1770-1779

One percent standard: 20,000 copies

(Authors color-coded by nation of origin/publication: British Colonies, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Sweden, Ireland)


1770

The Deserted Village, Oliver Goldsmith

(Hart. First American edition: 1771)

1773

The New Eloisa, Jean Jacques Rousseau

(Mott, "better" seller, & Hart. First published in French in 1761; first American edition: 1796)

1774

Letters, Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield

(Mott & Hart. First American edition: 1775)

A Father's Legacy to His Daughters, John Gregory

(Mott. First American edition: 1775)

1775-1782

M'Fingal, John Trumbull

(Mott & Hart.)

1776

Apology for the Bible, Richard Watson

(Mott, "better" seller, & Hart. First American edition: 1796)

Common Sense, Thomas Paine

(Mott & Hart.)

1776-1783

The American Crisis, Thomas Paine

(Hart.)

1778

A Treatise Concerning Heaven and Hell, Emanuel Swedenborg

(Mott. First published in Latin in 1758; first American edition: 1825)

1779

The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Wolfgang Goethe

(Mott, "better" seller, & Hart. First published in German in 1774; first American edition: 1784)