Product Listing - Boy Scouts

Stevenson, James G. A COLLECTOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, DANIEL CARTER BEARD Boy Scout Edition Sarasota, FL Scout Memorabilia 1979 Reprint Stapled wraps 8 pages. Fine No Dust Jacket B&W Photographs New, unused copy. No flaws. A newsletter reprint (revised) of a 1973 article, printed on white paper. Pages are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches. Includes 1 page of photos of these 3 founders of Boy Scouting. Includes a list of sources for the information. Both books and magazine articles are included in the listings. This reprinted article from the 1973 newsletter provides the basic information regarding collecting the popular writings of the 3 primary founders of the Boy Scouts of America. This is more of a list of published materials, rather than complete bibliographical information, but very useful, nonetheless.

Inventory #: 3782
Price: $ 9.90

Boy Scouts Of America BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK New Brunswick, NJ Boy Scouts Of America 1967 Seventh Edition Third Printing TradePaperback Small 8vo 448 pages. Good+ No Dust Jacket Very minor creases on spine, wraps lightly rubbed. Corners curled, initials to fore edge of text block, previous owner's name, address and phone inked to half title page. Binding nice and tight, minimal shelf wear, covers nice and bright. The classic Scout handbook of the sixties..

Inventory #: 963
Price: $ 14.00

Fisk, Chuck and Doug Bearce COLLECTING SCOUTING LITERATURE A Collector's Guide to Boy Scout Fiction and Non-Fiction Salem, OR Private Printing 1990 Second Revised Edition Softcover Small 4to 183 pages. Fine No Dust Jacket 8 and one half inches x 11" in wraps. A comprehensive annotated bibliography of Boy Scout literature. It includes bibliographies of the founders including Lord Baden Powell, Dan Beard, W. D. Boyce, Frank Cheley, James I. Crump, William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, Ernest Thompson Seton, and James West. All of the official BSA publications are listed with very useful information about editions, printings, and number of copies (when known) . Boy Scout fiction authors and books are also included, as well as unofficial, related works, and a number of reference books for collectors of Scouting memorabilia, especially patches. This is an indispensable reference book for researchers, collectors, and those with even a casual interest in Boy Scout literature.

Inventory #: 3946
Price: $ 23.95

Boy Scouts Of America DEN CHIEF'S DENBOOK New Brunswick, NJ Boy Scouts Of America 1948 Not First Edition Softcover 16mo 176 pages. Very Good No Dust Jacket Very light soiling to wraps, top corner of front cover with diagonal crease, small amount of wear to spine, previous owner's information pencilled on forms printed on front endpapers. Very stiff soft covers, book is very clean and bright. Nice copy. Handbook for Boy Scouts serving in the leadership position of Den Chief for a Cub Scout Den. Programs, activities, games, and other ideas for Den meetings.

Inventory #: 926
Price: $ 8.00

Miller, Don Willard EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY Boy Scout Edition Sarasota, FL Scout Memorabilia 1981 Reprint Stapled wraps 8 pages. Fine No Dust Jacket New, unused copy. No flaws. A newsletter reprint of a 1981 article, printed on blue paper. Pages are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches. Includes 2 pages of photos of books. Includes complete checklist of 76 titles in this popular Boy Scout series. This reprinted article from the 1981 newsletter provides the basic information regarding collecting the popular, official Boy Scouts of Amerca literature series known as the Every Boy's Library.

Inventory #: 3766
Price: $ 8.00

Boy Scouts Of America FIELDBOOK FOR BOYS AND MEN New Brunswick, NJ Boy Scouts Of America 1981 0839532016 Second Edition Thirteenth Printing Softcover Small 8vo 566 pages. Good+ No Dust Jacket Minimal rubbing, creasing and shelf wear. Previous owner's rubber stamped name and address to rear cover, and half title page. Binding nice and tight, wraps clean and bright as are contents. The Scouts' advanced outdoor skills guide. 2nd edition, 13th printing, Sept. , 1981.

Inventory #: 960
Price: $ 16.00

Boy Scouts Of America SCOUT HANDBOOK North Brunswick, NJ Boy Scouts Of America 1972 0839565003 Eighth Edition First Printing Softcover Small 8vo 480 pages. Very Good- No Dust Jacket Wraps rubbed, shelfwear, previous owner's name, address, phone inked to inside front cover. Illustrated wraps, binding nice and tight, contents clean and bright, book appears unused, unread. The revised handbook for the 1970's.

