Alcoholics Anonymous, Inscribed

WILSON, William Griffith ("Bill") (1895–1971). Alcoholics Anonymous . New York: Works Publishing Company, 1942. First edition, third printing, in dust jacket, inscribed: "How well it has been shown that Faith with Works is alive — Bill Wilson / 11/21/43." Published in New York in 1939 four years after Bill Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith founded A.A. in 1935, it is known as the celebrated “Big Book.” The work sets out the program’s Twelve Steps and preserves early members’ testimonies, marking a turning point in modern approaches to addiction and recovery. It remains one of the most influential American publications of the twentieth century. Octavo. Original green cloth, glit-stamped spine (dampstain to top edge, just visible on fly-leaf above inscription). Original dust-jacket, third printing stated on spine (some rubbing and edgewear, creasing to spine, some soiling, remnants of adhesive from old label on spine panel).

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