Original Edition - 1910

 
Seton's Original Version                  Baden-Powell's Version

Original Edition Summary and Printing History

• title from title page—A 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

BSA TROOP 23

•

B O Y   S C O U T S

O F   A M E R I C A

•

Great Barrington, MA