viii, [2], 400 pp. 23.5x15.5 cm (9¼x6¼"), original blue cloth, title blindstamped on cover, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, third printing.
One of 5000 copies of this third print run. Published June 1942, of which at the time, Columnist Earl Wilson reports NYC Police Chief Valentine sent six cops to AA and they sobered up saying, "There are fewer suicides in my files." Also, New York A.A. groups sponsor the first annual NY area meeting. In facsimile dust jacket.