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Title: Collection of the 16 printings of the First Edition of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, each in the original dust jacket Author: [Wilson, William (Bill W.)] Place: New York Publisher: Works Publishing Co. / Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing Co. Date: 1939-1954 Description: Together, 16 volumes. Each paginated viii, [2], 400 pp. The first 7 are 23x15 cm. (9x6”), the last 9 are 20.3x13 cm. (8¼x5½”), original cloth, in the original dust jackets. The first 14 published by Works Publishing Co., the last 2 by Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing Co. Comprises: * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Red cloth lettered in gilt, jacket, custom red cloth box with black morocco labels. First Edition, First printing. Signed on the front free endpaper by Dr. R.S. Bookhammer, Rev. A.F. Greene, and Rodney Elder. (Jacket with fading, split along folds, old tape repairs, small chips to spine ends and corners, spine label; faint tape residue to covers, offset to endpapers). 1939. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Two Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Second Printing. Ownership signature of Carl Pederson on the front endpaper. (Jacket spine faded, a few tears and chips; rubbing to volume spine lettering). 1941. *Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Six Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Third Printing. (Jacket worn, soiled, creasing, several large chips). 1942. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Fourth Printing. (Jacket soiled, darkened with some staining, chips to spine ends and corners; volume spine lettering a bit rubbed, foxing to page edges). 1943. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Ten Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Fifth Printing. (Jacket spine faded, some chipping to ends and elsewhere, a few edge tears, circular stain to front panel; volume spine head darkened and rubbed, a little rubbing to lettering; bookplate of Wm. D. Green). 1944. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Ten Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Sixth Printing. (Some soiling to jacket, minor extremity wear; volume spine foot chipped, head rubbed, shaken). 1944. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Fourteen Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Seventh Printing. (Jacket with chips to spine ends, a few tears including across front panel, 1½” square missing from lower corner of front panel, 2x3” triangle piece missing front lower corner of rear panel; ownership signature of A.D. Olsen on front endpaper). 1945. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Fourteen Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Eighth Printing. (Jacket with some soiling and light foxing, chips along top edge). 1945. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Ninth Printing. (Jacket with some edge wear; rubberstamp of Dr. J. Bernard Poindexter to the edges of the text block and the pastedowns). 1946. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. Dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition, Tenth Printing. (Just a little edge and extremity wear to jacket, mild soiling). 1946. * Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many T