For the Children : Lessons from a Visionary Principle .(How to Save Our Public Schools) by Madeline Cartwright and Michael D'Orso
- Bookseller: Mulberry Books
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 004100
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine in Like D.J.
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0385423721
- ISBN 13: 9780385423724
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Place: NY.
- Date published: 1993
- Size: 6.75 x 9.75 x 1 inches
- Weight: 0.55 pounds
Description
NY.: Doubleday, 1993. Red boards to the black cloth binding the titles in bright gilt to the spine.A clean and tightly bound copy. The previous careful owners name is written neatly on the front inside ep.. First Edition. 1/4 Back Cloth Hard Cover. Fine in Like D.J.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
ep : When used to describe a book, the endpaper(s), The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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