The Children of Bladensfield by Ward, Evelyn D - 1978

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Sand Dune Press, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped, internally tape repaired dustwrapper with some light rubbing and nicking to the ends of the spine. Signed by Katharine Aldridge, a cousin of Evelyn Ward. Includes essay by Peter Matthiessen.

New York: A Sand Dune Press Book - The Viking Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. A fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 141 pages; Physical desc.: 141 p. 24 cm. Notes: A moving memoir of the American Civil War. With an essay by Peter Matthiessen. Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives - Confederate side.

N.Y.: Sand Dune - Viking, 1978 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. Mary Matthiessen Wheelwright, One of the Children.. First Published in 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown half-cloth on beige boards. DJ has interior tape repairs of two 2-inch tears and general edge reinforcement top and bottom. An unassuming and nostalgic look back to the American Civil War through the lives of a family who lost two sons in it. Much historical detail adds greatly to the value, from accounts of land transfers to descriptions of implements used in everyday life. Bladensfield House was built about 1690, and its 400 acres of land abound with wildlife and mystical fragrance. Essay by Peter Matthiessen, one of the family and an established author in his own right. 141 pp. Signed on title by Mary Matthiessen Wheelwright(Director from Maine for Stratford Hall) in inscription to the Kenmore Regents..

New York: Viking Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Foxing to the foredge, and which extends a little into the pages, thus very good in a price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper with modest wear on the spine. Civil War memoir by a Virginia resident, and relative of Peter Matthiessen, who contributes an essay. Inscribed by both Peter and Maria Matthiessen to their neighbor Gloria Jones, widow of James Jones, who had died the year before.