viii, [2], 400 pp. 23x15 cm (9x6"), original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original jacket. First Edition, Third printing. Signed by the author with the inscription "To Dr. Lawrence Kolb - In grateful appreciation of his friendship - Bill Wilson 10/29/42". One of 5000 copies of this third print run, published in June 1942. Lawrence Kolb was the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States in 1942, and his primary professional focus was on the treatment of narcotics addicts. Dr. Kolb was a friend of Bill Wilson and AA, and during a visit to the society in 1942 (when he was presented with this AA book?), he said, "I wish you well. Even the sobriety of a few is almost a miracle. The government knows that this is one of the greatest health problems but we have considered the recovery of alcoholics so impossible that we have given up and have instead concluded that rehabilitation of narcotic addicts would be the easier job to tackle."
viii, [2], 400 pp. 23x15 cm (9x6"), original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original jacket. First Edition, Third printing. Signed by the author with the inscription "To Dr. Lawrence Kolb - In grateful appreciation of his friendship - Bill Wilson 10/29/42". One of 5000 copies of this third print run, published in June 1942. Lawrence Kolb was the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States in 1942, and his primary professional focus was on the treatment of narcotics addicts. Dr. Kolb was a friend of Bill Wilson and AA, and during a visit to the society in 1942 (when he was presented with this AA book?), he said, "I wish you well. Even the sobriety of a few is almost a miracle. The government knows that this is one of the greatest health problems but we have considered the recovery of alcoholics so impossible that we have given up and have instead concluded that rehabilitation of narcotic addicts would be the easier job to tackle."
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