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PAINE, Thomas (1737–1809). The American Crisis, and a Letter to Sir Guy Carleton, on the Murder of Captain Huddy, and the Intended Retaliation on Captain Asgill, of the Guards. London: Isaac Eaton, n.d. [1796].
8vo. Contemporary quarter sheepskin, marbled boards (rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, ends worn, boards a bit rubbed, intermittent foxing).
SECOND COLLECTED EDITION, originally published in 1788. Originally printed as pamphlets and in newspapers, Paine’s Crisis was published over the course of the American Revolution to bolster the spirits of the American colonists and to galvanize support for the war. Howes P–16; Sabin 58209.