Habits That Handicap by Charles B. Towns from 1920 with the original dust jacket

Habits That Handicap by Charles B. Towns. This book has its original dust jacket. Copyright page indicates that this book was published in December 1919. The year 1920 is labeled on the title page.

This book is in excellent condition with some wear. The cover has some rubbing marks and fading. Normal toning to the pages for a book of its age. There is ha writing and an address label on the first page of the book. The pages are clean with no other writing or markings inside the book. The dust jacket has some wear. It is torn at the spine. There is edge wear and chipping. Held together very well by the brodart cover.

Charles Towns is well known in the recovery community as he owned the hospital that AA cofounder Bill Wilson checked into and received treatment from Dr. Silkworth as well as had his spiritual experience in the hospital. Towns was also instrumental in the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous by investing in and loaning money to Bill Wilson to get the First Printing Big Book printed in 1939.

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