Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Daytona Beach First Printing from 1948

Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Daytona Beach First Printing from 1948

This is a very first printing of the Twenty-Four Hour a Day book by Richmond Walker. This is an original first printing made by Richmond Walker in Daytona Beach, FL before Hazelden started printing the book in the 1950’s.

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TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
Price $1.50
Twenty-Four Hours A Day
P. O. Box 2170
Daytona Beach, Florida

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Foreword

"Twenty-Four Hours A Day" is intended for members of Alcoholics Anonymous, as a help in their program of living one day at a time. It is designed for those who want to start each day with a few minutes of thought, meditation and prayer.

These daily readings contain most of the material used in the booklet "For Drunks Only" and other A.A. literature; also some passages from the big book "Alcoholics Anonymous."

As a basis for the meditations in this book, the author has used many passages from the book "God Calling" by Two Listeners, edited by A. J. Russell. Permission to use the universal spiritual thoughts expressed in this book, without using direct quotations, has been granted by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York City.

The author hopes that these daily readings may help members of Alcoholics Anonymous to find the power they need to stay sober each twenty-four hours. If we don't take that first drink today, we'll never take it, because it's always today.“

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Read the below excerpt from an article about the book:

“Rich (who had gotten sober in May 1942) first assembled the material on small cards which he carried around with him to use in his own prayer and meditation. But in 1948, members of the A.A. groups in Daytona Beach, Florida, persuaded him to have this material printed in book form, so the rest of them could use it too. He had some copies printed, and demand for the book quickly began to spread outside of the Daytona Beach area. Rich distributed them from his basement: A.A. members would write him asking for copies, and he would wrap them and mail them out. Past Delegate Bob P. (Goshen, Indiana) told me that Wesley Parrish, an A.A. member in Daytona Beach, was a County Commissioner and obtained the use of the county printing press to run these copies off. The county was paid for the printing, but this arrangement may have made it easier to print small batches relatively inexpensively. I was told that Parrish (whom Bob P. had met in the course of his A.A. activities) had come from Georgia down into Florida as a housing contractor.”

FURTHER COPIES OF THIS BOOK MAY
BE HAD AT $1.50 APIECE
BY WRITING TO:

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
P.O. BOX 2170
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA

“In later printings Rich added, at the end of the book, "Compiled by a member of the Group at Daytona Beach, Fla." As use of the little book began to spread rapidly across the United States, people in other parts of the country wanted to know where it came from. Rich, who always acted with the greatest humility, refused even to put his first name and last initial on the book, but simply indicated what A.A. group he belonged to. He wanted absolutely no personal fame, glory, or personal profit from the book. David W., the Florida A.A. archivist, says that if at some points the book distribution earned a slight profit, Rich immediately donated all of it to A.A.”

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The book is in excellent condition with very little to no wear. There is no writing or markings inside the book.

Please view all of the photos for the conditions.