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Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st. First paperback edition, 1994, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotations or inscriptions - original price label to inside front cover; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good with no dust jacket. THEOLOGY; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; -FIRST ATHEIST PUBLICATION in America- (Free Thought) Reason, the Only Oracle of Man; or, A Compendious System of Natural Religion. By Col. Ethan Allen. To which is added, Critical Remarks on the Truth and Harmony of the Four Gospels, with Observations on the Instructions given by Jesus Christ, and the Doctrines of Christianity. By a Free Thinker. Original muslin boards, quite darkened (orig. Paper spine label worn but readable. The two works are separately paged, have separate title pages, and are separated by an integral blank leaf. American Imprints 35708. A later edition of Allen's Oracle, originally printed in Bennington in 1784, considered the first anti-religious or atheistic work published in America. Following in Allen's footsteps, "A Free Thinker" finds the Virgin birth and similar "improbable stories (we use his phrase) to be impediments to conventional reliance on the Gospels. 106, [2], 70, [1] pp. , with 4 page "Catalogue of Liberal Works," for sale by G. W. & A. J. Matsell. Volume is sound with light foxing. Provenance- Hall Park McCullough bookplate. In the introduction Ethan states, ". And as to being a Deist, I know not strictly speaking, whether I am one or not, for I have never read their writings." He employs 'Free Thought' to formulate his conclusions, which are Deistic, and places 'Reason' above faith.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Large but slight damp stain to first 44 and last 62 pages approximately. Slightly foxed, a little darker on a few pages. Brief notation written in pencil on title page. ; Disbound, no covers. Two titles published together. First title page has the combined titles, second title also has its own title page. Separate pagination. Book dealer's blind stamp on first (blank) page. ; 176 pages.