The Anonymous Press Study Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (Black)

ISBN: 189295902X

Author: Alcoholics Anonymous

Condition: New

Black leather-bound hardcover. Contains: The First 164 pages of The Big Book with lined pages opposite text for note taking and paragraph numbers along side the text for easy reference. Entire Original Manuscript including the stories. Easy to read retyped version. Includes paragraph numbers corresponding to the modern text for easy comparison. Footnotes explaining historical and obscure references in the text. Footnotes documenting all 79 differences between the modern text and the original 1st printing text of the 1st 164 pages. Yes, believe it or not, the basic text has been changed 79 times since it was first published. Two place keeping ribbons. Special "lay flat" binding. Comprehensive reference section includes: Word Index- Practically every word in the main text indexed by paragraph number. 19,344 entries (really) Subject Index- References to all the common study subjects indexed by paragraph number. 1,605 entries Dictionary- Definitions to the obscure and key words taken from dictionaries in use at the time the book was written. Mostly from the 1937 Unabridged Webster's Dictionary. 276 entries