1st Edition Big Book Find...Thank you, HP.

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10-29-2012, 07:05 PM

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Zube

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1st Edition Big Book Find...Thank you, HP.

Just found a copyright June 1947 First Edition, Eleventh Printing of Alcoholics Anonymous at a local thrift store for $1.00. This is almost a year to the day of buying a 1955 2nd Edition, First Printing of the Big Book at an Estate Sale for $1.00, in the bottom of a box of totally unrelated books. I couldn't make this up if I tried.

Seriously.

What a special treat. I'm dumbfounded. I will send a pic if I can figure out how. I'm so curious to know how it got there. My HP continues to work miracles.

What a day. I love sobriety.
Zube

10-29-2012, 07:06 PM

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MycoolFitz

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That is great treasure it

10-29-2012, 07:22 PM

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SunnyFlower

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That's awesome!

10-29-2012, 08:13 PM

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those are rare!

10-30-2012, 12:09 AM

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Veritas1

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Can you imagine how many people may have read it?

Any markings in it? Curious to see if the book was used as a textbook!

10-30-2012, 12:14 AM

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1st Ed Reproduction

Just in case anyone's interested, The Anonymous Press has printed a reproduction of the 1st ed of the BB.....I'm sure they're available lots of places, but I know they're available thru Amazon; just search 'books' and Alcoholics Anonymous 1st edition.....

(o:
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10-30-2012, 02:37 AM

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heath480

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What a find zube.

I once found 3 AA books in the charity shop,they were in the religion section,not rare ones but a good find nonetheless.

10-30-2012, 04:38 AM

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tomsteve

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cool beans!! i have one of them reprints Noelle mentions. pretty interesting to find the few words that were changed. that plus the original stories, which there were a few that had drinking careers that started in the 1910's, yet here 100 years later, i can still relate.