{"id":804,"date":"2006-06-01T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2006-06-01T11:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1stedition.net\/posts\/2006\/06\/01\/the-man-who-walked-between-two-towers-2003\/"},"modified":"2006-06-01T11:36:08","modified_gmt":"2006-06-01T11:36:08","slug":"the-man-who-walked-between-two-towers-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2006\/the-man-who-walked-between-two-towers-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers<\/strong><\/em>, written &amp; illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein; Roaring Brook Press, 2003<\/p>\n<p>2004 Caldecott Medal<\/p>\n<p>Children&#8217;s Picturebook Price Guide Value:&nbsp; $70 Fine<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Essential identifying point<\/h3>\n<p>Copyright page: Must have two complete number lines, as follows<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>ISBN 0-7613-1791-0 (trade edition)<br \/> 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2<br \/> ISBN 0-7613-2868-8 (library binding)<br \/> 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2<\/p>\n<p>Book design by Filomena Tuosto<br \/> Printed in the United States of America<br \/> First Edition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>A Fun Fact<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> Page 13:&nbsp; After he was awarded the Caldecott Medal, Petit wrote Gerstein a detailed letter praising the book, with one teeny, tiny, correction, being the size of the cable. In first an early printings the cable was &quot;five-eighths&quot; inch thick; in later printings, &ldquo;five-eighths&rdquo; was changed to &ldquo;seven-eighths&rdquo; in the following line <\/p>\n<p>&quot;To his end of the stronger line, Philippe tied the cable on which he would walk. 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