(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1776) [Paine Thomas] Common Sense Addr

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) [Paine, Thomas.] Common Sense, Addressed to the Inhabitants of America bound with, as issued, the reply by Candidus [James Chalmers] titled Plain Truth: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America. [4], 54, [4], 47, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 sheep, worn, front board detached; tear in leaf A4 of Plain Truth affecting one letter, edges tinted red. London: J. Almon, 1776

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first london edition, state with manuscript completions and no general half-title, featuring not-so-subtle hiatuses in the many passages which insult George III. For example, page 17 is printed as "the ___ and his parasites" instead of "the king and his parasites." In this issue, the missing words are added in manuscript. Adams, American Controversy 76-108a, 76-19b; Adams, American Independence 222y, 208e; Gimbel CS-27, CS-210.