FREEMAN, Douglas Southall (1886-1953). George Washington, New York, 1948-51, volumes I-IV only (of VI), original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden. With 2 other works by the same author in 6 vols. (10)

FREEMAN, Douglas Southall (1886-1953).  George Washington. A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-51. Volumes I - IV only (of VI), large 8vo (231 x 155mm). Half titles, half tone plates, maps. Original dark blue cloth gilt, map endpapers (without slipcases). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, with 'A' on the copyright page of each volume, of the work for which the author won his second (posthumous) Pulitzer Prize in 1958. After the fifth and sixth volumes (not present here), a seventh, written by John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth, but based substantially on Freeman's research and notes, was published in 1957. PRESENTATION COPY, the half title of the first volume inscribed, "Autographed for The Right Honorable Anthony Eden in admiring gratitude for his service in advancing those interests of English-speaking peoples that Washington revered. Douglas Southall Freeman, July, 1950." It is clear, from the date of the inscription, that the author presented Anthony Eden with the first four volumes only (the fourth volume dated 1951 presumably being first issued in 1950), as are present here. Loosely-inserted in the second volume is a clipping from the Swindon Advertiser (Oct. 12th, 1959) featuring an opinionated and amusing letter relating to Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis from one G. Rogers, marked [?by Eden] with two pencil crosses. With the same author's R. E. Lee. A Biography (New York, 1937, 4 vols., large 8vo, original red cloth, a reprint of the work for which the author won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1935, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden) and Lee's Lieutenants. A Study in Command (New York, 1942-43, 2 vols., original black cloth, FIRST EDITION, with Anthony Eden's modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). (10)