{"title":"Literature","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-octopus-frank-norris-first-edition-1901","title":"The Octopus: A Story of California","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Doubleday, Page \u0026amp; Co., 1901. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full red cloth, \u003cspan\u003eillustratively\u003c\/span\u003e stamped and ruled in gilt. Octavo. 652. Lightly pressed corners, moderate edge-wear, cloth starting at corner tips, lightest foxing on ffep, faint scratches to top edge block, still a very good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Octopus, published just a year before Frank Norris' unexpected death at the age of 32, was the first book of a planned trilogy titled The Epic of the Wheat. \"These novels, while forming a series, will be in no way connected with each other save only in their relation to (1) the production, (2) the distribution, (3) the consumption of American wheat. [...] 'The Octopus,' deals with the war between the wheat grower and the Railroad Trust.\" (prefatory note). The second in the series, The Pit, was published posthumously, where as the third and final, The Wolf, was never started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book serves as a foundational text of American literary naturalism, an expose of corporate monopolies, and an examination of modern capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConfirmed first printing by the misprint on page 526 where the line \"prolonged, rasping sound of breathing, half choked.\" is repeated at the bottom of the page (BAL 15036).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59633797366046,"sku":"UN-0001","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2818.jpg?v=1785273720"},{"product_id":"the-pit","title":"The Pit: A Story of Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Doubleday, Page \u0026amp; Co., 1903. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full red cloth, \u003cspan\u003eillustratively\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stamped and ruled in gilt. Octavo. 421. Missing ffep, lightly pressed corners, moderate edge-wear, cloth starting at corner tips, previous owner name in pen on front paste-down, still a very good copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In his last book and his greatest book, 'The Pit,' he writes as one more inspired--and purely in his own vivid, dramatic and intense way.\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, Jan. 1903) \u003cspan\u003eThe Pit, published posthumously just a year after Frank Norris' unexpected death at the age of 32, was the second book of a planned trilogy titled The Epic of the Wheat. \"These novels, while forming a series, will be in no way connected with each other save only in their relation to (1) the production, (2) the distribution, (3) the consumption of American wheat. [...] 'The Pit,' is the fictitious narrative of a 'deal' in the Chicago wheat pit\" (prefatory note). The third and final book, The Wolf, was never started.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654849036574,"sku":"UN-0002","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2810.jpg?v=1785273531"},{"product_id":"babbitt","title":"Babbitt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. First edition, first printing, first state. Publisher's full blue cloth, blocked and ruled in orange. Octavo. 401, [5] pp. (advertisements). No dust jacket, missing ffep, lightly pressed corners, staining on cloth, sun fading on spine, light edge-wear, small stain on text block, still a good, honest copy, lacking the ffep and dust jacket .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSinclair Lewis was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize in literature, which was awarded \"for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.\" In the academy's presentation speech, special attention was paid to Babbitt. In his Nobel Lecture, Lewis praised Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, and other contemporaries, but also lamented that \"in America most of us -- not readers alone, but even writers -- are still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues,\" and that America is \"the most contradictory, the most depressing, the most stirring, of any land in the world today.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis copy is a first state of that novel given special attention by the academy, confirmed by \u003c\/span\u003e\"Supposing Purdy\" on line 4 of page 49, and \"my fellow human\" on line 5 of the same page. The later second issue has \"Supposing Lyte\" on line 4, and \"any fellow human\" on line 5. These changes were made during the first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654849429790,"sku":"UN-0003","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2799.jpg?v=1785273801"},{"product_id":"the-man-who-knew-collidge","title":"The Man Who Knew Collidge","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. First edition. Publisher's full blue cloth, blocked and ruled in orange. 275. No dust jacket, lightest edge-wear, previous owner inscription in pen on front pastedown, still a fine copy lacking only its dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSinclair Lewis was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize in literature, which was awarded \"for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.\" In his Nobel Lecture, Lewis praised Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, and other contemporaries, but also lamented that \"in America most of us -- not readers alone, but even writers -- are still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues,\" and that America is \"the most contradictory, the most depressing, the most stirring, of any land in the world today.