[Americana] The Works of Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to the Congress of the United States, in the Late War

Philadelphia: Printed by James Carey, 1797. First complete edition. In two volumes. 8vo. vi, (ii), 391, (1, ad); (viii), 130, (3), 142-368 pp., including half-title in each volume, as well as sectional title-pages. Full contemporary mottled tree calf, red morocco spine labels, stamped in gilt, light wear along extremities and joints, repair in top edge of rear board on second volume; blue speckled edges; book-plate of Mann S. Valentine on front paste-down of each volume, old ownership inscription in pencil below same in each; contemporary ownership signature on each title-page ("W. Murphy's"); front free endpaper in first volume largely detached, loss along fore-edge of front blank in same; scattered spotting and creasing to text leaves. ESTC W20948; Sabin 58245; Evans 32633; Howes P-33; Gimbel CS-83; Weems/Ford 243

First complete edition of the collected writings of Thomas Paine, including Common Sense; 16 installments of The Crisis (previous to this edition, only 11 of these had been published); Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal; Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank, and Paper-Money; Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse...; parts one and two of The Rights of Man, and more.

Three issues of this collected edition were published: one with The Age of Reason at the end of the second volume, with separate pagination; another with Watson's Apology for the Bible bound as a replacement for The Age of Reason; and as seen in this copy, without either.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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Darren Winston, Senior Vice President at Freeman’s, has served as Head of Department for Books & Manuscripts, Philadelphia, since 2018. He has been a trustee of the Rosenbach Museum and Library since 2022, is a member of The Manuscript Society, The Bibliographical Society of America, and Philadelphia’s Philobiblon Club.

Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

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[Americana] The Works of Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to the Congress of the United States, in the Late War

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