Inventory #: 967
Price: $ 14.00

Boy Scouts Of America STAFF MANAGEMENT MANUAL New York Boy Scouts Of America 1947 Revised Edition First Printing Hardcover 8vo 175 pages. Very Good No Dust Jacket Spine ends crimped and worn, covers lightly soiled, faded, corners bumped, previous owner's name on ffep, pencilled notes to front endpapers and a few of the pages. Red leatherette covered boards, gold stamped lettering to spine and front. The August, 1947 first revised edition of the 1941 book, by the Staff of the Division of Personnel. A comprehensive guide for Scouting Professionals, with sample forms, meeting plans, leadership skills, community and sponsor relationships, training, etc. Includes a contemporaneous reading list and index.

Inventory #: 936
Price: $ 25.00

Cuhaj, George STANDARD PRICE GUIDE TO U.S. SCOUTING COLLECTIBLES Iola, WI Krause Publications 1998 0873415205 First Edition Remainder Softcover 323 pages. Very Good+ No Dust Jacket Photographs New, unused book. Red remainder mark to foot of text block. Slight rubbing to covers. Glossy, pictorial wraps. Oversized trade paperback. A comprehensive quality review of Boy Scout collectibles.

Inventory #: 3755
Price: $ 12.90

Blassingame, Wyatt David Hodges STORY OF THE BOY SCOUTS Champaign, IL Garrard Publishing Company 1968 First Edition Ex-Lib Hardcover 8vo 96 pages. Very Good+ No Dust Jacket Minimal ex lib faults, spine ends crimped, lower corners bumped, some very light soiling to rear board.. Illustrated boards, many illustrations throughout, color and black & white photos, drawings. Binding nice and tight, clean and bright as are contents. A history of the Boy Scouts for younger readers.

Inventory #: 958
Price: $ 19.00

Grant, Bruce Fiore and Jackie Mastri THE BOY SCOUT ENCYCLOPEDIA Text and Illustrations Prepared under the Direction of the Boy Scouts of America Chicago, IL Rand McNally 1952 Not First Edition Hardcover Small 4to 180 pages. Very Good Poor B&W Illustrations Price clipped DJ with chips, tears, small pieces missing, rubbed, soiled. Corners of book bumped. Illustrated DJ, olive green cloth boards, light green lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Full page color illustration on frontispiece. A very clean and bright copy. The 1958 edition, originally published 1952. A comprehensive, alphabetically arranged book about Boy Scouts for children. Covers Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Explorers, and was authorized by the Boy Scouts of America.

Inventory #: 935
Price: $ 19.00

Boy Scouts Of America THE DEN CHIEF'S DENBOOK Of the Younger Boy Program of the Boy Scouts of America New York Boy Scouts Of America 1932 First Edition First Printing Softcover 16mo 154 pages. Very Good No Dust Jacket Some spine and edgewear, pages foxed, succession of previous owners' names scratched out on title page which has 2 inch tear from head of hinge, but rest is still attached. Diagonal crease at top corner of rear cover. Yellow lettering on front cover a little faded. Lower corner of front cover as well as pages very slightly curled. Navy blue leatherette wraps with yellow lettering and decoration. Blue printing on pages, including photos and drawings. Last page is a one page index. Title page states First Denbook, First Imprint. This is the 1st edition, other than the proof edition (Fisk and Bearce, Collecting Scouting Literature, 2nd Rev. Ed. , p.155 ) . The first handbook for Boy Scouts to use as guide for serving as Den Chiefs for a Cub Scout Den. Up to this point, Cub Scouting had been an experimental program for younger boys not yet old enough to join a Boy Scout Troop. Once Cub Scouting became an official, recognized program of the national BSA, a series of official publications was issued to kick off the program, including The Den Chief's Denbook to explain the Cubbing program to Boy Scouts serving in this leadership position, provide ideas, games, activities and other program helps to the Den Chief. While this is a well used copy, it is in remarkably good shape, with only minor signs of wear, though the aging of the materials used has taken its toll. The binding is intact, and, except for the title page, it is a very clean copy and nice, collectible and displayable copy of the scarce first edition.

Inventory #: 923
Price: $ 460.00