Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism.
New York City: Works Publishing Co., 1939.
First edition, first printing of the foundational Alcoholics Anonymous text. Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt. Good with soiling and scuffs to cloth with darkening and a small abrasion to spine, cloth rubbed through at corners and spine ends, gilt dulled and rubbed. Light staining to top textblock edge. Offsetting to endsheets, former owner gift inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper, toning, light foxing or the occasional light stain throughout; worming to rear gutter. Housed in a custom black cloth solander case. A serviceable copy of "The Big Book," which remains an enduring work in recovery and addiction. Item #140947740
Price: $16,500