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The 1939 title page
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism
Works Publishing Company · New York City · 1939
As printed in 1939: Copyright, April, 1939 by Works Publishing Company, Church Street Annex Post Box 657, New York City. All rights reserved.
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