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Sale 426: Fine Books in All Fields - Wizard of Oz - Illustrated Books - Fine Printing (#426) 04/15/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #265The Common Sense of Drinking

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$2,343

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

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Sale 426: Fine Books in All Fields - Wizard of Oz - Illustrated Books - Fine Printing (#426) 04/15/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/15/2010 1:00 PM PDT

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zzh(Alcoholism)

Title:

The Common Sense of Drinking

Author:

Peabody, Richard R.

Place Published:

Boston

Publisher:

Little, Brown, and Company

Date Published:

1931

Description:

xvi, 191 pp. Red cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.

Rare first edition of a work that provided inspiration (and even some language) to Bill Wilson as he authored the "Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous, first published in 1939. Among the phrases/ideas that Wilson borrowed for his work are "Halfway measures were of no avail." (p. 99), "Once a drunkard always a drunkard." (p. 82) and "The story of the retired businessman." (p. 123). Scarce.

Condition:

Jacket with some light edge wear, dampstaining along spine and lower edge; volume with some light staining along spine and board edges, staple holes through front board and first 8 leaves (staple removed); faint staining at page edges; else very good in a like jacket.

Item#:

209836

Headline:

Richard Peabody The Common Sense of Drinking
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