Aitken Thomas Editor (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Somerville, MA: Night Train Publications Inc. 2002 . Magzine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6" x 9"], 256 pages. Fine copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages. See photo clph.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth, 4to. 1st edition. 462 pp. Profusely illustrated. Cream colored cloth boards. Decorated end pages. Scarce.

Creme-colored cloth binding. 1st edition. 462 pp. Illustrated. 4to. 31cm x 24cm. VG (spine & extremities of binding lightly darkened/faint soiling/pos to ffep/interior clean & tight).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 120 pages. 9.68x6.87x9.69 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1775. Octavo (7 3/4" x 4 7/8", 195mm x 120mm) Complete 12 issues and supplement, including title page with engraving of the Goddess of Liberty, holding the Liberty pole and cap. With 15 plates illustrating machinery, architecture, battles, and maps. 9 of which fold out. Bound in calf with gilt tooling by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. On the spine, 5 raised bands. Red morocco lettering piece in the second panel with others decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers and edges of text block. Light toning and foxing throughout. Small armorial bookplate in red morocco gilt adhered to the front board for Valentine Hollingsworth with motto "Desce Ferenda Pati." (Learn to suffer what must be borne). Folding plates and first few leaves repaired, endleaves repaired and re-attached; remains of spine stripped; damaged leather at board edges removed; board edges and corners repaired; boards edged with new calf all around; boards reattached with concealed cotton joints; spine relined; new calf spine in and turn ins etc. dyed/sprinkled to suit; Morocco label added to spine-spine tooled in gold leaf; boards retooled; new gold and materials lightly aged to suit; inner joints repaired as necessary. Robert Aitken (1735-1802) was a printer for the Continental Congress, and founded The Pennsylvania Magazine in 1775. The year was one of great importance in American history, including the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, and the appointment of George Washington as Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. Shortly after pubishing the first issue, Aitken hired Thomas Paine (1737-1809) as editor. Paine, a political theorist and activist had emigrated from England with the help of Benjamin Franklin. He was a signifigant contributor to the Magazine, and used his essays to work through ideas. His writings led to the publication of Common Sense in 1776, one of the most influential pamphlets of the era, bringing many to the side of the Revolutionary Cause. The issues contain a variety of literary and philosophical essays, book reviews, sceintific and technical articles and the latest news relative to the conflict with Great Britain. Such as "New Plan of Boston Harbor from an Actual Survey" (June 1775). Under the leadership of Paine and Aitkin, The Pennsylvania Magazine became one of the most successful and widely read periodicals of its time in the colonies.