EXTM/H.T.F. 1ST. ED. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BOOK 1941 Start Price USD 2,225.00 Current Price USD 2,225.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 24, 2008 End Time Monday, October 13, 2008 Location UNITED STATE OF TEXAS See more about 'EXTM/H.T.F. 1ST. ED. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BOOK 1941' Description NOTICE: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! I HAVE BEEN BUYING/SELLING/TRADING/COLLECTING A.A.,  ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS    BOOKS/PAMPHLETS/MEMORABILIA FOR 23 PLUS YEARS AND ABOUT 10 YEARS ON EBAY WITH A 99.9 RATING ON ABOUT 5000 TRANSACTIONS..ANY QUESTIONS/ETC. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME....W/BEST REGARDS...PETEFYI"...ALTHOUGH G.S.O. GIVES PRINTING INFO OF 5,000 PRINTED, THIS IS/WAS JUST A NOMINAL FIGURE BUT AT ANY RATE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONLY ABOUT 40%-60% OF NUMBER PRINTED ARE SUSPECTED TO STILL BE IN EXISTANCE...HERE IS A NICE ONE.. ... VERY HARD TO FIND 1ST. EDITION, SECOND PRINTING(1941) W/"REPRODUCTION"  DUST COVER... PLEASE VIEW PHOTOS...OF THEMSELVES THE SECOND EDITION IN GOOD CONDITION (THIS ONE IS IN  NICE SOLID CONDITION ALTHOUGH THE BOARDS SHOW WEAR AND SOILING) ***NOTE:...PLEASE VIEW PHOTOS.... SHOULD BE VALUED AT ABOUT $2250-$2750(WITHOUT DUST COVER ... AS THERE WAS ONLY AND ESTIMATED 5,000 COPIES PRINTED OF WHICH AT BEST IT IS ESTIMATED THAT NO-MORE THAN ABOUT 60% HAVE SURVIVED THE TIMES AND OF THAT MANY(POSSIBLY AS MANY AS 3,000) MOST OF THEM ARE NOT IN ALL THAT NICE OF CONDITION... "FYI" THOSE WITH  COMPLETE DUST COVERS HAVE ACHIEVED PRICE LEVELS OF $3,500-$7500+....***NOW FOR SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE "SECOND PRINTING" 1) IT WAS FIRST OF ALL THE "ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS"(BIG BOOKS) TO HAVE THE "BLUE BINDING", A CHARACTERISTIC STILL HELD IN THE U.S. PRINTED "A.A. BIG BOOKS". 2)THE WORDING OF THE TWELFTH STEP(STEP 12) WAS CHANGED FROM "HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE" TO "HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING"(AS IT STILL IS TODAY)**NOTE: THIS WAS DONE AFTER SEVERAL OF THE EARLY MEMBERS BEGAN TO QUESTION IF THEY MIGHT NOT STAY SOBER IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A "SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE" SUCH AS BILL DID, ALONG WITH FACT ONE OF THE PEOPLE BILL HAD SENT FREE COPY OF "BIG BOOK" TO FOR "REVIEWING" WROTE BACK SUGGESTING HE MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE THAT AS THEY THEMSELVES DIDN'T THINK "ALL" WOULD HAVE SUCH AND EXPERIENCE(BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION IT WAS FULTON SHEEN OR CARDINAL SPELLMAN) SO BILL CHANGED IT. 3) AFTER CHANGING WORDING OF THE 12TH STEP BILL ADDED THE APPENDIX II "SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE" IN THE BACK OF BOOK. (STILL THERE). 4) FIRST PRINTING WITH STORY "LONE ENDEAVOR" DELETED(THIS STORY ONLY APPEARED IN THE 1ST. PRINTING AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DELETED. AS PER RUMORS WHY THERE ARE SEVERAL, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS IT WAS DELETED WITH THIS PRINTING). 5)BILL HAD SCHEDULED THE PRINTING OF THIS PRINTING TO COINCIDE WITH THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF THE FAMOUS JACK ALEXANDER ARTICLE IN THE MARCH 1941 SATURDAY EVENING POST. ... .SUCCESSFUL BIDDER TO PAY $12.50 S/H PLUS INS. MONEY ORDER W/U.S.POSTAL PREFERRED, PAYPAL ALSO ACCEPTED. ...W/BEST REGARDS...PETE .  BOOK COMES WITH FASCIMILE/(REPRODUCTION) DUST COVER.  BOOK IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION W/"ONLY NAME/S/ETC. BEING THAT OF PREVIOUS(ORIGINAL? OWNER'S THAT WERE FROM ELYRIA, OHIO OTHERWISE "NO" NAMES/WRITING/ETC. WITH TYPICAL BROWNING/AGE TONING/AGE SPOTTING/SOILING/ETC. REALLY TIGHT BOOK GILT ON SPINE IS MOSTLY RUBBED OFF  ...SUCCESSFUL BIDDER TO PAY $12.50 S/H PLUS INS.. ..MONEY ORDER W/U.S. POSTAL PREFERRED OR PAYPAL....W/BEST REGARDS...PETEOn May-24-07 at 20:19:33 PDT, seller added the following information: petefrompalmer store On Jul-12-08 at 12:44:14 PDT, seller added the following information: Place a Bid!