The Rights of Man
by Paine, Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
[New York City]: The Heritage Press, 1961. First Thus 1st Printing. Hard Cover - Boxed. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Heritage Press Printing, 1961. Bound in red and cream marbled cloth with a blue field on the spine stamped in gilt. The front free endpaper has had the better part of the top fore-edge corner cut out otherwise unmarked. Text block is clean and bright. The binding is tight with no creases to the spine. xvi + 269 pp. Slipcase measures 9 x 11 3/4 inches.
Synopsis
Rights of Man (1791), by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. It defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's attack in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walther's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006960
- Title
- The Rights of Man
- Author
- Paine, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover - Boxed
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- [New York City]
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 269
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- MORAL_PHILOSOPHY POLITICS HUMAN_RIGHTS NATURAL_RIGHTS
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About the Seller
Walther's Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....