Original edition 1910 Boy Scouts of America Official Handbook Co-authored by Ernest Thompson Seton & Sir Robert S.S. Baden-Powell K.C.B. Cover design adapted from a Robert Baden-Powell drawing. Scout on stone holding national flag. Size 5 1/2" x 8", 192 pages. 1910 Linen cover "Price 25 Cents" 1910 Linen cover "Price 25 Cents/Net" 1910 Linen cover "Price 25 Cents Net" (shown on left) 1910 Hardback library copy, no picture on cover.
	First edition, also called Advanced edition 1911 - 1914 (1st - 10th printing) BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HANDBOOK FOR BOYS by BSA Editorial Board and various experts. Cover design by Gordon Grant. Scout waving hat in air while shouting. Each printing was called an "edition". Size 4 7/8" x 7 1/4", 400-440 pages 1911 unknown month, brown linen cover (shown on left) 1911 unknown month, green hardback cover 1911 unknown month, brown hardback cover 1911 June proof copy green linen cover 1911 August 1st printing, green linen cover & hardbound; also red leather cover 1911 November 2nd printing, olive drab linen cover & hardbound, also red leather cover 1911 December Reprint of 2nd printing, maroon linen cover 1912 May 3rd printing, olive drab linen & hardbound; also in black and red leather cover 1912 July 4th printing, maroon linen cover 1913 January 5th printing, maroon linen cover, pale green hardbound, & red leather cover 1913 May 6th printing, maroon linen cover, pale green hardbound, & red leather cover 1913 October 7th printing, orange cover, maroon linen cover, pale green hardbound, & red leather cover 1913 December 8th printing, pale green cover, maroon linen cover 1914 February 9th printing, maroon linen cover, pale green hardbound, & red leather cover 1914 March 10th printing, maroon linen cover, pale green hardbound, & red leather cover
	Every Boy's Library, 1914 hardbound edition HANDBOOK FOR BOYS (Revised Edition) BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Forward by James E. West, The "Boy Scout Certificate" and "Scout History" Size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/4"
	Second edition, 1914 - 1927, (11th - 37th printing) BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HANDBOOK FOR BOYS Cover design by J. C. Leyendecker. 1914 - 1916: Scout in center looking to his right, signaling with flags while another scout looks through binoculars. Light gray cover, no knot on first class ensignia and patches on wrong side. Wrong signal (no such signal exist) and use of Morse code flags instead of semaphore flags. Each printing was designated on the cover as an "edition". Size 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" (early printings) / 4 3/4 x 7" (later printings), 464-516 pages 1914 October 11th printing, grey linen cover(shown on left) 1915 January 12th printing, grey linen cover 1915 March 13th printing, grey linen cover 1915 April Reprint, grey linen cover (title page says "Thirteenth Edition 1916") 1916 June 14th printing, grey linen cover
	Image was reversed (flipped 180 degrees), resulting in the correct signal, the letter 'L', but still improper use of Morse code flags. Knot now appears on ensignia. 1916 December 15th printing, light red linen cover 1917 May* 16th printing, red linen cover (shown on left)
	1917 December 17th printing, pale green linen cover. Morse code flags. (shown on left) 1918 May 18th printing, pale green linen cover 1918 December 19th printing, reprint of 18th edition, pale green cover 1919 May 20th printing, pale green linen cover 1919 December* 21st printing, pale green linen cover 1920 June 22nd printing, pale green linen cover 1921 January 23rd printing, olive green linen cover
	Correct signal ('L') and correct use of semaphore flags. Updated uniform. 1921 June 24th printing, olive green cover Old style font 1921 June* 24th printing, olive green cover New style font(shown on left)[back cover design] 1921 June 24th printing, hard cover, Every Boy's Library series
	1922 - 1927, 25th - 37th edition all have an olive green linen cover, as shown on left. Old style font on cover. 1922 February* 25th printing, olive green cover [back cover] 1922 August 26th printing, olive green cover 1923 April 27th printing, olive green cover 1923 September 28th printing, olive green cover 1924 January 29th printing, olive green cover 1924 May 30th printing, olive green cover 1925 January 31st printing, olive green cover 1925 May 32nd printing, olive green cover 1925 August 33rd printing, olive green cover 1925 August 33rd printing, maroon leather cover 1926 May 34th printing, olive green cover 1926 July 35th printing, olive green cover 1927 March* 36th printing, olive green cover 1927 May 37th printing, olive green cover
no price on cover price on cover	Third edition, "Revised first edition" 1927 - 1940, also referred to as the third edition HANDBOOK FOR BOYS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA by BSA Editorial Board and various experts. Edited by H. W. Hurt. Cover design by Norman Rockwell. Profile of scout over blue background with silhouettes of famous Americans. Size 4 1/2 x 7", 638-676 pages 1927 unknown Proof, printed in black ink, no cover ads 1927 November 1st printing no price on cover [back cover design] 1927 November 2nd printing (note: same month as 1st printing, same front and back cover as previous) 1927 December 3rd printing 1928 January 4th printing [back cover] 1928 January 5th printing (note: same month as previous printing) 1928 March 6th printing 1928 November 7th printing 1928 November 8th printing (note: same month as previous printing) 1929 April 9th printing 1929 August 10th printing 1930 January 11th printing 1930 April 12th printing 1930 December 13th printing [back cover] 1931 March 14th printing 1931 June 15th printing [back cover] 1932 April 16th printing 1932 November 17th printing 1933 July 18th printing [back cover] 1933 December 19th printing 1934 September 20th printing 1935 March 21st printing 1935 March 21st special printing, Silver cover, 5 millionth printed 1935 September 22nd printing [back cover] 1936 March 23rd printing, two different ads printed on back cover 1936 October 24th printing 1936 December 25th printing 1937 March 26th printing, price on cover [back cover] 1937 September 27th printing 1938 February 28th printing 1938 April 29th printing 1939 November 30th printing 1939 October* 31st printing 1940 May 32nd printing [back cover]
