2 Douglas Southall Freeman first editions are documented on this shelf, from R.E. Lee: A Biography (1934) to George Washington (biography) (1948). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Douglas Southall Freeman title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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R.E. Lee: A Biography — 1934 · Charles Scribner's SonsFour volumes, publisher's cloth. First printings carry the Scribner capital 'A' on the copyright page of each volume; later printings lack it. Volumes one and two appeared October 1934, volumes three and four April 1935. US Scribner (New York and London) is the true first: four volumes, volumes I-II in 1934 and volumes III-IV in 1935. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1935. A true first set must be uniform first printings; verify the Scribner capital 'A' on the copyright page of each of the four volumes. Mixed-printing sets are common.
George Washington (biography) — 1948 · Charles Scribner's SonsSeven volumes in publisher's cloth: Volume I and Volume II (Young Washington) 1948; Volumes III and IV (Planter and Patriot / Leader of the Revolution) 1951; Volume V (Victory with the Help of France) 1952; Volume VI (Patriot and President) 1954; and Volume VII (First in Peace) 1957. First printings of Volumes I through VI carry the Scribner seal and the capital 'A' on the copyright page; later printings of those…. US Scribner is the true first, seven volumes, 1948-1957. Volume seven (1957) was completed after Freeman's death by John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth from his research. The set was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1958, posthumously. Verify the Scribner seal and capital 'A' on the copyright pages of Volumes I through VI; note that Volume VII (1957), completed after Freeman's death, does not carry the seal or the 'A', so its presence cannot be used to date that volume. Uniform first printings are required for a true first set, and mixed-printing sets are common given the long publication span.

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