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hit-highlight\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Mr. Lewis has exceeded his satirical genius in this parody of an average man.\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Sauk Centre Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, April 19, 1928). This book introduces the character Lowell Schmaltz who recounts a story in six long, uninterrupted monologues. It, while staying true to Lewis' acclaimed satirical prose, is written lighter than his earlier works like Babbitt, of which Lowell Schmaltz is a friend of the Babbitt character. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654849823006,"sku":"UN-0004","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2806.jpg?v=1785273891"},{"product_id":"the-innocents","title":"The Innocents","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers Publishers, 1917. First edition, first printing. Publisher's full grey cloth stamped in gilt. Octavo. 217. No dust jacket, lightest edge-wear, toning on spine's stamped gilt, lightly pressed bottom corners, a inscribed \"#1\" in pen on ffep, still a very good copy lacking only the dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSinclair Lewis was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize in literature, which was awarded \"for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.\" In his Nobel Lecture, Lewis praised Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, and other contemporaries, but also lamented that \"in America most of us -- not readers alone, but even writers -- are still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues,\" and that America is \"the most contradictory, the most depressing, the most stirring, of any land in the world today.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this book Sinclair Lewis crafts a poignant narrative that explores the complexities of innocence and disillusionment within a rapidly changing American society and critiques the mediocrity and complacency that often plague American life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis copy is confirmed as the first printing per its F-R code printed on the bottom of the copyright page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654852051230,"sku":"UN-0006","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2940.jpg?v=1785341366"},{"product_id":"black-hawk","title":"Black Hawk: A Romance on the Black Hawk War","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreston, Iowa: The Bond Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo. 108. Publisher's full red cloth stamped and ruled in gilt, with dust jacket. Minor tearing to dust jacket. A fine copy with the only damage being on the dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is personally signed by the author on the ffep. It reads: \"With many happy recollections of the Selback Family \/ Jas. R. E. Craighead \/ Wichita, Kan. \/ Oct. 31, 1935.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654860112158,"sku":"UN-0007","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2947.jpg?v=1785341450"},{"product_id":"the-horse-whisperer","title":"The Horse Whisperer","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Delcorte Press, 1995. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 404. Publisher's blue boards stamped in gilt, with dust jacket. Minor edge-wear to top side of dust jacket. A fine copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonally inscribed by the author on the title page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book was Evans' debut novel, and gained significant success, becoming the 10th-best selling novel in the United States in 1995, selling over 15 million copies. This also makes it one of the best-selling books of all time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654862766366,"sku":"UN-0009","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2868.jpg?v=1785273933"},{"product_id":"the-fountains-of-neptune-needs-binding-photo","title":"The Fountains of Neptune","description":"\u003cp\u003eToronto, Ontario: McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart Inc., 1989. First Canadian edition. Publisher's full blue boards, spine stamped in gilt, with dust jacket. Octavo. 220. Lightest edge-wear to dust jacket. A fine copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned by the author on the title page proper. It is a true first edition as it predates the American version by three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is Rikki Ducornet's brilliant lyric novel about Nicolas who, as a result of witnessing his mother's murder, falls into a decades-long coma. Awakened in a seaport town in France, he reconstructs his past through storytelling and myth, resulting in an astonishing exploration of memory and imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654863159582,"sku":"UN-0010","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2871.jpg?v=1785273964"},{"product_id":"les-miserables","title":"Les Misérables","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. First fully illustrated English edition, likely not a first printing. Total of 353 illustrations. Q\u003cspan\u003euarto (10-3\/4\" x 7-1\/2\"). Publisher's full green cloth with paper labels stamped in black. Deckle edges. Vol. I: xiv, 365, 101 illustrations; Vol. II: xii, 331, 67 illustrations; Vol. III: xi, 299, 55 illustrations; Vol. IV: xiv, 399, 72 illustrations; Vol. V: xiv, 330, 58 illustrations. Paper ex libris label on ffep for all volumes, front hinge starting on vol. V, light staining on spine, paper label on vol. II is ripped, wear on cloth edges and spine, wear to deckle edges, tissue guard missing on vol. II, IV and V. Still good, honest copies, with clean interiors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished only two years after Victor Hugo's death, this set is likely the \u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003efirst fully illustrated English-language edition\u003c\/span\u003e of Les Misérables; no earlier versions were traced. Making it a true piece of literature history as it was the first time English readers could experience the story alongside the iconic artwork of French masters such as Émile Bayard, Alphonse de Neuville, Morin, Valnay, and more, including two illustrations by Victor Hugo himself. The list of illustrations across all five volumes further credit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLix, Brion, Scott, Vierge, Des Brosses, J. P. Laurens, Ad. Marie, E. Zier, H. Scott, H. Vogel, Hersent, Haenens, and Benett.