
Original Edition - 1910

Seton's Original Version
Baden-Powell's Version
Original Edition Summary and Printing History
- title from title pageA Handbook of Woodcraft,
Scouting, and Life-craft
- by Ernest Thompson Seton & Robert Baden-Powell
- cover art by Robert Baden-Powell (with modification)
- 1910-1911 (1 year)
- 68,900 copies printed (average 68,900 copies printed per year)
- approx. size 140x203x13 mm (5-1/2x8x1/2")
- 3-4 printings:
at least 4 printing variants known
all with 192 numbered pages
all with dark green lettering on light green oilcloth cover
variants 1-3 have two-author title (Seton & B-P) and were all printed in 1910
variant 1 has "PRICE 25 CENTS" at bottom of cover
variant 2 has "PRICE 25 CENTS" with word "NET" beneath
variant 3 has "PRICE 25 CENTS NET" on one line
variant 4 cover shows single author (Seton); this variant may have been printed by
Seton on his own in 1911, after the 1st Edition Handbook was released
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