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Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 1st Printing

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Title: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism
Author: [Wilson, William (Bill W.)]
Description: viii, [2], 400 pp. 9x6, original red cloth, lettered in gilt, facsimile jacket. First Edition, First printing.The AA "Big Book" in the original red cloth; one of the most influential and important books of the twentieth century, changing millions of lives through it's revered methods of self-treatment and helping alcoholics survive their confrontation with the "demon rum." With "Copyright, April, 1939" on the copyright page. Reportedly, only approximately 4,760 of the ordered 5000 copies were printed of this highly desirable first published appearance due to a shortage of paper.
Heading: zzfPlace Published: New York
Publisher: Works Publishing Company
Date Published: 1939