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough Joseph L. Blamire (the resident manager and editor for Routledge in New York) is the credited \"translator\" on the copyright page, the true translation in this set appears to be that of Lascelles Wraxall (the contents in this set were compared with Wraxall's translation and are a match). And from Wraxall is where the following purpose of this translation comes from: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[to] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egive the precise meaning of every word as written by the author. This line was enforced on me by the following passage in a letter which I received from Victor Hugo: '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePermit me to ask you to adhere to the utmost fidelity in your task. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy book is written to clear up and combat prejudices in France, England, and the whole world. However, from the moment when M. Esquiros is your friend, as he is mine, you cannot fail to produce an excellent work, having for guide and counselor that great and noble mind.'\" (from the Preface in vol. I).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654863388958,"sku":"UN-0011","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2969.jpg?v=1785341628"},{"product_id":"ashes","title":"Ashes","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York \u0026amp; London: Alfred A Knopf, 1928. First American edition. Octavo. Publisher's quarter black cloth stamped in gilt, over tan buckram stamped in black. Deckle edges. Vol. I: 376; Vol. II:  377-758. Minor light red staining on vol. II front buckram, scratches on vol. I bottom text block, faintest rubbing on spine ends, still a very good copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first American edition of Stefan Zeromski's Ashes is translated by Helen Stankiewicz Zand, and was originally published as Popioly. \u003cspan\u003eZeromski was nominated four times for the Nobel prize in literature and has the support of Joseph Conrad in his candidacy. 3 years before this edition was published, Zeromski passed away which at the time of his death he was being hailed as the “conscience of Polish literature.” He spent the last months of his life in an apartment in the Royal Castle in Warsaw provided by the president for literary achievements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story follows the life of Raphael Olbromski, a young man navigating the complexities of feudal society in Poland. In this novel, Zeromski questioned whether sacrificing Polish blood for Napoleon Bonaparte truly served Poland's path to real independence or just left the country in \"ashes\". It is a poignant reflection on the intersection of individual destinies and historical movements in 19th-century Poland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654865813790,"sku":"UN-0012","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2849.jpg?v=1785274006"},{"product_id":"arabia-felix-needs-binding-photo","title":"Arabia Felix","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Total of 81 illustrations, 2 illustrative maps, 1 fold-out map. First edition. Publisher's full red cloth stamped in gilt. Deckle edges. xxix, 299, 301-384 Appendix, 385-397 Index. Gilt on spine is partially rubbed off, small tear on fold-out map, sun faded on spine and top edge of cloth. A very good copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1920, Thomas was awarded \"Officer of the Order of the British Empire\", in 1928, the Sultan of Muscat and Oman awarded him \"Grand Cordon of the Order of Al Said\", and in 1949, he was awarded \"Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George\". Thomas received numerous other medals and honors, but perhaps his most significant accolade is being the first European to cross the Empty Quarter of Arabia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is that a account of his crossing of the Rub al Khali by camel, otherwise known as the great \"Empty Quarter\". \"Bertram Thomas’s accounts provide valuable historical insight, as he served as a direct eyewitness to aspects of Qatar’s past and the everyday life of its people during that period. His work represents an important perspective within the early Western documentation of the Arabian Peninsula.\" (Jerad, M.A. et al. 2026. According to Arabia Felix: Between Exploration and Representation, Bertram Thomas’s 1931 Journey to Qatar. \u003ci\u003eDirasat: Human and Social Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e. 53, 9 (Jun. 2026), 10463. DOI:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.35516\/Hum.2026.10463.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654866043166,"sku":"UN-0013","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2924.jpg?v=1785341672"},{"product_id":"spirite","title":"Spirite: Collection of Foreign Authors No. III","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877. First edition of this type, likely first translated American edition. Octavo. Publisher's full cloth stamped and ruled in black, stamped in gilt on spine. 