Title: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism Author: [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] Place: New York Publisher: Works Publishing Company Date: 1939 Description: viii, [2], 400 pp. 9x6, original red cloth, lettered in gilt. 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. This copy inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper, "To Dwight C. Ensign, 4-20-39, Frank J. Sladen. Recall: Bill Wilson p.10; Archie Trowbridge, p.332." Frank J. Sladen, MD, was the first doctor at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and served as its Physician-in-Chief from 1915 until his retirement in 1953. Dwight C. Ensign, MD, came to HFH in 1924 as an intern. He stayed at the Hospital for 58 years. Lot Amendments Condition: Light rubbing and soiling to cloth, spine lettering a bit flaked; faint darkening to contents, offset to front endpapers (from Twelve Steps flyer laid in), else very good. Item number: 206489
Title: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism Author: [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] Place: New York Publisher: Works Publishing Company Date: 1939 Description: viii, [2], 400 pp. 9x6, original red cloth, lettered in gilt. 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. This copy inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper, "To Dwight C. Ensign, 4-20-39, Frank J. Sladen. Recall: Bill Wilson p.10; Archie Trowbridge, p.332." Frank J. Sladen, MD, was the first doctor at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and served as its Physician-in-Chief from 1915 until his retirement in 1953. Dwight C. Ensign, MD, came to HFH in 1924 as an intern. He stayed at the Hospital for 58 years. Lot Amendments Condition: Light rubbing and soiling to cloth, spine lettering a bit flaked; faint darkening to contents, offset to front endpapers (from Twelve Steps flyer laid in), else very good. Item number: 206489
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