The writings, of Thomas Paine, secretary for foreign affairs to the Congress of the United States of America, in the late war
Subtitle: Containing, 1. Rights of man. 2. Common sense. 3. The crisis. 4. Public good. 5. Letter to Abbe Raynal. 6. Letter to the Earl of Shelburne. 7. Letter to Sir Guy Carlton. 8. Letter to the authors of the Republican. 9. Letter to Abbe Seyeyes
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 24658; Early American imprints -- no. 27466
Publisher: Printed by Charles R. & George Webster.
Published: 1792
Place of publication: Albany--State of New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
Notes: Though the titles included are (in part) paged and signed separately, Evans records "Common sense" only as having been issued separately.

At least four issues with variant title pages exist, of which this is evidently the second.

Evans notes three variants issued under this title page. The first (Evans 24658), published in 1792, contains the titles listed, in the order listed. The second has added at end "Rights of man. Part the second" together with "Letter, to Mr. Secretary Dundas" (those two titles were issued separately as Evans 25960) and was probably issued in 1793. A third variant (Evans 27466) has contents identical with the second, but arranged chronologically. Evans speculates that this variant was not issued until 1794. See also Bristol B8098 and B8784, with title pages reflecting that arrangement of titles.

Signatures (3rd variant): pi⁶; [A]⁴ B-H⁴ (H3 blank); a-u⁴ v⁴ w⁴ x⁴ (a1-x1 signed a2-x2); [A]⁴ B-O⁴ (O4 blank) [P]⁴ Q-R⁴; [A]⁴ B⁴ ²B⁴ C-O⁴ P²; [A]⁴ B-L⁴ M² N⁴.

Pagination (3rd variant): xii, 60, [2], 186, 41, [4], vi-vii, [2], 10-70, [2], 24, 124, v, [1], 7-90, 10 p.

"Subscriber's [sic] names."--p. [v]-xii.

Evans 24658

Evans 27466