rare book

noun

a book that is distinguished by its early printing date, its limited issue, the special character of the edition or binding, or its historical interest.

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Origin:
1890–95

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Main Entry:	rare book
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	any book that is hard to find due to its early printing date, limited issue, special character of an edition or binding, or its historical interest

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"There are very few men and women, I suspect, who cooked and marketed their way through the past war without losing forever some of the nonchalant extravagance of the Twenties. They will feel, until their final days on earth, a kind of culinary caution: butter, no matter how unlimited, is a precious substance not lightly to be wasted; meats, too, and eggs, and all the far- brought spices of the world, take on a new significance, having once been so rare. And that is good, for there can be no more shameful carelessness than with the food we eat for life itself. When we exist without thought or thanksgiving we are not men, but beasts."

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