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Lisitsyn, GM & B. Cafferty. First book of chess strategy. Nottingham: The Chess Player, 1976, illustrated, 96 pp.Very good minus paperback with light soiling. Previous owner's name on first page the only mark in the book.

Calasso, Roberto. Literature and the gods. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, 212 pp., first American edition. Translated into English by Tim Parks.Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good hardcover bound in quarter black cloth and black paper with gilt titles on the spine as well as a blue leaf decoration. There are no marks in the book and the binding is tight.

Calvino, Italo. As Cidades Invisiveis. Sao Paulo: Companhia Das Letras, 2001. 150 pp. Traducao Diogo Mainardi.Very Good paperback copy. IN PORTUGUESE; EM PORTUGUES DO BRASIL.

This is a very good condition paperback book. There is some creasing on the spine, but the binding is tight. There are no marks, missing pages, nor torn pages.
Camoin, Francois. Baby, please don't go: collected stories 1979-2001. [place not stated]: Doublewide Press, 2001.

Camus, Albert. O Mito d Sisifo: ensaio sobre o absurdo. Traducao e apresentacao de Mauro Gama. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Guanabara, 1989. 162 pp.Good paperback. A few stray pencil underlinings in text, foxing, and wear associated with age. IN PORTUGUESE. EM PORTUGUES DO BRASIL.

This is a very good condition book with a very good condition dust jacket. The corners are sharp and the book and jacket show no signs of wear.
Caneva, Kenneth L. Robert Mayer and the conservation of energy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, first edition, 1993, 439 pp., appendices, notes, bibliography, index.

This is a very good minus copy of this paperback book. It has general wear and the previous owner's name blacked out strongly enough to bleed through to the front cover.
Carol, Bonnie. Dust off that dulcimer and dance: a mountain dulcimer instruction book. Van Nuys: Alfred Publishing Co., 1983, 160 pp., appendix, index.

Carroll, Jim. Void of course: poems: 1994-1997. New York: Penguin Books, first edition, 1998, 113 pp.Fine paperback copy. Flat signed.

Francis, Charles E. and Adolph Caso. The Tuskegee Airmen: the men who changed a nation. Boston: Branden Publishing Company, photographs, index, personnel lists, 1997, Fourth edition - edited, revised, up-dated, and enlarged by Adolph Caso.This is a very good hardcover copy with clean, unmarked pages and a tight binding. It is inscribed by William H. Holloman III; he is listed in the book as Class SE-44-H, graduation Sept. 8, 1944. The dust jacket is very good with no signs of wear, now covered in removable mylar.

Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Herbert's Autobiography and history England under Henry VIII. London: Ward, Lock, & Co., Warwick House, [1880]. 763 pp. [3 pp advertisements]. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very Good hard cover bound in brown cloth with black title on cover and line the edge of front cover, spine decorated with title, author, and publisher in gilt and a black lines and globe with "The World Library of Standard Works." There is slight wear at the head and tail of spine and the corners. End papers are brown paper listing other books in The World Library of Standard Books. Title page has previous owner's name. Text is unmarked, binding is tight.

Very good paperback copy - no marks, tightly bound, no significant signs of wear.Christian, Barbara. Black women novelists: the development of a tradition, 1892-1976. Newport: Greenwood Press, 1985, 275 pp., notes, bibliography, index.

Comparetti, Domenico. Vergil in the Middle Ages. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1895. First edition of this English translation by E.F.M. Benecke; introduction by Robinson Ellis, MA (Oxford). Octavo. 376 pp. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very Good hardcover in brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. A few stray bookseller marks on front end papers, but the text is unmarked. Binding is tight.

This is a very good condition paperback copy. Previous owner's name on title page, otherwise no significant signs of wear: no writing in text, no torn pages, etc.

Cooper, Emmanuel. The Potter's book of glaze recipes. London: BT Batsford, Ltd, 1986 print of 1983 edition, 207 pp. illustrated with black and white, and color photos.