Throughout history one of the most frustratingly incurable of mankind's many horrors has been the problem of alcoholism and addiction. In 1935, on Mother's Day, in Akron Ohio, what could be argued as one of the greatest positive events of the 20th century took place. Two men whose lives have been destroyed by alcohol abuse discovered a solution -- not a scientific cure for alcoholism, but a way NOT to drink -- one day at a time. Not unlike the goings on almost two thousand years earlier among another group of people in trouble and in search, the very small group quickly became a community. From the dregs to the cream of society ...sitting together, laughing together, crying together, talking about strange things, people with a certain quality, a fellowship so oddly compelling that strangers dropping by out of curiosity would stay for the entire session. Soon a small group of 2 or 3 became many groups, then a large community. Then they decided to write it all down. Forgetting the demand side of the supply and demand equation, the first 7 printings of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS are genuinely scarce. The 2nd through 7th each had a print run of only 5000 copies while the coveted 1st printing, "the red book," had only 4,730. Offered is that very prized first edition, first printing text book entitled, Alcoholics Anonymous. Its signature red cover shows signs of wear on the top corners of both front and back. The binding, still intact, is relatively tight though somewhat soft in certain spots. Add to that the lightly and evenly toned pages within and the end result is a technical grade of VG-EX to EX making it one of the finer specimens ever to be offered at auction.