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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Gerstein, Mordicai
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0761317910
- ISBN 13
- 9780761317913
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Brookfield, Connecticut: Roaring Brook Press, 2003. Book. Illus. by Mordicai Gerstein, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Later Printing.. Beautiful clean hardcover book and dust jacket, SIGNED by the author with wonderful sketch by the author. Book size is approx. 8-3/4" x 11-1/2". Glossy color-illustrated boards are clean and unworn. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages an edges are clean. Gerstein's original illustration is on the back of the front free endpaper (a figure crossing a tightrope with a bubble above him "For Akant!" and below the figure the signature : "Mordicai Gerstein." Color illustrations throughout. Number line on copyright page is 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 (third printing of the first edition. Dust jacket is clean and bright, not price clipped, unchipped, no tears; circular "Caldecott Medal" gold seal on front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In 1974, as the World Trade Center was being completed, a young French aerialist, Philippe Petit, threw a tightrope between the two towers and spent almost an hour walking, dancing, and performing tricks a quarter of a mile in the sky. "Just as the massive towers of the World Trade Center remain in memory, so too does the image of a young man walking in the air between them--here given expression by a master picture book artist.".
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30890
- Title
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- Author
- Gerstein, Mordicai
- Illustrator
- Mordicai Gerstein, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0761317910
- ISBN 13
- 9780761317913
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Place of Publication
- Brookfield, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S PHILIPPE PETIT, MORDICAI GERSTEIN, TWIN TOWERS, NEW YORK CITY, WORLD TRADE CENTER TIGHTROPE, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, CALDECOTT MEDAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Editions; New York City; Children's;
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