp33-34); NIAI 14958; Adams 222s; Alden 636.
Along with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and The Federalist, Common Sense is one of the seminal documents of the founding of America.
(ALSO PLEASE SEE LOT 23 FOR AN IMPORTANT 1787 ANNOTATED COPY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION)
Estimated Value $7,000 - 9,000
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