[WILSON, Bill].

Alcoholics Anonymous.

New York City: Works Publishing Company, 1943. FIRST EDITION, FOURTH PRINTING Half-title + TP + v-viii + half-title + 1-400, large Octavo. First Edition, Fourth Printing (Green Binding). The fourth printing had a press run of 5,000 copies. FIRST EDITION, FOURTH PRINTING ISSUE POINTS: " The first 3,500 copies were bound in green and the remaining 1,500 in dark blue. " Jacket spine and inside front flap now say "Fourth Printing" " The title page now states: "How More Than Eight Thousand Men And Women Have Recovered From Alcoholism". " Verso of title page, line 3 changes the box number from "657" to "658" " Verso of title page adds the line "Fourth Printing, March 1943" " Page vii, lines 1-2: "six thousand" changed to read "eight thousand" " Page 25, line 28: add the footnote about "200 localities" " Page 27, line 2: "hundreds of men" becomes " thousands of men and women" " Page 59, line 25: footnote referencing Appendix II added " Page 152, line 2: ""have there been" becomes "has there been" " Page 152, line 22: "the bank were doing" becomes "the bank was doing" " Page 168, line 3: ""six years ago" becomes "eight years ago" " Page 178, line 32: "Six Thousand" becomes "Eight Thousand" " Page 391, title: changed to "NOW WE ARE EIGHT THOUSAND. / JUNE, 1943" " Page 391, line 24: "religious content" becomes "spiritual content" " Page 393, line 12: "8,000 members" becomes "10,000 members" " Page 398, second paragraph now reads (with deletions noted in [brackets] and additions underlined): This volume is published by [the] Works Publishing Inc., originally organized and financed [mostly] by small subscriptions [by] from our older members. These subscribers, forty-nine in all, have since donated their entire interest in Works Publishing Inc. to The Alcoholic Foundation, thereby giving the Foundation complete ownership and control of this book. " Page 398, line 16: add comma after "book" and "please" before "send" " Page 398, line 18: "Works Publishing Company" becomes "Works Publishing Inc." With the original dust jacket that is quite worn and has been mended rather inexpertly with tape. Nicks, small chips and scrapes to dust jacket. Inside front/rear covers and front/rear fly leafs stamped with former owner's information (Warren M. Cornell / Hatboro, PA.) in red ink. Otherwise, a clean, tight and unmarked copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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