GIRL SCOUTS! TRUE FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING! [1912] Boy of America

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GIRL SCOUTS FIRST EDITION. THE HANDBOOK FOR GIRL GUIDES! The Handbook For Girl Guides, Or How Girls Can Help Build The Empire. By Agnes Baden-Powell. Printed in 1912. First Edition. FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING. There is no date on the title page, which is standard for the First Edition. This book was printed in 1912. This First Edition is easy to identify as the Second Edition was not printed until 1917 in paperback/pamphlet form. The Second Edition of the book in hardcover was in 1918 and is dated. This book superseded Pamphlet A: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls and Pamphlet B: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls by the same authors (1917). In turn it was itself replaced by Girl Guiding in 1918. There is no date on the title page, which is standard for the First Edition. An exceedingly rare and highly desirable book. The Handbook For Girl Guides Or How Girls Can Help Build The EmpireBy Agnes Baden-Powell. Thomas Nelson and Sons. FIRST EDITION of this landmark book. No date is printed on the title page [it was printed in 1912]. Condition: Good condition overall but the binding has some generalized wear and an obvious crayon mark to the spine, as clearly shown in the pictures. This may be bothersome. Some looseness from use. Early inscription on the end paper that has also bled onto the pastedown. Some signs of usage. Excellent condition for this rare scouting book oft used in the field. A rare book and particularly hard to obtain. There is no date on the title page, which is standard for the First Edition. ____________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to searchHow Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire AuthorAgnes Baden-Powell Robert Baden-PowellPublisherThomas Nelson and SonsPublication dateMay 1912 The Handbook for Girl Guides or How Girls Can Help to Build Up the Empire is the full title of the book more commonly known as How Girls Can Help to Build up the Empire . It was the first handbook for Girl Guides. The author was Agnes Baden-Powell in conjunction with (then) Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell. It was published in May 1912 by Thomas Nelson and Sons. The book was a reworking of the famous Scouting for Boys . It was adapted for use by girls, although large sections remained unaltered and it included sections on stalking, tracking, signalling and camping. Several chapters on childcare, nursing and housewifery had been inserted and stories of heroic women and girls were sometimes substituted for the male ones. The book also contained the enrolment ceremony and details of the second- and first-class tests. This book superseded Pamphlet A: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls and Pamphlet B: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls by the same authors. In turn it was itself replaced by Girl Guiding in 1918. Throughout the early years of Guiding, movements in different countries started publishing their own handbooks as well. The book has been reprinted several times. In 2006, a facsimile edition of the book was available. ______ #5060I.

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• Title: GIRL SCOUTS! TRUE FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING! [1912] Boy of America
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition