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Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, with the slightly torn dust-jacket. Endpapers and top edge of text block foxed; slight toning to pages; jacket price-clipped. The autobiography of TV cooks Fanny and Johnny Cradock. Cradock has been credited in the UK as the originator of the prawn cocktail.

CRADDOCK, Fanny. Something's Burning : The Autobiography of Two Cooks. London: Putnam, 1960. A hardback first edition in very good condition.

1960. No edition remarks. 277 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Small dent and tear to top of front board. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

1960. No Edition Remarks. 277 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen marks and scribbles to front pastedown and free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has subtle sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.