“SEEING LEE’S LIFE THROUGH LEE’S OWN EYES”: INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION SET OF FREEMAN’S BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. LEE
FREEMAN, Douglas Southall. R.E. Lee: A Biography. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934-35. Four volumes. Octavo, original red cloth, original slipcases.
First edition of Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the Confederate general, inscribed by the author in Volume I, "Inscribed, with affection and respect, for R.S. Stephenson. Douglas Southall Freman." In scarce slipcases.
Freeman, the son of a former Confederate soldier who served in the Army of Northern Virginia, "was invited in 1915 to write a biography of Lee for Scribner's… He identified with him strongly, seeing Lee's life through Lee's own eyes. His biographical method produced an ample, empathetic, and ruminative treatment, abundantly researched and documented, a triumph of scholarly tribute" (DAB). Profusely illustrated with full-page photographs, facsimiles, maps, and battle plans. Without scarce original glassine jackets. Dornbusch II:2930. Haynes 6441.
Spines a bit toned, a bit of expert cloth repair to spine of Volume II; scarce slipcases with expert restoration. An extremely good set.