Chris and Valerie Combs
Fine Art

"R. E. Lee," By Douglas Southall Freeman. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1934. 4 volume set. Original red hard covers in good condition with light shelf-wear. Gold-gilt lettering on front cover and spine is clean and bright. Light aging on end-pages. Signature in pen on inside front cover of first volume, "Edward M. Robbins, May, 1937. Text pages have light aging. Actual size of book: 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches. Volume I, 647 pages. Volume II, 621 pages, Volume III, 559 pages. Volume IV, 594 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. This is a careful study of the life of R. E. Lee, focusing especially on previously unexplored correspondence and papers in order to understand the development of his strategy. Military History. biography.