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Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943-1958. Three Volumes (DJ) - A set of three volumes of the military history work Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command by Douglas Southall Freeman, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. The set consists of Volume I: Manassas to Malvern Hill (dated 1944 on the title page), Volume II: Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville (dated 1943 on the copyright page with printing code R-5.58[Q]), and Volume III: Gettysburg to Appomattox (bearing a contemporary ownership date of 1944). Each volume is an octavo bound in publisher's dark gray textured cloth with gilt titles and horizontal bars on the front board and spine. The volumes contain numerous black and white portrait plates of Confederate generals, including A. P. Hill and William Mahone, as well as tactical battlefield maps and diagrams. Volume III features an ink ownership inscription on the front flyleaf: Repra A. Cunningham Oct, 1944 with an associated stylized symbol. Pencil annotations are present on an endpaper in Volume II. Each volume measures approximately 9.25 x 6.25 inches. The dust jackets are in poor condition with significant loss, large chips, and tearing, particularly along the spines. Some jackets are contained within later protective mylar sleeves. The bindings show shelf wear to the extremities, light bumping to the corners, and minor staining to the cloth. Interiors are generally clean with moderate age-toning to the paper stock. Hinges are firm and intact. Volume III has an ink signature on the front endpaper.