THE POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE, Thomas Paine, R. Carlile, London, 1819 2 vol.

(possibly) First Collected Edition of Thomas Paine's work.

A fascinating, rich volume of original source material. This must be one of the earliest compilations of Thomas Paine's work (he died in 1809), yet I'm unable to find reliable evidence of that.

It's certainly complete with all his major works and many, many minor letters. The version of the same work (only vol. 2) on Google books has a slightly different pagination in the Letters to Washington (see below and look for the ?'s) which may be an error in the restoration of THIS volume, or a re-collation of the pages that Google scanned. No one really minds the store at Google, so it's difficult to examine their product. Full details of pages should be examined carefully by buyer and compared with your needs. Vol. 1 has been scanned by Robart Univ. Toronto (link below)

8vo, 2 volumes 9 x 5.5, about 500 pages each (see complex pagination below)

Later grey cloth 1/4 over original grey paper boards. Professional archival restoration added new spine, glued band, new front and back archival endpapers (although original flys are retained), new front and back pastedowns all with substantial attachment of untrimmed pages.

Kind of like a bionic book - better than it was. Restoration probably in 1930s/40s based on the style & condition of the spine label and age of bookplate. In fine shape for the next 100+ years.

CONDITION NOTES: Original paper boards heavily worn at corners. Boards are straight and new binding is excellent with fine caps and clear spine title. Untrimmed pages toned at edges and occasionally foxed. Restored spine shows some toning. No marks, except for bookplate of Wayland Hyatt Smith. Page attachment and hinge strength is fine. No pages missing [except the possibility of an original (not restored) back fly on Vol. 2]. PAGINATION (original only, restoration added 1 fly front and back both volumes): - hang on, it's wild ride...

(Vol. 1 apparently identical to this edition with different boards: http://www.archive.org/details/politicalandmisc01painuoft)

Vol. 1 [1][frontis portrait][i-xli incl. Life of Thomas Paine, etc.][1-56 Common Sense][1-186 "The American Crisis"] [1-26 Public Good] [1-59 Letter to Abbe Raynal] [verso 59 last - Letter from George Washington to Thomas Paine] [1-53 Dissertations on Government ..Paper Money] [i-iv, 5-34 Prospects on The Rubicon] [i-xii, 13-112 The Rights of Man] [1]

Vol. 2 [1][1-124 Rights of Man][1-46][1-22 Dissertation on Govt}[1-19 Agraian Justice] [1-24, 5-6? Decline and Fall of English System of Finance] [1-36 reverse order from 3-18 as well as interleaving one leaf in prior chapter Letter to George Washington] [i-vii Appendix - Memorial to Mr. Monroe] [1-44 Letters to the Citizens of the United States after an absence of 15 years] [1-261 Miscellaneous letters and essays]