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Common Sense, by Thomas Paine ca. 1770

Newly rendered in an aesthetic manner consistent with the Revised Edition of 1791.
Each copy individually printed, hand-embellished and bound as a unique single copy edition.

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hand-tinted frontispiece 31k
title page 13k
first page - introduction 25k
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Frontispiece (31k)
Title Page
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first page
Introduction (25k)
first page - chapter 1 32k
Colophon 12k
half-leather binding 89k
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Chapter 1 (32k)
Colophon
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Binding (89k)

Bibliographic & Binding Information for Thomas Paine's Common Sense


[taken from the Prospectus]
viii, 76 pp., [ 6 x 16 pp. signatures ]
apx.: 15 x 23 mm. / 6 x 9 in.
frontispiece: hand-tinted reproduction of T.Paine's engraved portrait.
title-page design based on the Revised Edition of 1791 ( W. & T. Bradford, Philadelphia, 1791 )
hand-tinted decorative initials designed specifically for this work.
Hand-sewn onto reinforced cloth tapes; backed with cotton cloth; attached into split boards; sewn-in endpapers; short title on front cover or cloth spine label in gold (foil).

Bindings available:

- Half leather binding; calf spine and corners; hollow back; hand-made decorative paste-papers in Colonial style.

- Quarter cloth binding; reinforced unbleached cotton cloth spine, or choice of coloured binding cloth; hand-made decorative paste-papers in Colonial style.

- Unbound sheets also available.

[all volumes dated and signed on day of production.]

Current Pricing


Personal Cheques or Money Orders ONLY. Payable to: " MICHAEL KELLER / BOOKBINDER "
NOTE: All funds quoted below are in *CANADIAN* Dollars (CND) [as of late 2003, the American discount was around 35 to 40 %]

- UNBOUND PRINTED SHEETS - $35.00 (CND)

- QUARTER CLOTH BINDING - $125.00 (CND)

- HALF LEATHER - $185.00 (CND)

SHIPPING AND HANDLING: All sheets and books are packaged in plastic and triple padded. Usual shipment is by surface mail. Typically $15.00 s/h. (CND)