Fall Before Fly by Barbara Wersba (20 results)

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth. 1st edition. 31pp. Color frontispiece by Mercer Mayer. Very good in like dust jacket. Not price-clipped.

Condition: FINE. First printing. A child sees a circus with miniature performers under a tree, and this world becomes more important to him than anything else in his life. Frontispiece and dust jacket cover by Mercer Mayer. 31 pp. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mayer, Mercer (frontispiece) (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY, Atheneum, 1971. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth bindings are special: "?drill cloth reinforcement. The pyroxylin impregnated cloth is washable, damp proof, and soil resistant." Silver lettering is embossed on spine. Teal blue endpapers, beautifully illustrated color frontispiece, 31 pp. Dust jacket has repaired 1" flat tear, minor shelf wear and soiling; text block has slight foxing on a few pages. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Signed by Barbara Wersba on the limitation page. Limited edition. Staple bound paperback in mylar dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover with DJ. Good condition. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards. DJ has minor rubbing and wear to edges, small chip missing on bottom spine edge. Clean, tight binding. DJ illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition hardcover. Frontispiece in color by Mercer Mayer. 31 pages. Back of dust jacket is worn. Small chips and closed tears. Dust jacket and book are in Very Good condition. ; 7 in. x 9 1/4 in.

Stated 1st edition; small 4to., cloth backed boards; pictorial cloth; frontispiece and dustjacket by Mercer Mayer; a child becomes involved with a miniature circus; very good in edgeworn dust jacket.

1971 Wersba, Barbara LET ME FALL BEFORE I FLY NY: Atheneum, c1971 1st ed, 31pp, tall 8vo, book: VG++, d/w: rubbed and chipped (not heavily),

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Frontis by Mercer Mayer, 32 pgs, cloth. A child sees a circus parade of miniature performers.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Sag Harbor NY: The Bookman Press, 2001. Soft cover with archival cover in as new condition. Illustration by Mercer Mayer. 35 pages. Marbled wraps. Signed and numbered (15) on the colophon by Barbara Wersba, children's book author and the founder of The Bookman Press. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Frontispiece by Mercer Mayer (illustrator). One of 200 signed and numbered copies printed in the types of Giambattista Bodoni for The Bookman Press. 35 pages. As with most of the other titles by this press, this book was designed by Jerry Kelly. Marbled wraps protected by an archival cover. Signed on the colophon by Barbara Wersba, children's book author and the founder of The Bookman Press. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Measures approximately 7 x 9.25 inches. Dust jacket has light edge wear and minor rubbing. Price shows $5.25. Small red pen mark near the price. Jacket is in a new protective Brodart cover. Boards are in fine condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean and crisp. Previous owner's name on the inside back cover. Otherwise, little to no wear. Near fine condition.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Octavo. Marbled paper covered wrappers with printed paper label. Fine.

Softcover. Near Fine in wrappers. Mylar covering dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Tear to jacket crown at rear panel. Small stain to jacket at front panel. Stated First Edition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small closed tear to bottom front panel. First Edition stated.; Small 4to.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Mercer Mayer (illustrator). Stated First Edition. Blue cloth in color illustrated dust jacket with light wear at extremities. A beautifully written story about a boy looking after a circus, whose members are no more than 2 inches tall. Beautiful color dust jacket and frontis artwork by Mercer Mayer. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Small quarto. Slight rubbing else fine. Signed by the author on a notecard laid in. A lonely boy discovers a tiny circus in his backyard and its people and activities become all the world to him. Although not marked in any way, from the library of Charlotte Zolotow, editor and publisher at Harper's celebrated children's books department, and acclaimed author of over 65 children's books. She is credited for her contributions to the Children's Liberation Movement which believed the rights and emotional concerns of children be recognized and treated as the equal of adults.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Frontispiece by Mercer Mayer. Fine in a very good dust jacket with small abrasions, tiny tears, and some toning. Warmly Inscribed by the author to author and editor, Charlotte Zolotow. A lonely boy discovers a tiny circus in his backyard and its people and activities become all the world to him. From the library of Charlotte Zolotow, editor and publisher at Harper's celebrated children's books department, and acclaimed author of over 65 children's books. She is credited for her contributions to the Children's Liberation Movement which believed the rights and emotional concerns of children be recognized and treated as the equal of adults.