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How to Become a Better Reader
by Paul Witty
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Science Research Associates, 1962 Science Research Associates, Chicago, IL. 1962. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and board edges. No DJ. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and front board; decorative border on front board in gilt. 275 pp 4to. This text is designed to help people, in school or in work situations, to improve rate of reading, comprehension, and joy of reading. It is organized as a self-teaching book. The first part consists of twenty lessons. This is followed by a classified bibliography of books the person may want to read. The last part of the book is made up of twenty exercises with tests. One of these is to follow each lesson in the first part of the book. The book provides a means for the person who is strongly motivated to help himself to better reading. Although a self-help text, it is probable that best results will be obtained when it is used with supervision of a reading specialist. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015471
- Title
- How to Become a Better Reader
- Author
- Paul Witty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Science Research Associates
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- reading, reading comprehension, pleasure reading, scientific reading, reading rate, reading better, reading tests, Paul Witty
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
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