Second Edition

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2nd Edition

• continuation of 1st Edition
• cover art by J. C. Leyendecker
• 1914-1927 (13 years)
• 2,610,471 copies printed (average 200,805 copies printed per year)
• size 121x184x16 mm (4-3/4x7-1/4x5/8") [early printings]
• size 121x178x16 mm (4-3/4x7x5/8") [later printings]
• 29 printings (called "editions" until the 33rd printing; numbering of printings continued from the previous edition, from 11 through 37; BSA records identify 27 "regular" printings plus a "reprint" of the 13th printing; in addtion, there was a special reprint of the 18th printing, apparently in error):
  —11th printing (1st pr of 2nd Ed) (Oct 1914, 50 000 copies)—grey cover, 472 numbered pages, Eleventh Edition and 1914 on title page
  —12th printing (2nd pr of 2nd Ed) (Jan 1915, 18 000 copies)—grey cover, 472 numbered pages, Twelfth Edition and 1914 on title page
  —13th printing (3rd pr of 2nd Ed) (Mar 1915, 100 000 copies)—grey cover, 464 numbered pages, Thirteenth Edition and 1915 on title page
  —13th printing reprint (3rd pr reprint of 2nd Ed) (Apr 1916, 15 000 copies)—grey cover, 464 numbered pages, Thirteenth Edition and 1916 on title page
  —14th printing (4th pr of 2nd Ed) (Jun 1916, 100 000 copies)—grey cover, 498 numbered pages, Fourteenth Edition and 1916 on title page
  —15th printing (5th pr of 2nd Ed) (Dec 1916, 100 000 copies)—rose cover, 498 numbered pages, Fifteenth Edition and 1916 on title page; cover has been reversed to correct the semaphore letter and to get the patrol colors on the right sleeve, and a knot has been added to the scroll on the Scout badge
  —16th printing (6th pr of 2nd Ed) (May 1917, 100 000 copies)—red cover, 498 numbered pages, Sixteenth Edition and 1917 on title page
  —17th printing (7th pr of 2nd Ed) (Dec 1917, 100 000 copies)—pale green cover, 498 numbered pages, Seventeenth Edition on title page
  —18th printing (8th pr of 2nd Ed) (May 1918, 100 000 copies)—pale green cover, 498 numbered pages, Eighteenth Edition on title page
  —18th printing reprint (8th pr reprint of 2nd Ed) (Dec 1918, apparently an error on the title page, corrected partway through the printing run, total of 100 000 copies for both 18th printing reprint and 19th printing)—pale green cover, 496 numbered pages, Eighteenth Edition Reprint on title page
  —19th printing (9th pr of 2nd Ed) (Dec 1918, see 18th printing reprint)—pale green cover, 496 numbered pages, Nineteenth Edition on title page
  —20th printing (10th pr of 2nd Ed) (May 1919, 100 000 copies)—pale green cover, 496 numbered pages, Twentieth Edition on title page
  —21st printing (11th pr of 2nd Ed) (Dec 1919, 100 000 copies)—pale green cover, 496 numbered pages, Twentyfirst Edition on title page
  —22nd printing (12th pr of 2nd Ed) (Jun 1920, 100 000 copies)—pale green cover, 492 numbered pages, Twentysecond Edition on title page
  —23rd printing (13th pr of 2nd Ed) (Jan 1921, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 488 numbered pages, Twentythird Edition on title page
  —24th printing (14th pr of 2nd Ed) (Jun 1921, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 488 numbered pages, Twentyfourth Edition on title page; cover signal flags changed to semaphore style; at least two cover variants exist with different type fonts for the title
  —25th printing (15th pr of 2nd Ed) (Feb 1922, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Twentyfifth Edition on title page
  —26th printing (16th pr of 2nd Ed) (Aug 1922, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Twentysixth Edition on title page
  —27th printing (17th pr of 2nd Ed) (Apr 1923, 112 000 copies as corrected in May 1924)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Twentyseventh Edition on title page
  —28th printing (18th pr of 2nd Ed) (Sep 1923 [this printing says May 1923, but the May 1924 Handbook corrects this to Sep 1923], 98 700 copies as corrected in May 1924)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Twentyeighth Edition on title page
  —29th printing (19th pr of 2nd Ed) (Jan 1924 [this printing says Dec 1923, but the May 1924 Handbook corrects this to Jan 1924], 111 398 copies as corrected in May 1924)—olive green cover, 488 numbered pages, Twentyninth Edition on title page
  —30th printing (20th pr of 2nd Ed) (May 1924, 105 373 copies as corrected in Jan 1925)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Twentyeighth Edition on title page
  —31st printing (21st pr of 2nd Ed) (Jan 1925, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Thirtyfirst Edition on title page
  —32nd printing (22nd pr of 2nd Ed) (May 1925, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Thirtysecond Edition on title page
  —33rd printing (23rd pr of 2nd Ed) (Aug 1925, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Thirtythird Printing on title page
  —34th printing (24th pr of 2nd Ed) (May 1926, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Thirtyfourth Printing on title page
  —35th printing (25th pr of 2nd Ed) (Jul 1926, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Thirtyfifth Printing on title page; several variants with different ads inside
  —36th printing (26th pr of 2nd Ed) (Mar 1927, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 516 numbered pages, Thirtysixth Printing on title page
  —37th printing (27th pr of 2nd Ed) (May 1927, 100 000 copies)—olive green cover, 512 numbered pages, Thirtyseventh Printing on title page

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