A friend made a gift of a first edition of Paine's _Biography_ in four volumes. Beneath the facsimilie of MT's letter to friends asking them to share material with Paine is *Paine's signature*, written in a different shade of ink than that used to print the book. If you have this edition of Paine's _Biography_ or are familiar with it, would you tell me if this appears in your set as well? I am anxious to know if I have a signed copy! The local University library's copy doesn't bear this signature - but that's not definitive proof, for their is a set of *two* volumes. I wouldn't want to rely on comparisons with a different edition - the validity of this would be questionable. Robert Dagnall