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Beyond Safe Boundaries by Sacks, Margaret
- Bookseller: Dunbar Old Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 008287
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Fine
- Ages: 7 to 9 years
- Edition: First Printing (by the Numbers)
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0525672818
- ISBN 13: 9780525672814
- Publisher: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
- Place: New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1989
- Pages: 156
- Size: 5.75 x 8.75 x 0.75 inches
- Weight: 0.7 pounds
Description
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1989 Blue binding with gilt title on spine, clean and tight, inscribed: "To The --- Family, With Love, Margaret," most certainly the author; jacket is clean and bright. Signed by Author. First Printing (by the Numbers). Hardbound. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Juvenile Book.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a 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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
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.
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