214. Edge-wear on cloth, faint staining on cloth, cloth corners starting, sun fading on spine. A good copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel is a supernatural story based on a woman who dies while she is in love with a man before he knew of her existence. It explores themes of obsession, spiritual love, and reunion in the afterlife.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1868 Gautier was appointed as royal librarian to Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, granting him entry into the court of Napoleon III. He was the leader of the \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003eSociété Nationale des Beaux-Arts\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, and worked alongside prominent artists like Gustave Doré. \"Posterity will judge him to be one of the masters of writing, not only in France but in Europe.\" Charles Baudelaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59654870761758,"sku":"UN-0015","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2906.jpg?v=1785341727"},{"product_id":"the-low-down","title":"The Low-Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Henry Holt and Company, 1928. First edition. Total of 24 illustrations (complete). Publisher's full dark blue cloth stamped in light blue with sketch mounted on front cover. Octavo. 289. Light edge-wear, lightest fading on cover illustration. A very good copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of profiles of noted personalities in 1920s America is lively and breezily written and spiced with drawn portraits of each of the subjects by noted New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno. The front-cover features a two-color sketch of Anita Loos. Some are the others profiles are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gene Tunney, George Jean Nathan, Sinclair Lewis and Adele Astair. E\u003cspan\u003each profile features a rundown of observations about its subject, quotes, character traits, tics, etc. Examples, from the piece on F. Scott Fitzgerald: \"He will frequently talk to himself.\" \"He will contact a hangover from work as well as from play.\" \"When writing, he is usually nervous and irritable and will engulf, during his labors, innumerable cups of Coca-Cola.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59710294950174,"sku":"UN-0023","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2874.jpg?v=1785274420"},{"product_id":"the-works-of-charles-lamb","title":"The Works of Charles Lamb","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1855; 1858. Publisher's full leather stamped in gilt. vii, 555; x, 611, 8 ads. Wear on leather particularly the spine, mildly foxed throughout, toning on leather covers, corners pressed and starting, vol. II is missing ffep. Still good, honest copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (one of his executors), this set of 2 was originally published in memoriam for the late Charles Lamb and includes works such as the Essays of Elia, of which is acclaimed as masterpieces of English prose and some of the finest examples of the familiar essay form. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59710296686878,"sku":"UN-0024","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA2846.jpg?v=1785274483"},{"product_id":"george-washington","title":"George Washington: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-54. First edition. Total of 94 illustrations, 53 maps, and 2 musical scores. Octavo. Six volumes. Publisher's full blue cloth stamped and ruled in gilt on spine. Vol. I: xxvi, 549, 13 illustrations, 5 maps; Vol. II: vi, 464, 12 illustrations, 3 maps; Vol. III: xxxvi, 599, 15 illustrations, 6 maps; Vol. IV: viii, 736, 15 illustrations, 24 maps; Vol. V: xvi, 570, 14 illustrations, 12 maps, 2 musical scores; Vol. VI: xlv, 529, 20 illustrations, 3 maps. Vol. 5 and 6 have fading on gilt, edge-wear to cloth, pressed corners, light scratching to cloth covers, light scratching to text blocks. Overall, very good copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman's \u003cem\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c\/em\u003e ranks among the most exhaustive lives written of any American, issued by Charles Scribner's Sons across nearly a decade. Freeman, for years editor of the Richmond \u003cem\u003eNews Leader\u003c\/em\u003e, and already a Pulitzer winner for his four-volume \u003cem\u003eR. E. Lee,\u003c\/em\u003e took up Washington as his last work, leaving journalism in 1949 to give it his full attention. He carried over the \"fog of war\" method of the Lee: presenting events only as far as Washington himself could have known them at a given moment, so the reader follows his judgment forming rather than reading back from the outcome. The effect was to loosen a figure long stiffened into monument, restoring a Washington who was fallible and deliberate, an improbably successful commander against the British and, afterward, a careful steward of an untried republic. His contemporaries did not stint their regard; the historian Allan Nevins reckoned him \"America's greatest biographer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe completed work would go on to receive the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Freeman's second, awarded after his death. Each of the six volumes is a first printing, carrying the Scribner's seal and the letter \"A\" on the copyright page, and the text is illustrated throughout with frontispieces, plates, and maps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNCIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59766751068446,"sku":"UN-0029","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/2094\/0574\/files\/PANA3035.jpg?v=1786567914"}],"url":"https:\/\/uncialrarebooks.com\/collections\/literature.oembed","provider":"UNCIAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}