About this title: Thirty literary personalities look back to the thrilling moment when they first learned to read. Includes entries by Dickens, Churchill, H. G. Wells, Jean Rhys, Paule Marshall, and others.
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780879238094ISBN:0879238097
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Mint condition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 127 p. Audience: General/trade. Writers include Benjamin Franklin, William Corbett, Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Cahan, Rudyard Kipling, W.B. Yeats, H.G. Wells, Gertrude Stein, Winston Churchill, Sherwood Anderson, Upton Sinclair, H.L. Mencken, A.A. Milne, Will Durant, E.E. Cummings, Jean Rhys, C.S. Lewis, John Steinbeck, Isaac Singer, Richard Wright, Eudora Welty, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Book in Library of Congress
ISBN-13:9780879238094ISBN:0879238097
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Book in Library of Congress
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780879238094ISBN:0879238097
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very nice clean ex-library copy with dust jacket. Pages are clean and the binding is tight! Some books may be ex-library books. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: David R. Godine, N. Y.
Date Published: 1989
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear. Partly removed sticker on the jacket..........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by... read more
Description: Very Good. 0879239212 19310 PB: spine smooth, text clean, cover has slight shelf wear-allow up to 21 business days for standard USPS media m a i l. wt1lbpf. read more
Description: New. Baba will be happy to send you this BRAND NEW paperback. He has thousands of BRAND NEW books and this is one of them! NO marks! NO wear! Brand new, clean and sharp and ready to ship to you! Be well. read more
Description: Very Good. 0879239212 Softcover book is in excellent condition, 1st edition, no spine creases, looks nearly new. Shop & Save With US. read more
Edition: First Edition (Stated)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David R Godine Pub, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780879238094ISBN:0879238097
Description: Good in Very-Good jacket. 8vo. {003634} The Open Door: When Writers First Learned to Read by Steven Gilbar. ISBN 0879238097. Published by David R Godine Pub in 1989. HARD COVER 8vo First Edition (Stated) {Book Condition} GOOD {Jacket Condition} VERY-GOOD {Jacket Condition Details} slightly darkened, edge wear, small chipping along folds, slight soiling, pencil writing, light creasing, scratching. {Book Condition Details} Binding: minor end bumping, Cover: minor staining, edge wear, minor ... read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback w/ DJ
Publisher: David R. Godine
Date Published: 1989
Description: Book and DJ in very good condition. Small magic-marker mark on top edge of book. Ex-library. Twenty-nine of history's most interesting writers, including Dickens, Yeats, Annie Dillard, Stephen King, and others, share their discovery of books and reading. B/w photos of the authors. read more
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