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Alcoholics Anonymous; The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism
by Wilson, Bill [Alcoholics Anonymous]
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Works Publishing Inc, 1950. 13th printing. Hardcover. pp. viii, 400. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Rear board bumped at bottom edge, surface creasing to cloth over spine, internally clean and crisp. Dustjacket shows a one-inch open tear to top edge of front panel, two closed tears, small chips to edges, some general rubbing and age-toning. 13th printing of the first edition, in original dustjacket.
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- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Alcoholics Anonymous; The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism
- Author
- Wilson, Bill [Alcoholics Anonymous]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 13th printing
- Publisher
- Works Publishing Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
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