Something's Burning : The Autobiography of Two Cooks

Glossary

rubbing

Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.

jacket

Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]

price clipped

When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...[more]

tight

Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

First Edition

In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...[more]