Savannah GA: The Beehive Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which contains complete interviews with eighteen former slaves, plus selections from the reminiscences of fifty further slaves. "During the 1930s the last former slaves were disappearing from the American scene. These men and women were the last living witnesses to slavery in the United States, and this was the final opportunity to learn from them what slavery was really, intimately like. Field workers of the Federal Writers' Project were dispatched to ask them about plantation life, work, punishment, religion, runaways and more." Illustrated with vintage black and white photographs. References, index. Square format. xviii, 167 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1971). Hardcover - A novel which explore racism and the after-effects of slavery by the writer best known for her award-winning "A Wrinkle in Time" - the story "of a young British bride in the American South after the Civil War. When nineteen-year-old Stella marries Theron Renier, she has no idea what kind of clan she's joined. Soon after their arrival at Illyria, the Renier's rambling beachside home, Theron is sent on a diplomatic mission, leaving Stella alone with his family. . .. Trapped in a world unlike anything she's ever known, vulnerable Stella attempts to uncover her new family's dangerous secrets and stirs up a darkness that was meant to stay buried." 344 pp. ISBN: 0-374228051.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel, the author's third and final novel published in the same month as her death. While Lane is almost forgotten now, this novel was the second best-selling novel in the US for 1909. Frontispiece with tissue guard. 315 pp.

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.

New York: Crown Publishers, (1995) dj. Hardcover - A memoir which describe McCormack's experiences as the first trained veterinarian in Choctaw County, Alabama, in 1963 when mule drawn wagons still shared the roads with pick up trucks and moonshine whiskey was one of the major cash crops. First novel from the author. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-517-596865.

New York: Poseidon Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel, set on the Mississippi River. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-671-750658.

New York: Poseidon Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel, set on the Mississippi River. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-671-750658.

New York: Da Capo Press, (2010). First edition - A memoir of growing up "between Baptist endtimers and apocalyptic Greens. The authors childhood in the high Sierra with her forest ranger father led her to embrace the entire natural world, while her Southern Baptist relatives prepared eagerly and busily to leave this world." 275 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. SIGNED first edition - A story of the loss of innocence, in this novel set in a West Virginia girls' camp in 1963. SIGNED on the title page. 279 pp.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1961.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Old Man is gone now, except in the Boy's memory - and the boy has left North Carolina to begin his life of travel and adventure. lllustrated with line drawings by Walter Dower. 302 pp.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1944) dj. Smith's classic novel of the South - the "strange fruit" are, of course, the victims of lynchings hanging from the trees. A book which generated controversy at the time of its publication, but became a bestseller. Cover praise from DuBois who called this "one of the most important books to come out of the South in years." This is the 12th printing, by the original publisher, but reset to comply with wartime paper restrictions. 250 pp.

New York: World Publishing Co., (1947). Hardcover - Smith's classic novel of the South - the "strange fruit" are, of course, the victims of lynchings hanging from the trees. A book which generated controversy at the time of its publication, but became a bestseller. Praised by DuBois who called this "one of the most important books to come out of the South in years." 250 pp.

New York: Century, 1903. Hardcover - Novel written in black dialect, the story of Rose Ann, washerwoman, and her husband, 'Napoleon Jackson, the Gentleman of the Plush Rocker.'. Illustrated by Edward Pottbast with a frontispiece and 7 inserted plates in sepia tint. Small format. 132 pp. Attractive art noveau cover design in green and gilt by Lee & Henry Thayer (signed with the intertwined "D" s used by the Decorative Designers.)

New York: Bantam, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Stories told by Margie's father to her and her younger cousin about growing up in Nutbrush, Missouri and attending the one-room school there. A "celebration of family, friendship, and childhood - and of the storytelling tradition." Author's note - in which she states that while Nutbrush is fictional, it is based on the real Missippi River town of Canton, Missouri. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Eric Velasquez. 98 pp. ISBN: 0-553-083848.

Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, (1987, c 1965). History originally written as a research report for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Footnotes, bibliography, index. x, 141 pp. ISBN: 0-910412294.

New York: Chester House, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of Southern life between 1859-1877, from before the Civil War through Reconstruction, one which combines the story of a matriarch determined to protect her family who nevertheless becomes involved in the tragedy of the newly freed people trapped by the black codes and the corruption in Washington. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words "best wishes." 395 pp. ISBN: 0-935763007.

Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1988). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 120 full color photographs rooted in Valentine's love affair with Guale and its sacred landscape. "The Guale Indians lived, hunted and fished amidst the barrier islands of the Georgia coast. That jewel like chain of islands still possess a unique diversity of sub-tropical coastal life and landscape" and these striking photographs reveal the beauty of the area. Foreword by Eugenia Price. SIGNED by Jim Valentine on the title page. Large format. Map, photographer's note. 128 pp. ISBN: 0-934601577.

New York: Grove Press, (2002). First edition - The author's first novel, a story of a young black girl in the Deep South who comes to confront the realities of sex, race, disease, and the brutal finality of death, as she watches her tough, strong-minded aunt waste away. 263 pp.

New York: SOHO Press, (1992). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of this author's first book -set in North Carolina, this is a noir novel about an ex-con trying to go straight. 231 pp.

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover - An account of the combined Union army and naval assault on Charleston which included the Battle for Ft. Wagner and the use of black troops. Numerous maps and photographs. Appendix: The Roll of Battle. Notes, bibliography, index. xii, 312pp. ISBN: 9780872499850.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of mystery, suspense & politics in the new South. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-671-667394.