Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism.

WILSON, William [Bill W.].

Item Number: 130748

New York: Alcoholics Anonymous, 1947.

First edition, tenth printing of Bill Wilson’s classic work, one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold 30 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Bill Wilson on the front free endpaper, “Affectionately, Bill, Mar/48” and also signed by twenty others involved in the program. Very good in a very good later printing dust jacket.

Alcoholics Anonymous "The Big Book" is one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold 30 million copies. In 2011, Time magazine placed the book on its list of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923, the beginning of the magazine. In 2012, the Library of Congress designated it as one of 88 "Books that Shaped America."