Alcoholics Anonymous 3rd Edition 2nd Printing - 1977, ODJ

Alcoholics Anonymous 3rd Edition 2nd Printing Big Book This is a true 2nd printing with the indication of 28,000 groups in 1976 on page 16, as well as the "12/76" on the original dust jacket, indicating December 1976.  Information about the Third Edition of the Big Book: “Originally published in 1939, when A.A. membership numbered only about one hundred, the first edition of his book went through more than 300,000 copies. The second edition, appearing in 1955, when membership had reached past 150,000, eventually brought the total distribution to over 1,450,000 copies. By the time this third edition went to the printer, in March 1976, A.A. membership worldwide was estimated conservatively at 1,000,000. The number of personal stories has been increased to forty-four in this edition, in order to represent more accurately the wide variety of individuals now finding recovery from alcoholism in A.A. But the basic text (pages 1 through 164) remains unchanged. This is the A.A. message, just a