So begins Reif Larsen's miraculous The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, a debut novel narrated by the pre-pubescent cartographer, filled to the very edges of each page with his hundreds of drawings and other assorted marginalia. (bookpage.com)
In a standard book, you will want a bleed of 1/8 of an inch (0.125 inch) at the top, bottom, and outside edges of the pages. (ingramspark.com)
Bleed: To print at or off the very edge of a page by design. (createspace.com)