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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.

  • Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie - 1909 David Shaw
    Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie - 1909 David Shaw

    Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie - 1909

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    Twice Born Men: A Clinic in Regeneration by Harold Begbie. This book was published in 1909 by Fleming H. Revell Company. This book is dedicated to ...

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  • Ten Nights in a Bar-Room: A Temperance Drama in Five Acts Recovery Collectibles
    Ten Nights in a Bar-Room: A Temperance Drama in Five Acts Recovery Collectibles

    Ten Nights in a Bar-Room: A Temperance Drama in Five Acts

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    Ten Nights in a Bar-Room: A Temperance Drama in Five Acts FOUNDED ON MR. T. S. ARTHUR'S NOVELBY WILLIAM W. PRATT REVISED EDITION, GIVING CAST OF CH...

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  • Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie - ODJ Recovery Collectibles
    Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie - ODJ Recovery Collectibles

    Twice Born Men by Harold Begbie - ODJ

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    Twice Born Men: A Clinic in Regeneration by Harold Begbie. This book was originally published in 1909 by Fleming H. Revell Co. This printing of the...

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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 Principles of Jesus(The Four Absolutes) by Robert E. Speer - 5th Edition Recovery Collectibles
    The Principles of Jesus(The Four Absolutes) by Robert E. Speer - 5th Edition Recovery Collectibles

    The Principles of Jesus(The Four Absolutes) by Robert E. Speer - 5th Edition

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    The Principles of Jesus by Robert E. Speer. This is a Fifth Edition with a copyright date 1902. This book was published by Fleming H. Revell Compan...

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  • To Drink or Not To Drink by Charles H. Durfee - 1942 Recovery Collectibles
    To Drink or Not To Drink by Charles H. Durfee - 1942 Recovery Collectibles

    To Drink or Not To Drink by Charles H. Durfee - 1942

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    To Drink or Not To Drink by Charles H. Durfee This printing of the book is from 1942. The book has an original copyright date of 1937. The author w...

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  • A Reprint of REMAKING A MAN by Courtenay Baylor Recovery Collectibles
    A Reprint of REMAKING A MAN by Courtenay Baylor Recovery Collectibles

    A Reprint of REMAKING A MAN by Courtenay Baylor

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    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...

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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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  • The Art of Selfishness: How To Deal With the Tyrants and the Tyrannies in Your Life by David Seabury Recovery Collectibles
    The Art of Selfishness: How To Deal With the Tyrants and the Tyrannies in Your Life by David Seabury Recovery Collectibles

    The Art of Selfishness: How To Deal With the Tyrants and the Tyrannies in Your Life by David Seabury

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    The Art of Selfishness: How To Deal With the Tyrants and the Tyrannies in Your Life by David Seabury This is a book that was read by AA Co-Founde...

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  • The Subconscious Mind by Worcester, McComb, Coriat - 1920 Recovery Collectibles
    The Subconscious Mind by Worcester, McComb, Coriat - 1920 Recovery Collectibles

    The Subconscious Mind by Worcester, McComb, Coriat - 1920

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    The Subconscious Mind ITS NATURE AND VALUE FOR THE CURE OF NERVOUS DISORDERS BY MEANS OF SUGGESTION AND AUTO-SUGGESTION by Elwood Worcester, Samuel...

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  • The Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R. Peabody - 1933 - ODJ Rex Jarret
    The Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R. Peabody - 1933 - ODJ Rex Jarret
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    The Common Sense of Drinking by Richard R. Peabody - 1933 - ODJ

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    The 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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