{"product_id":"vintage-1949-drinkings-not-the-problem-clapp-crowell-hardcover","title":"1949 Drinking’s Not the Problem Charles Clapp Jr. Early AA Recovery Hardcover","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original 1949 hardcover edition of \u003cem\u003eDrinking's Not the Problem\u003c\/em\u003e by Charles Clapp Jr., published in New York by Thomas Y. Crowell Company — an uncommon early work with a particularly interesting place in the literature surrounding Alcoholics Anonymous and twentieth-century alcoholism recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClapp was associated with the Oxford Group and the early circle surrounding Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson. His relationship to that history was personal rather than merely academic: a copy of \u003cem\u003eDrinking's Not the Problem\u003c\/em\u003e remains in the library at Stepping Stones, the historic home of Bill and Lois Wilson, personally inscribed by Clapp to the couple in July 1949. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book examines alcoholism through the provocative premise announced by its title — that drinking itself is not the entirety of the underlying problem — placing the volume among the early postwar literature attempting to understand alcoholism, behavior and recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy retains its original dark navy cloth boards with gilt lettering along the spine. No dust jacket is present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn appealing addition to a collection devoted to Alcoholics Anonymous history, the Oxford Group, addiction and recovery literature, temperance, psychology or mid-century social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWORTH NOTING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Y. Crowell Company in 1949\u003c\/strong\u003e. Contemporary bibliographic records independently confirm the original publication information. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Clapp Jr. had direct connections to the early AA movement. His earlier \u003cem\u003eDrunks Are Square Pegs\u003c\/em\u003e was personally inscribed to Bill Wilson in 1942, and \u003cem\u003eDrinking's Not the Problem\u003c\/em\u003e was represented in Bill and Lois Wilson's personal library at Stepping Stones. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular copy is \u003cstrong\u003enot represented as having belonged to, or having been associated with, Bill or Lois Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo dust jacket is present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEASUREMENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 8\" high × 5.5\" wide × 0.85\" deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasurements are approximate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePre-owned 1949 hardcover in vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisible age-related wear includes rubbing and wear to the cloth boards and fraying\/wear at the head and tail of the spine. Pages show expected age toning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo dust jacket is present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease review all photographs closely for binding, boards, spine, gilt lettering, page edges and interior condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE HOUSE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome books become more interesting when you discover who else had one on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished only a decade after the founding text of Alcoholics Anonymous, this unassuming navy volume belonged to the same formative world of recovery thought — and another copy, inscribed by Charles Clapp himself, found its way into the personal library of Bill and Lois Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOurs carries no such provenance, but it carries the same words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~ Maxwell\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Y. Crowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48707832578242,"sku":"HOG-Gy-HDBG-1260","price":148.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0720\/7285\/5746\/files\/item-018_HOG-Gy-HDBG-1260_SGW-274245278_hero_08787e97-6f5d-4a37-810b-b7cda5e11557.png?v=1788202215","url":"https:\/\/thehouseofgenevieve.com\/products\/vintage-1949-drinkings-not-the-problem-clapp-crowell-hardcover","provider":"The House of Genevieve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}