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A Rare Working Manuscript of the ‘Big Book’ of Alcoholics Anonymous Tagged Up To $2 M. Heads to Auction at Christie’s from Jim Irsay Estate
The Library of Congress has classified ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ as one of the 88 ‘Books That Shaped America.’
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According to ARTnews’s source item, A Rare Working Manuscript of the ‘Big Book’ of Alcoholics Anonymous Tagged Up To $2 M. Heads to Auction at Christie’s from Jim Irsay Estate, The Library of Congress has classified ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ as one of the 88 ‘Books That Shaped America.’
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