Third Edition - 1927

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3rd Edition

• title from title page—Revised Handbook for Boys, First Edition
• by BSA Editorial Board & various experts (H. W. Hurt, Editor)
• cover art by Norman Rockwell
• 1927-1940 (13 years)
• 3,507,128 copies printed (average 269,779 copies printed per year)
• size 114x178x19 mm (4-1/2x7x3/4")
• 32 printings:
  —1st printing (Nov 1927, 100 000 copies)—638 numbered pages, Nov 1927 1st printing not listed on printing page
  —2nd printing (Nov 1927, 100 000 copies)—some with 638 numbered pages & some with 636 numbered pages, Nov 1927 1st & 2nd printings listed on printing page
  —3rd printing (Dec 1927, 100 000 copies)—638 numbered pages, 3rd printing listed on printing page
  —4th printing (Jan 1928, 100 000 copies)—638 numbered pages, 4th printing listed on printing page
  —5th printing (Jan 1928, 100 000 copies)—638 numbered pages, 5th printing listed incorrectly on printing page as March 1928 (corrected in next printing)
  —6th printing (Mar 1928, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 6th printing listed on printing page
  —7th printing (Nov 1928, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 7th printing listed on printing page
  —8th printing (Nov 1928, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 8th printing listed incorrectly on printing page as January 1929 (corrected in next printing)
  —9th printing (Apr 1929, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 9th printing listed on printing page
  —10th printing (Aug 1929, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 10th printing listed on printing page
  —11th printing (Jan 1930, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 11th printing listed on printing page
  —12th printing (Apr 1930, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 12th printing listed on printing page
  —13th printing (Dec 1930, 100 000 copies)—650 numbered pages, 13th printing listed on printing page
  —14th printing (Mar 1931, 100 000 copies)—650 numbered pages, 14th printing listed on printing page
  —15th printing (Jun 1931, 100 000 copies)—646 numbered pages, 15th printing listed on printing page
  —16th printing (Apr 1932, 100 000 copies)—650 numbered pages, 16th printing listed on printing page
  —17th printing (Nov 1932, 100 000 copies)—650 numbered pages, 17th printing listed on printing page
  —18th printing (Jul 1933, 100 000 copies)—658 numbered pages, 18th printing listed on printing page
  —19th printing (Dec 1933, 100 000 copies)—658 numbered pages, 19th printing listed on printing page
  —20th printing (Sep 1934, 107 128 copies)—658 numbered pages, 20th printing listed on printing page (odd number of copies so that the next printing would be the 5 000 000th copy)
  —21st printing (Mar 1935, 100 000 copies)—658 numbered pages, 21st printing listed on printing page (approximately 5000 copies were printed with silver covers and had 4 extra pages to commemorate the presentation of the five-millionth copy to President Franklin Roosevelt)
  —22nd printing (Sep 1935, 100 000 copies)—658 numbered pages, 22nd printing listed on printing page (some copies had an ad on the back cover and some had a First Class badge)
  —23rd printing (Mar 1936, 100 000 copies)—660 numbered pages, 23rd printing listed on printing page
  —24th printing (Oct 1936, 100 000 copies)—660 numbered pages, 24th printing listed on printing page
  —25th printing (Dec 1936, 100 000 copies)—668 numbered pages, 25th printing listed on printing page
  —26th printing (Mar 1937, 100 000 copies)—668 numbered pages, 26th printing listed on printing page
  —27th printing (Sep 1937, 100 000 copies)—668 numbered pages, 27th printing listed on printing page
  —28th printing (Feb 1938, 100 000 copies)—668 numbered pages, 28th printing listed on printing page
  —29th printing (Apr 1938, 100 000 copies)—668 numbered pages, 29th printing listed on printing page
  —30th printing (Nov 1938, 200 000 copies)—676 numbered pages, 30th printing listed on printing page (some ads appeared in only 100 000 copies)
  —31st printing (Oct 1939, 200 000 copies)—676 numbered pages, 31st printing listed on printing page (some ads appeared in only 100 000 copies)
  —32nd printing (May 1940, 200 000 copies)—676 numbered pages, 32nd printing listed on printing page (some ads appeared in only 100 000 copies)

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