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 Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R. Peabody from 1931
Original price $995 - Original price $995Original price$995$995 - $995Current price $995The Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R Peabody - December 1931. BOSTON, MASS: Little, Brown & Co., 1931 This is the Second Printing from Dec...
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The Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R. Peabody - 1933 - RDJ
Original price $595 - Original price $595Original price$595$595 - $595Current price $595The Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R Peabody - January 1933. BOSTON, MASS: Little, Brown & Co., 1933 This is the Third Printing from Janua...
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Habits That Handicap by Charles Towns - First Printing - 1915
Original price $295 - Original price $295Original price$295$295 - $295Current price $295Habits That Handicap by Charles Towns 1915 Habits That Handicap by Charles B. Towns. Copyright page indicates that this book is a First Printing an...
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John Barleycorn by Jack London - First Printing from 1913 with ODJ
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Report of the Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union - 1844
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Report of the Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union - 1845
Original price $150 - Original price $150Original price$150$150 - $150Current price $150Report of the Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union - 1845 PLEDGE OF THE UNION. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DO AGREE, THAT WE WILL NOT USE ...
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The Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox - Twenty-Third Edition
Original price $95 - Original price $95Original price$95$95 - $95Current price $95This is the popular Emmet Fox book Sermon on the Mount. This is the Twenty-Third Edition with no date listed on the copyright page. This book comes...
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The Emmanuel Movement in a New England Town by Lyman P. Powell
Original price $150 - Original price $150Original price$150$150 - $150Current price $150The Emmanuel Movement in a New England Town A Systematic Account of Experiments and Reflections Designed to Determine the Proper Relationship betwe...
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The Power of Self-Suggestion by Samuel McComb - 1909
Original price $125 - Original price $125Original price$125$125 - $125Current price $125The 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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The Mental Highway by Thomas Parker Boyd - 1922
Original price $195 - Original price $195Original price$195$195 - $195Current price $195The Mental Highway LESSONS IN ACADEMIC AND APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY Thomas Parker Boyd Author "How and Why of the Emmanuel Movement" "The Voice Eternal" ...
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Addresses by Drs. Worcester and McDougall - 1926
Original price $175 - Original price $175Original price$175$175 - $175Current price $175Addresses by Drs. Worcester and McDougall June, 1926 Boston Society For Psychic Research This 23 page booklet is in excellent condition. Emmanuel...
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SIGNED by Elwood Worcester - Allies of Religion - Limited Edition with Memorial Pamphlet
Original price $295Original price $295 - Original price $295Original price $295Current price $195$195 - $195Current price $195Autograph Edition The Allies of Religion Number 269 of a Limited 300 Printings Elwood Worcester First Edition - 1929 Marshall Jones Company This bo...
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Asylum by William Seabrook from 1935
Original price $275Original price $275 - Original price $275Original price $275Current price $195$195 - $195Current price $195Asylum by William Seabrook. This book has a copyright date from 1935 and comes with the original dust jacket. The amazingly candid story of William...
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Temperance or Prohibition? - 1929
Original price $225Original price $225 - Original price $225Original price $225Current price $150$150 - $150Current price $150Temperance or Prohibition? This is a first edition from 1929 with the original dust jacket. About this book: “A BOOK of evidence indicating the Am...
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Signed - The Religion of a Layman by Charles Brown
Original price $195 - Original price $195Original price$195$195 - $195Current price $195The Religion of a Layman by Charles Brown. This book has been signed by the author on the first page. From the Preface: “This is not a commentary —...
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Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - from 1929 with the original dust jacket
Original price $250 - Original price $250Original price$250$250 - $250Current price $250This is the Thirty-Seventh Impression of The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James from October 1929. This bo...
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Meditations on the Cross by Toyohiko Kagawa
Original price $150Original price $150 - Original price $150Original price $150Current price $100$100 - $100Current price $100Meditations on the Cross by Toyohiko Kagawa. This is a 3rd printing with the original dust jacket. About this book from the dust jacket: “Few ind...
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Dave Ranney or Thirty Years on the Bowery: An Autobiography - 1910
Original price $200Original price $200 - Original price $200Original price $200Current price $150$150 - $150Current price $150Dave Ranney or Thirty Years on the Bowery: An Autobiography - 1910 From the introduction: ”The autobiography which this book contains is that of a ...
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Grappling with the Monster or The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink by T.S. Arthur - 1877
Original price $200 - Original price $200Original price$200$200 - $200Current price $200GRAPPLING WITH THE MONSTER OR THE CURSE AND THE CURE OF STRONG DRINK BY T. S. ARTHUR AUTHOR OF "TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-ROOM," "THREE YEARS IN A MAN-TR...
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Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind By RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE, M.D.
Original price $195Original price $195 - Original price $195Original price $195Current price $150$150 - $150Current price $150Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human MindBy RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE, M.D. New Edition, with a New Introduction by George Moreb...
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The Man Nobody Knows by Bruce Barton
Original price $225Original price $225 - Original price $225Original price $225Current price $150$150 - $150Current price $150The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus by Bruce Barton. This book is a title that was in Dr. Bob Smith’s personal library and a book t...
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Charles Towns Preface - Wreckage: A Drama in Three Acts by J. Hartley Manners - 1916 - Very Rare
Original price $165 - Original price $165Original price$165$165 - $165Current price $165Wreckage: 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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Two Years in a Tent by Faith Whitney from 1910 - Emmanuel Movement
Original price $325Original price $325 - Original price $325Original price $325Current price $225$225 - $225Current price $225Two Years in a Tent by Faith Whitney. This book is a first printing from August, 1910. This book features a Preface by Rev. Samuel McComb, M.A., D....
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The Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox - First Edition
Original price $1,295 - Original price $1,295Original price$1,295$1,295 - $1,295Current price $1,295This is the popular Emmet Fox book Sermon in the Mount. This is the rare First Edition from 1934. Emmet Fox was born in Ireland, in 1886 and passed...
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