R. E. Lee: A Biography by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Four Volume Set, 1936

Freeman, Douglas Southall. R. E. Lee: A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1936. Four volumes, Octavo. Early edition. Rebound in ¼ leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to spine, new endpapers, and a matching archival slipcase to house all four volumes.  Presented is a beautiful, four volume set of R. E. Lee: A Biography, by author and historian Douglas Southall Freeman.  An early edition, this book set was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, in New York, in 1936, just a year after its first printing. Considered by many to be the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee, this work is celebrated for its balanced and judicious approach. It is presented here rebound in striking red leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, new endpapers, and a custom archival slipcase.  Following the immediate critical success of his first published book, Lee's Dispatches, Douglas Southall Freeman was invited by New York publisher