In this 1989 interview with Don Swaim, Henry Reath discusses the First Edition Library and how he came up with the idea for the library. Reath wanted to publish modern American literature and authors such as Steinbeck and Faulkner. Reath also discusses the reproduction printing process and the materials used in publishing the books.

Listen to the Henry Reath interview with Don Swaim, January 10, 1991
(29 min. 17 sec.)

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.