Title: Calvary Church - Yesterday and Today, by Samuel M. Shoemaker, a significant founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Author: Shoemaker, Samuel M. Place: New York, NY Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company Date: 1936 Description: xii, [5], 324 pp. Prefatory piece by Henry Yates Satterlee. With plates from photographs and other sources, in addition to a colored frontispiece, by Edward Overton-Jones. Also includes fold-out plan of the Calvary Church. 19.8x29.7cm (6x9"). Blue hardcover with gilded lettering and illustrated jacket. First Edition. Samuel M. Shoemaker, a priest of the Episcopal Church and one of the founding fathers of Alcoholics Anonymous. The philosophy that he codified in collaboration with Bill Wilson has spread worldwide, and contributed to the treatment of alcoholism. The book is i nscribed and signed by the author, "For Constance Overton-Jones -in the history making fellowship -and in gratitude for Ted and the frontispiece! -Sam -Easter 1936". Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket worn, fading and small spots of fraying at edges of cover, otherwise very good or better. Item number: 247478
Title: Calvary Church - Yesterday and Today, by Samuel M. Shoemaker, a significant founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Author: Shoemaker, Samuel M. Place: New York, NY Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company Date: 1936 Description: xii, [5], 324 pp. Prefatory piece by Henry Yates Satterlee. With plates from photographs and other sources, in addition to a colored frontispiece, by Edward Overton-Jones. Also includes fold-out plan of the Calvary Church. 19.8x29.7cm (6x9"). Blue hardcover with gilded lettering and illustrated jacket. First Edition. Samuel M. Shoemaker, a priest of the Episcopal Church and one of the founding fathers of Alcoholics Anonymous. The philosophy that he codified in collaboration with Bill Wilson has spread worldwide, and contributed to the treatment of alcoholism. The book is i nscribed and signed by the author, "For Constance Overton-Jones -in the history making fellowship -and in gratitude for Ted and the frontispiece! -Sam -Easter 1936". Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket worn, fading and small spots of fraying at edges of cover, otherwise very good or better. Item number: 247478
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