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Why Johnny Can’t Read — And What You Can Do About It by Rudolf Flesch. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955. Book Condition / Dust Jacket Condition: Book: Very Good -; Gray cloth boards with black cloth spine and gray spine lettering. Binding tight and square. Moderate rubbing to spine and mild bumping at spine ends. Some soiling of gray boards and significant rub on back board. Corners bumped and lightly rubbed. No spine lean observed. Interior clean and unmarked. Pages moderately toned consistent with mid-1950s paper stock. No ownership inscriptions, underlining, or remainder marks noted . Dust Jacket: No dust jacket present. (see photos) Printing Identification Note: Harper & Brothers first printings of this period often did not include number lines or explicit first-edition statements. When no later printing is indicated and the book matches the original binding and copyright year, copies are generally consistent with the first edition printing. Why Johnny Can’t Read is Rudolf Flesch’s influential critique of mid-20th-century American reading instruction. Arguing against the prevailing “look-say” method and advocating for phonics-based learning, the book sparked a national debate on literacy education and became one of the most discussed educational works of the 1950s.…