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PROGRAMS FOR 
SCOUTMASTERS of
BOY SCOUTS of AMERICA

PROOF COPY

338 pages

1913	1st imprint


First edition
1914 - 1919

HANDBOOK FOR SCOUT MASTERS

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

338 pages

1913	1st imprint
1914
1918	8th imprint hardcover


Second edition
1920 - 1936

HANDBOOK FOR SCOUTMASTERS
A MANUEL OF LEADERSHIP

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

all are hardcover except where noted.

1920	1st imprint black hardcover, 606 pages
1922	2nd imprint
1922	3rd imprint green hardcover(shown on left, top)
1923	4th imprint brown hardcover
1923*	5th imprint soft, green cover
1924	6th imprint
	7th imprint
1925	8th imprint maroon hardcover (shown on left, bottom)

1926	red hardcover

1927	11th imprint orange hardcover
1927	12th imprint orange hardcover
1928 	red hardcover

1929	14th imprint maroon hardcover
1930	15th imprint soft cover, 676 pages
1930	The Scoutmaster and his Troop (shown on right)
1932	red hardcover
1934	maroon hardcover
1935
Third edition
1935 - 1946

HANDBOOK FOR SCOUTMASTERS

A MANUEL OF LEADERSHIP
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

All hardcovers

1936 December	1st imprint  volumes 1 (chp 1-25) and 2 (chp 26-42)
1937 Febraury	2nd imprint
1937 November	3rd imprint
1938 October	4th imprint
1939 March	5th imprint
1940 November	6th imprint
		7th imprint
1942 		8th imprint volumes 1 and 2
1943 		9th imprint volumes 1 and 2

1945 


Fourth edition
1947 - 1959

HANDBOOK FOR SCOUTMASTERS

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

Cover by Don Ross
Size: 4 1/2 by 7 inches with 512 pages

1947 	1st printing
1947	green hardcover, no markings

1952	6th printing
1955	9th printing
1956    10th printing
1957
Fifth edition
1959 - 1970

SCOUTMASTER'S HANDBOOK
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

Cover by Norman Rockwell
Size: 4 1/2" x 7" with 509 pages including an index. 

1959	1st printing
1961	
1963	
1964	6th printing
1966	8th printing
1967	9th printing
1968	10th printing

1970
Sixth edition
1970 - 1981

SCOUTMASTER'S HANDBOOK

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

1972	1st printing
1973 
1975
1980
Seventh edition
1981 - 1990

THE OFFICIAL SCOUTMASTER'S HANDBOOK

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

1981 July		1st printing
1987 printing
1989 printing
Eighth edition
1990 - 1998

THE SCOUTMASTER HANDBOOK

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA


1990 printing

Ninth edition
1998 - current

THE SCOUTMASTER HANDBOOK

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA


1998 printing