- Seller Inventory #: 006485
- Book condition: Very Good/Very Good
- Illustrator: Illus. Color Satomi Ichikawa
- Edition: First Impression
- Publisher: Philomel Books
- Place: New York (1989)
- Keywords: Children, s, Dance, Ballet
New York (1989): Philomel Books. Very Good/Very Good. First Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Oblong 8vo. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. .
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