	Fourth edition, "Revised first edition" 1940 - 1946 HANDBOOK FOR BOYS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Cover design by Norman Rockwell. Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Sea Scout walking from right to left, green background. Size 4 1/2" x 7" (early printings) / 4 1/8" x 6" (later printings), 570-680 pages 1940 December 33rd printing 1941 December 34th printing 1942 December 35th printing [back cover] 1943 December 36th printing 1944 September 37th printing, size of book reduced to save paper & ink 1945 September 38th printing, smaller size 1946 June* 39th printing, smaller size There were no printings of the handbook in 1947
	Fifth edition, first cover 1948 - 1949 HANDBOOK FOR BOYS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA by various experts. Edited by Ted Pettit Cover design by Don Ross. Five Boy Scouts of a patrol hiking through the brush. Size 4 1/8" x 6 5/8", 564 - 568 pages. 1948 June* 1st printing price on cover [back cover] 1949 April* 2nd printing no price on cover
	Fifth edition, second cover 1950 - 1958 HANDBOOK FOR BOYS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA by various experts. Edited by Ted Pettit Cover design by Don Ross. Three Scouts sitting around campfire with Indian spirit in background. Size 4 1/8" x 6 5/8", 564 - 568 pages. 1950 April 3rd printing 1951 January 4th printing 1952 June* 5th printing 1953 June* 6th printing 1954 June 7th printing 1955 February 8th printing 1956 January 9th printing 1957 January 10th printing 1957 January 10th printing, special presentation edition with 4 page insert 1957 October 11th printing 1958 September 12th printing
	Sixth edition 1959 - 1965 BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA by William Hillcourt Cover design by Norman Rockwell. Boy Scout hiking with backpack waving to reader. Camp scene in background. Book size increased. Size 5 3/8 x 8", 472-480 pages. 1959 November 1st printing 1960 August 2nd printing 1961 August* 3rd printing 1962 September 4th printing 1963 March 5th printing, [hardbound edition] 1964 January* 6th printing 1964 Special 6th edition, 4 Vol hardbound set printed in braille 11 1/4" tall X 11" wide [photo 1] [pages, cloth bookmark] 1965 March* 7th printing
	Seventh edition 1965 - 1971 BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Cover design by Dom Lupo. Three Scouts with backpacks. Camp scene in background. Size 5 3/8 x 8", 488 pages. 1965 September* 1st printing 1966 April 2nd printing 1967 January 3rd printing 1968 February 4th printing 1969 January* 5th printing 1970 February 6th printing 1971 January 7th printing
	Eighth edition, first cover 1972 - 1975 SCOUT HANDBOOK by Frederick L. Hines Cover design is a simple drawing of several Scouts looking through a telescope. The Scouts are wearing the red barrettes that were the uniform hat of the day. Size 5 1/4" x 8", 480 pages. 1972 June* 1st printing 1973 February 2nd printing 1975 January 3rd printing There were no printings of the handbook in 1974
	Eighth edition, second cover 1976 - 1977 SCOUT HANDBOOK by Frederick L. Hines Cover design by Joseph Csatari. Scouts in various activities moving left to right on white background. Size 5 1/4" x 8", 480 pages. 1976 October 4th printing 1977 December* 5th printing There were no printings of the handbook in 1978
	Ninth edition 1979 - 1988 THE OFFICIAL BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK by William Hillcourt Cover design by Norman Rockwell, titled "Come and Get It". Scouts on bank of creek, one Scout taste the cooking of a younger Scout. Size 5 1/4" x 8", 575-576 pages. 1979 February* 1st printing (soft cover) BOY SCOUT printed in black. 1979 February 1st printing (hard cover) BOY SCOUT printed in black. 1979 February 1st printing (soft cover) BOY SCOUT printed in red. 1979 June 2nd printing (red) 1980 March 3rd printing (red) 1981 February 4th printing (red) 1981 December 5th printing (red) 1982 October* 6th printing 1983 October 7th printing (red) 1984 September 8th printing 1985 October 9th printing (red) 1986 November 10th printing (red) 1988 February 11th printing 1988 November 12th printing (red) There were no printings of the handbook in 1987 and 1989
	Tenth edition 1990 - 1998 THE BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK THE TRAIL TO EAGLE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA by Robert Birkby Cover design: photos of Scouts repelling, camping, and white water rafting. Size 5 1/4" x 8", 661 pages. 1990* January 1st printing 1990 February Limited Presidential Issue, leather bound, only 3,000 copies printed 1990 April 2nd printing 1991 July 3rd printing 1992 December 4th printing 1994 April 5th printing 1996 February 6th printing [hard cover] 1997* May 7th printing
	Eleventh edition 1998 - THE BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA by Robert Birkby Cover design: Photos of Scouts in silhouette hiking uphill with mountain in background; eagle, leaf. Size 5 3/8" x 8 1/2". 472 pages. 1998* December 1st printing 1st printing Special Limited Issue, millenium edition, only 2000 copies made 1999 October 2nd printing 2000 September 3rd printing 2002 March 4th printing 2003? ? 5th printing ? ? ? Coil Bound (bottom photo) includes Parents Guide

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