Washingtonians, Emmanuel Movement and Pre-AA Books
This collection features all books that were influential to alcoholics before the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. The majority of these are original books from the Washingtonians and Emmanuel Movement are from the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Other books that you will find here are related to prohibition, spirituality, solutions to alcoholism, and stories about alcoholics. Several of these books were influential to Bill Wilson in his writing of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book.
Enjoy shopping for amazing pieces of history related to the recovery of alcoholics in this collection of Washingtonians, Emmanuel Movement and pre-AA books.
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The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ
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Down In Water Street by Samuel H. Hadley - 13th Edition
Original price $125 - Original price $125Original price$125$125 - $125Current price $125Down in Water Street: A Story of Sixteen Years Life and Work in Water Street Mission a Sequel to the Life of Jerry McAuley This book is a Thirteent...
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The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - First Modern Library Edition 1936 - ODJ
Original price $295 - Original price $295Original price$295$295 - $295Current price $295This is the 1936 Modern Library Edition of Varieties of Religious Experience by William James. This book has a rich history in AA early days. Bill...
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The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond
Original price $150 - Original price $150Original price$150$150 - $150Current price $150The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond. This version of the book is undated and published by The Peter Pauper Press. This book comes wit...
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Charles Towns Preface - Wreckage: A Drama in Three Acts by J. Hartley Manners - 1916 Very Rate
Original price $295 - Original price $295Original price$295$295 - $295Current price $295Wreckage: A Drama in Three Acts by J. Hartley Manners. This book was published in 1916 by Dodd, Mead and Company. This is a three act play about t...
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Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - 2nd Printing 1902
Original price $995 - Original price $995Original price$995$995 - $995Current price $995This is a Second American Printing of The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James. This is the popular book tha...
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The Power of Self-suggestion
Original price $200 - Original price $200Original price$200$200 - $200Current price $200The Power of Self-suggestionby Samuel McComb, D.D. Associate Director of the EMMANUEL MOVEMENT august 1909 This rare 54 page Emmanuel Movement book...
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Down In Water Street by Samuel H. Hadley - Second Edition
Original price $165 - Original price $165Original price$165$165 - $165Current price $165Down in Water Street: A Story of Sixteen Years Life and Work in Water Street Mission a Sequel to the Life of Jerry McAuley This book is a Second Ed...
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The Philosophy Of William James - 1953
Original price $200 - Original price $200Original price$200$200 - $200Current price $200The Philosophy Of William James - 1953. Selected from his chief works, with an Introduction, by Horace M. Kallen This book contains its original du...
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The Power of Self-Suggestion by Rev. Samuel McComb - 1910
Original price $250 - Original price $250Original price$250$250 - $250Current price $250The Power of Self-Suggestion Rev. Samuel McComb, D.D: Associate Director of the Emmanuel Movement London William Rider & Son Limited 1910 Prefa...
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Religion and Medicine by Elwood Worcester - Third Printing 1908
Original price $135 - Original price $135Original price$135$135 - $135Current price $135Religion and Medicine by Elwood Worcester. This is a 3rd Printing from June 1908. This was the first book published about the Emmanuel Movement. El...
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SIGNED by Elwood Worcester - Allies of Religion - Limited Edition
Original price $295 - Original price $295Original price$295$295 - $295Current price $295Autograph Edition The Allies of Religion Number 257 of a Limited 300 Printings Elwood Worcester First Edition - 1929 Marshall Jones Company This bo...
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Religion and Health by Len Broughton - Second Edition
Original price $175 - Original price $175Original price$175$175 - $175Current price $175Religion and Health A Review of the Emmanuel Movement with Suggestions to the Christian Church Len G. Broughton Fleming H. Revell Company - 1909 Se...
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Why Prohibition Has Failed by Richard Peabody - The American Mercury
Original price $165 - Original price $165Original price$165$165 - $165Current price $165“Why Prohibition Has Failed” by Richard R. Peabody. This article was part of the April 1931 issue of the American Mercury. This April issue along w...
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Sunlight and Shadow by John B. Gough
Original price $325 - Original price $325Original price$325$325 - $325Current price $325Sunlight and Shadow or, Gleanings from My Life Work Comprising Personal Experiences and Opinions, Anecdotes, Incidents, and Reminiscences Gathered...
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Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ
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John Barleycorn by Jack London - First Printing - 1913
Original price $295 - Original price $295Original price$295$295 - $295Current price $295This is the popular book titled John Barleycorn by Jack London. This is a First Edition First Printing from 1913. This book is in good condition. T...
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John Barleycorn by Jack London 1st Printing - 1913 w/ODJ
Original price $200 - Original price $200Original price$200$200 - $200Current price $200This is the popular book titled John Barleycorn by Jack London. This is a 1st Edition 1st Printing from 1913, printed by The Century Co. This first...
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Temperance and the Changing Liquor Situation - Deets Pickett, 1934
Original price $150 - Original price $150Original price$150$150 - $150Current price $150Temperance and the Changing Liquor Situation - Deets Pickett Published by New York, The Methodist Book Concern [C1934], 1934 Book is in very go...
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Ten Nights in a Bar Room - T.S. Arthur
Original price $200 - Original price $200Original price$200$200 - $200Current price $200Ten Nights in a Bar Room - T.S. Arthur ‘Ten Nights in a Bar Room,’ considered by many to be one of the best temperance novels of the 19th century, ...
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The Wrecker, Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne - 1891
Original price $149 - Original price $149Original price$149$149 - $149Current price $149The Wrecker Robert Louis Stevensona and Lloyd Osbourne - 1891 Excerpt from the book: I had to content myself by pretending very arduously to be poo...
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Platform Echoes, by John B. Gough
Original price $325 - Original price $325Original price$325$325 - $325Current price $325Platform Echoes, or Living Truths for Head and Heart, by John B. Gough John B. Gough was a popular orator in the temperance movement in the United...
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Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure, by T.S. Arthur - 1877
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The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond - 1973 Printing
Original price $150 - Original price $150Original price$150$150 - $150Current price $150The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond. This is the 1973 printing of the book and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book comes wit...
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