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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.

  • John Barleycorn by Jack London - First London Printing - 1914 Recovery Collectibles
    John Barleycorn by Jack London - First London Printing - 1914 Recovery Collectibles
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    John Barleycorn by Jack London - First London Printing - 1914

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    This is the popular book titled John Barleycorn by Jack London. This is a First printing of the London publication by Mills & Boon, Limited fro...

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  • The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ Recovery Collectibles
    The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ Recovery Collectibles
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    The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ

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    This is the Modern Library Edition of Varieties of Religious Experience by William James. Printing unknown. This book has a rich history in AA earl...

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  • Down In Water Street by Samuel H. Hadley - 13th Edition Recovery Collectibles
    Down In Water Street by Samuel H. Hadley - 13th Edition Recovery Collectibles
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    Down In Water Street by Samuel H. Hadley - 13th Edition

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    Down 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 Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond Recovery Collectibles
    The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond Recovery Collectibles
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    The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond

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    The 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 Recovery Collectibles
    Charles Towns Preface - Wreckage: A Drama in Three Acts by J. Hartley Manners - 1916 Very Rate Recovery Collectibles
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    Charles Towns Preface - Wreckage: A Drama in Three Acts by J. Hartley Manners - 1916 Very Rate

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    Wreckage: 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 Recovery Collectibles
    Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - 2nd Printing 1902 Recovery Collectibles
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    Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - 2nd Printing 1902

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    This 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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  • Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ Recovery Collectibles
    Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ Recovery Collectibles
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    Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - ODJ

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    This is the Modern Library Edition of Varieties of Religious Experience by William James. Printing unknown. This book has a rich history in AA earl...

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  • John Barleycorn by Jack London - First Printing - 1913 David Shaw
    John Barleycorn by Jack London - First Printing - 1913 David Shaw
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    John Barleycorn by Jack London - First Printing - 1913

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    This 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 Recovery Collectibles
    John Barleycorn by Jack London 1st Printing - 1913 w/ODJ Recovery Collectibles
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    John Barleycorn by Jack London 1st Printing - 1913 w/ODJ

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    This 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 Recovery Collectibles
    Temperance and the Changing Liquor Situation - Deets Pickett, 1934 Recovery Collectibles

    Temperance and the Changing Liquor Situation - Deets Pickett, 1934

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    Temperance 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 Recovery Collectibles
    Ten Nights in a Bar Room - T.S. Arthur Recovery Collectibles

    Ten Nights in a Bar Room - T.S. Arthur

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    Ten 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 Recovery Collectibles
    The Wrecker, Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne - 1891 Recovery Collectibles

    The Wrecker, Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne - 1891

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    The 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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  • Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure, by T.S. Arthur - 1877 Recovery Collectibles
    Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure, by T.S. Arthur - 1877 Recovery Collectibles

    Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure, by T.S. Arthur - 1877

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    Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure T.S. Arthur, from 1877 Excerpt from the publisher: We have one of those intensely wrought temperance stories f...

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  • Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - 1912 Recovery Collectibles
    Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - 1912 Recovery Collectibles

    Varieties of Religious Experience by William James - 1912

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    This is the Twenty-Second Impression of The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James from January 1912. This boo...

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  • The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond Recovery Collectibles
    The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond Recovery Collectibles

    The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond

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    The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond. This version of the book is undated and published by Fleming H. Revell Company. This book comes...

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