Mordicai Gerstein

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers [Signed]

Brookfield, CT: Roaring Brook Press, 2003. Fine / Fine. Item #28861
ISBN: 9780761317913

Brookfield, CT: Roaring Brook Press, [2003]. First Edition without Caldecott Medal Sticker. Slim quarto; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($17.95); unpaginated; color illustrations throughout, including two fold-out views. A Fine example. Signed and dated 7/1/08 by the author on title page.

Beautiful and moving Caldecott Medal winner recounting the day in 1974 when the French aerialist Philippe Petit snuck into the newly-completed World Trade Center, set up a rope between the two buildings, and spent forty-five minutes in the air, walking, dancing, and performing tricks.

Price: $100.00