Life Thomas Paine, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original cloth-covered boards with paper spine labels. Dusty on the top edges, spine labels sometimes worn and faded, but in general minor faults. This is copy number 95 of 500 numbered copies signed by Wheeler. The Independence Edition of the Centenary Issue with an engraved portrait of Paine tipped in. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 10 vols. Frontispieces, 9 x 6", grey cloth; teg, covers a bit rubbed, extremities a bit worn, paper spine labels with some yellow-spotting; still a good set. INDEPENDENCE EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED SETS (this is set #454), SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER.

Hardcover. Limited Edition: #372/500. Octavos, Ten Volumes. In Good condition. Bound in grey cloth with age toned spine label and black and red lettering. Red lettering moderately faded, moderate ago toning to spine labels, light sunning to spines, light to moderate rubbing to fore edges on all volumes, light rubbing to top edges, and light soiling overall. Top edges of textblocks gilt, moderate age toning to exterior of textblocks, and light age toning to pastedowns. Red bookmark bound into each volume. Partially uncut pages. All plates present and intact. #372/500 of the Independence Edition. RWO Consignment. CONTENTS: Vol. I. "Life and Appreciations of Thomas Paine" (Signed by editor "Daniel Edwin Wheeler" on ornamented limitations page in Vol. I. only.) -- Vol. II. "Common Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America" (Moderate plus rubbing to head of spine.) -- Vol. III. "The Crisis" (Light foxing to spine label.) -- Vol. IV. "Rights of Man Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution in Two Parts" -- Vol. V. "Rights of Man (Conclusion) and Miscellaneous Essays" -- Vol. VI. "Age of Reason Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology in Two Parts" -- Vol. VII. "Age of Reason Miscellaneous Essays for Third and Fourth Parts" -- Vol. VIII. "Essays, Letters, and Addresses" -- Vol. IX. "Essays, Letters, and Addresses" -- Vol. X. "Essays, Letters, and Poems" [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1370317. Special Collections.

xxii, 347 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. xxii, 347 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH NOTES THROUGHOUT. First edition of this account by Paine's most malicious biographer. Cheetham had met Paine in 1803 and was a great admirer at first, often printing Paine's articles in his newspaper the American Citizen. But the men soon grew apart, the irreconcilable split apparently occasioned by Cheetham's excessive editing of one of Paine's articles. Paine never published in Cheetham's paper again and the two exchanged fierce insults in print for years, Cheetham having the last word with this vicious biography, published upon Paine's death in 1809. His ad hominem attacks include charges of infidelity, habitual drunkenness, and atrocious personal hygiene Signed on the title page by J.P. Moseley of Yale and the U.S. Congress with note opposite of whom he was. These notes also identify the comments copiously written out in the text as by Alexander Lord, a revolutionary soldier. He villifies Cheetham in his comments. Shaw & Shoemaker 17193; Howes C336 Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked.