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Charles
Bishop, Jr. is celebrating over 34 years as a full-time
Antiquarian Bookseller-Appraiser specializing in the
Literature of Alcoholics Anonymous and Alcoholism. Over
the years he has issued 46 catalogs of books about alcoholism
for sale. The Bishop of Books is his company name. He
is the co-author with Bill Pittman of "To Be
Continued…The Alcoholics Anonymous World Bibliography
1935-1994". He has published 11 books
on A.A. and The History of Alcoholism. He
has appraised the libraries of Dr. Robert H. Smith,
Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous; Ernest Kurtz, author
of "NOT-GOD: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous";
Clarence Snyder, Cleveland A.A. founder; as well as
numerous private collections. 1990-2000, 2002 and 2009-2010,
he has published an annual Sobriety Calendar. He sold
his private alcoholism library of 15,000 items to Brown
University where it resides as The
Chester Kirk Collection of Alcoholics Anonymous and
Alcoholism. He has presented topics on
alcoholism history and Alcoholics Anonymous at St. Francis
Hospital and IRETA, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bethany College,
Bethany, WV; West Virginia University Mining School;
and Gateway Treatment Center. He was the West Virginia
Area 73 A.A. Archivist for six years. He is a
1960 graduate of Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling,
WV.
Read Charlie's investigative essay, "Spirituality
versus Legalism in Alcoholics Anonymous"
which discusses in depth Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services’ legal and corporate actions over the
years.
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