New York Macmillan, (c.1941.) dj. Hardcover - Set in the deep South, story of an artist and of a lost age of glamour, as seen through the eyes of an 11 year old girl.

New York: Macmillan, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Although this autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem is now a classic at the time it was written, when Brown was still a young writer, just barely out of Harlem, it was a revolutionary and enlightening book. His goal was to "talk about the first Northern urban generation of Negroes... to talk about the experience of a misplaced generation, of a misplaced people in an extremely complex, confused society." . 415 pp.

New York and Washington, D.C.: Harry N. Abrams / Corcoran Gallery of Art ( (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which powerfully and graphically documents the plight of men women and children in cities and towns across the country and points the way to lasting solutions. Illustrated with many full color and black & white photographs, many full page, by Eli Reed, Jodi Cobb, Mary Ellen Mark, Clarence Williams, Tipper Gore, Betsy Frampton, Donna Ferrato, Joseph Rodriguez, Callie Shell, Stephen Shames, Annie Leibovitz, and Diana Walker. Produced in conjunction with exhibits at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the Getty in Los Angeles. Forword by Tipper Gore, essay by Nan Roman. Large format. 152 pp. ISBN: 0-8109-45533.

New York: Norton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

New York: Norton, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Based on two years of traveling through the United States, this discusses the concerns of 'ordinary people' about the problems in American society - including the loss of jobs, schools becoming dumping grounds, crime in the streets, race problems, migrant workers, falling through the 'safety net' and others that reflect the dimming of the American dream. Even more relevant now, perhaps, than when it was first published! SIGNED on the title page. Index. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-393-036294.

New York Crown, (c.1995.) dj. Hardcover - A book about inner city children - growing up in the South Bronx - and the guarantee that they will lead lives full of heartbreak, violence and disease unless people start trying to make a difference. Index. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-517-799995.

New York Crown, (c.1995.) dj. Hardcover - A book about inner city children - growing up in the South Bronx - and the guarantee that they will lead lives full of heartbreak, violence and disease unless people start trying to make a difference. Index. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-517-799995.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1995). First edition - Powerful and compassionate photographs which reveal the poverty in the Mississippi Delta region - and the strength and dignity of those who endure that poverty - in the cotton fields, in the cotton gins and in their homes. Foreword by Robert Moses and an afterword by Ken Light in which he describes the four and a half years he spent taking these photographs. Large square format. xvi, 125 pp. ISBN: -560984894.

Boston: Little Brown, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A strong, realistic story of Appalachia. Emily McCully's illustrations lend to it a full measure of humor and strength." 58 pp.

Las Vegas: Huntington Press, (2010). First edition - A book which shows a side of Las Vegas rarely seen - Stories from a "seven-day stay at a seedy motel on East Fremont street.. . They're about prostitutes, ex-cons, and the homeless and they're set under Caesar's Palace and in trailer parks (many of them closing with the tenants being forced out) and weekly motels. Illustrated with photographs by Bill Hughes. 227 pp. ISBN: 1-935396412.

New York: Delacorte, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel begun by Olsen in the 1930s, but not completed and published until 1974 - her first novel, and second work of fiction - the story of a family trying to survive during the Depression, beginning in a mining town in Wyoming in the early 1920s. Author's note explaining how this had been thought lost and then fragments were found among her papers. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-440-091969.

Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, (2012). SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. . . Just when things seem worst, Sang Ly learns a secret about the ill-tempered rent collector who comes demanding money - a secret that sets in motion a tide that will change the life of everyone it sweeps past. A story of one woman's journey to save her son and another woman's chance at redemption." SIGNED on the title page. Includes discussion questions, author's note. 271 pp plus 22 color photographs bound in at rear of book. ISBN: 978-1609071226.