1. Gorky, Maxim / Shirazi, J.K.M. (Translator).

Creatures That Once Were Men. With introduction by G.K. Chesterton.

Second Edition. London, Alston Rivers, 1905. 14 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece (Colour portrait of Maxim Gorky by Henry Ospovat), XIV, 93 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear and tear. Some discoloring of pages but mostly to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner’s name “P.H.Stephenson” on endpaper in ink pen dated 1944.

2. Holmes, Thomas.

London’s Underworld.

London / New York, J.M. Dent & Sons / E.P.Dutton & Co, 1912. 14.5 cm x 21.2 cm VII, 255 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deign to front board. Gilt top edges. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing throughout. Binding still firm and strong.

3. Brontë, Charlotte.

Shirley.

London, Penguin Books, 1994. 11 x 18cm. (6), 666 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new. [Penguin Popular Classics].

4. Healy, Seán J. / Reynolds, Brigid.

Social Analysis in the Light of the Gospel.

Dublin, Folens, 1983. 14 x 21.5cm. 82 pages. Original softcover. Front cover slightly stained, otherwise very good condition.

5. Valade III, Roger M.

The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.

Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press, 1996. 15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 446 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white portrait photographs. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.