| Item Description: | Advertised in the Philadephia evening post, Apr. 29, 1777. - English Short Title Catalog, W31713. - Evans, 15494. - Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3595. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Signatures: C-Fp4s. - Signed on p. 56: Common sense. Philadelphia, April 19, 1777. Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. - Two states of the gatherings C, D, and E noted by Edwin Wolf in his article "Evidence indicating the need for some bibliographical analysis of American-printed works" in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of American, v. 63 (1969), p. 267: in the first state (Evans 15494), p. 28, line 20 reads "men;", p. 29, line 31 ends "actual", p. 31, line 11 reads "miserly", p. 36, line 20 reads "'The'", p. 38, line 4 reads "hand", and there is no erratum at the foot of p. 49; in the second state (not in Evans) p. 28, line 20 reads "men:", p. 29, line 31 ends "re-", p. 31, line 11 reads "miserable", p. 36, line 20 reads "'The'", p. 38, line 4 reads "Hand", and there is a line of errata at the foot of p. 49 |
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