Recovery History
Books, pamphlets, and archival materials tracing the roots of Alcoholics Anonymous and the broader recovery movement. This collection spans the Oxford Group and early Alcoholics Anonymous influences, the Emmanuel Movement, Temperance and Prohibition-era reform, alcoholism education and psychology, and spirituality and religion in recovery. Items are sourced directly from estates and private collections built over decades, covering the full historical arc from the pre-AA era through the founding years of the program.
Oxford Group, Moral Re-Armament & Early AA Influences
Shop allWhen I Awake: Thoughts on the Keeping of the Morning Watch — Jack C. Winslow
St. Hugh’s Press, London | Early Oxford Group Literature When I Awake by Jack C. Winslow is a short spiritual work devoted to the practice of the “...
View full detailsI Was a Pagan — V. C. Kitchen (Hodder & Stoughton) | Fourth Printing — 1937 ODJ
I Was a Pagan — V. C. Kitchen (Hodder & Stoughton, London) Fourth Printing — 1937 — Original Dust Jacket Oxford Group Memoir Description A sc...
View full detailsThe Venture of Belief by Philip Marshall Brown — Second Edition
The Venture of Belief: A Letter from N.S.D. to T.H.S. Philip Marshall BrownSecond Edition (1937) · Fleming H. Revell CompanyHardcover with Original...
View full detailsBooks of the Rising Tide: The Oxford Group’s Recommended Reading
Books of the Rising Tide The Oxford Group’s Recommended Reading — Set of Six Oxford Group Books along with an Original 1937 Rising Tide Magazine Ov...
View full detailsEmmanuel Movement
Shop allA Reprint of REMAKING A MAN by Courtenay Baylor
This highly sought after Emmanuel Movement book has become extremely difficult to find as it went out of print over 100 years ago! Although the boo...
View full detailsSIGNED by Elwood Worcester - Allies of Religion - Limited Edition
The Allies of Religion Autograph Edition — Limited to 300 CopiesBy Elwood WorcesterFirst Edition, 1929Marshall Jones CompanySigned by the Author | ...
View full detailsThree Early Works by Thomas Parker Boyd — The Emmanuel Movement & New Thought Tradition
Three Early Works by Thomas Parker Boyd — The Emmanuel Movement & New Thought Tradition Including a Signed Copy of The How and Why of the Emman...
View full detailsThe Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R. Peabody • 1941 Edition • RDJ
Offered here is a 1941 edition of The Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R. Peabody, published by Little, Brown & Company in Boston. This copy...
View full detailsTemperance, Prohibition & Pre-AA Reform
Shop allThe Bottle — Plate 2 | 1884 Temperance Advertising Print After George Cruikshank | Framed
Offered here is an original 1884 American temperance advertising print, Plate 2 from an eight-part series adapted from George Cruikshank’s celebrat...
View full detailsThe American Magazine - Includes 'Why Men Drink' by Richard Peabody - September 1931
American Magazine — September 1931Featuring “Why Men Drink” by Richard R. PeabodyEarly Alcoholism / Temperance / Pre-A.A. Recovery History Offered ...
View full detailsJohn Barleycorn by Jack London - First Printing from 1913 with ODJ
John Barleycorn by Jack London Grosset & Dunlap, New York · Stated First Printing (August 1913) · Hardcover with Original Dust Jacket Overvie...
View full detailsThe Christian Advocate — Temperance Issue (February 12, 1948)
Published by The Methodist Publishing House | Chicago, IllinoisVol. 123, No. 7 — “Temperance Issue” This is an original 1948 Temperance Issue of Th...
View full detailsAlcoholism Education, Medicine & Psychology
Shop allHow to Know an Alcoholic by Marty Mann — Vintage National Council on Alcoholism Pamphlet
Offered here is an original vintage copy of How to Know an Alcoholic by Marty Mann, an illustrated educational pamphlet produced by the National Co...
View full detailsBook of Etiquette | The National Committee for Education on Alcoholism - 1948
Offered here is an original May 1948 Book of Etiquette pamphlet issued by the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism, the pioneering organi...
View full detailsHow to Know an Alcoholic — Marty Mann | National Council on Alcoholism
How to Know an Alcoholic is an illustrated educational pamphlet by Marty Mann, one of the most influential figures in the twentieth-century movemen...
View full detailsSALUTE Magazine — August 1948 | “13 Steps to Alcoholism — Which One Are You On?”
Offered here is the August 1948 issue of SALUTE: The Picture Magazine for Men, featuring the cover story “13 Steps to Alcoholism — Which One Are Yo...
View full detailsSpirituality, Religion & Recovery
Shop allBill W. Conscious Contact | Kitchen Table Edition
Bill W. Conscious Contact — Kitchen Table Edition By Jay Stinnett International Impact Book Awards — Distinguished Author Recognition, 2026 Bill W....
View full detailsThe Varieties of Religious Experience — William James | Twenty-Eighth Impression, 1917
The Varieties of Religious Experience — William James Twenty-Eighth Impression, 1917 Longmans, Green, and Co. · Original Hardcover Offered here is ...
View full detailsThe Sister Ignatia Collection — Two Personally Inscribed Books & A.A. Historical Material
The Sister Ignatia Collection Two Personally Inscribed Books by Sister Ignatia with A.A. & Devotional Historical Material An exceptional collec...
View full detailsClarence Snyder’s Personal Bible | Historic Early AA Artifact
Clarence Snyder’s Personal Childhood Bible Presented to Clarence by His Mother on His Sixth Birthday — December 26, 1908 Extensively Annotated by S...
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The Co-Founders Collection
Ten Signed First Edition Alcoholics Anonymous Big Books, 1941–1954
Recovery Collectibles is pleased to present an extraordinary assembled collection of ten First Edition printings of Alcoholics Anonymous carrying the signatures, inscriptions, presentations, and associations of the people at the center of early Alcoholics Anonymous history.
At the heart of the collection are Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous.