The Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman 2 Vols.

2 Vols. London: Macmillan, 1893. 8vo. xi,435;vii,499pp, Index, Bibliography. Blue cloth, spine letters gilt. Cloth lightly worn, spines slightly soiled, partly unopened (few pages roughly opened, brief light stains to fore-edge of each text block, very good condition overall. Two frontispiece portraits and three other illustrations. From the library of historian Frederic Bancroft with his signature in each volume, and with the blind stamps of Otis M. Yokum who acquired the collection. Edward Augustus Freeman was an English historian, architectural artist, and liberal politician whose study of history was viewed through a political lens. His chief work, a 6 volume History of the Norman Conquest.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Notable Personage, Unrelated.