[CIVIL WAR] R. E. LEE. A BIOGRAPHY [4 VOLUMES]

Douglas Southall Freeman

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1998.

Hard Cover. Collector’s Edition. Four Octavo volumes; in full blue leather with elaborate decorations and titling in gilt; Vol I; xviii, [2], 647 pages; Vol 2 xiii; 589 pages; Vol 3 xi [2], 559; Vol 4, x [1] 619 pages; each with illustrations specially selected for the Pulitzer prize edition in the rear. With a prospectus laid into Vol I and II~~It was while working as a newspaperman in Richmond that Douglas Freeman signed a contract to write a biography of Robert E. Lee. For years he worked from 4:30 a.m. on the newspaper and dedicated his afternoons to writing on Lee. His R. E. Lee, published in 4 volumes in 1934-1935, won a Pulitzer Prize and established his reputation.~~Harwell calls this a “masterpiece” in In Tall Cotton; the Nevins bibliography has this to say: “A classic example of the biographical form; exhaustively researched, vividly written, balanced, judicious and definitive in its portrayal of the Confederacy’s greatest soldier.” ~ (Nevins II, 57; In Tall Cotton 61; Howes F-350).

Near Fine binding.
Item #300575

Price: $450.00