In June 1944, Father Ralph Pfau, also known by the pseudonym Father John Doe, started hosting Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) retreats at St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana. These retreats are significant in the history of AA as they were among the first of their kind. However, it is challenging to definitively state if these were…
Calvary Church Yesterday and Today by Samuel M. Shoemaker. This book is inscribed by Shoemaker. The inscription reads: “To Elizabeth Simmons, With a welcome into the family of Calvary Parish. From Sam Shoemaker” — This book is a first printing from 1936 with a photocopy reproduction dust jacket. This rare book is a classic from Samuel Shoemaker and…
Signed by Bill and Lois Wilson – Alcoholics Anonymous First Edition, Eleventh Printing (1947) with Original Dust Jacket This is an exceptional and highly significant early Big Book—a First Edition, Eleventh Printing (1947)—personally signed by AA Co-Founder Bill Wilson and his wife, Lois Wilson, the co-founder of Al-Anon. Together-signed copies, where both Bill and Lois…