[Rarebooks] fs: Gen. Ridgway's copy of Antietam history

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 7783 )  Sears, Stephen W. LANDSCAPE TURNED RED: THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 
(GEN. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY'S COPY).
New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1983. First printing, Hardcover, Octavo, xiv, 
431 pages, Black & white photographs, map drawings. Very good in a very 
good, price clipped dust jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      Perhaps the best single book on Antietam. Examines the political and 
military situation in the weeks just before the battle. Discusses Lincoln's 
timing of the Emancipation Proclamation as well as the famous 'Lost Order.' 
Extensively researched. Excellent maps by Herbert S. Borst show troop 
movements down to the regimental level. An order of       battle is 
included. Thorough bibliography. This is Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's copy with 
his dated ownership signature on front free endpaper. Gen. Ridgway's 
circular embossed monogram is at lower fore corner of front free endpaper 
and half title. Bound in slate blue paper over boards with dark blue cloth 
spine, gilt-stamped spine title. There are a few minor stains to textblock 
edges and a bit of a ridge to spine. Ridgway has made a few discreet 
underlinings in text. Jacket has minor edge wear.    $300.00
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