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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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London 1817 W. T. Sherwin. ...to Which are Wdded, Proposals for Laying off a New State, to be Applied as a Fund for Carrying on the War, or Redeeming the National Debt, Written in the Year 1789. First London edition. Octavo, 35pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. .

London: R Carlile , 1819. Disbound. Good Only. 8" by 5". None . A scarce later edition of this treatise on Virginia's claim to Western territory by Thomas Paine. Looking into the rights of claim of both Virginia and the United States to the western territory by Thomas Paine, with some outlines of a plan for laying out a new State, to be applied as a fund, for carrying on the war, or redeeming national debt. Originally written in 1780. Thomas Paine was an English born American Founding Father, political activist and theorist, philosopher. Among his many important works are highly influential pamphlets 'Common Sense' (1776) and 'The American Crisis' (1776-1783), at the start of the American Revolution, and he played an important part on inspiring the Patriots to declare independence from Great Britain in 1776.  Unbound. Binding tender and split to p. 26 and 29, p. 27-8 loose but present. Pages generally very clean throughout. Good Only

London: Printed by W.T. Sherwin, 1817.. 35pp., including one in-text illustration. Printed on blue-tinted paper. Modern plain blue wrappers, stitched. Light scattered foxing. Near fine. First British edition of Paine's controversial pamphlet, published nearly two decades after the first American edition of 1780. "When Virginia claimed the territory now known as West Virginia for herself, Paine immediately wrote and published [PUBLIC GOOD], in which he argues that the territory, having been won through the joint effort of the thirteen states, should benefit all. Naturally, this did not endear him to Virginia, and later, when the legislature of that state was asked to recompense Paine for his wartime activities, it refused to do so" - Gimbel. Paine argued that the unsettled west should be "a national fund for the benefit of all," and insisted that his views were not influenced by the fact that he owned 300 shares in the Indiana Company, which stood to profit if Virginia's claims were disallowed.… Read More

Albany:: Printed by Charles R & George Webster,, [1792].. The first edition appeared in 1780.. disbound.. Old rusty paper-clip mark and dust-soiling to the title page; one corner chipped; some inoffensive very light foxing. . Small 8vo,.

Albany: Printed by Charles R. & George Webster, 1792. . 8vo, late 19th century black cloth, faded,bound in Richmond, Virginia Howes P30. First published in 1780 and reprinted in "The Writings of Thomas Paine", published in 1792 by the same publishing house, with the same signed gatherings. It seems likely that as Virginia relinquished its claims in 1792, a separate printing of this particular pamphlet was struck off for those particularly interested in the issue. Institutionally relatively common, but scarce in trade