Paperback. This description is for the historically-correct 1908 Edition with the light blue cover. In May 1908, Baden-Powell released all six of his fortnightly pamphlets under the one cover as this book, Scouting For Boys. Now, for the first time, you can purchase and read the book which catapulted the Scouting movement into the hearts and minds of the public worldwide! In this new edition, there's no modern long-winded, overly-critical, politically-correct 40 page introduction by a non-Scout with a barely-concealed disdain for our beloved BP and his astounding and unequaled legacy of service to the youth of the world. On this, the 110th Anniversary of the establishment of the Scout Association, the anonymous publishers of this edition, who we might add are old Scouts themselves, have painstakingly reproduced directly from a very rare original, the 1908 first edition of Scouting For Boys so it may be presented, read and understood exactly as the Founder, Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gillwell, intended. With all original illustrations, this new paperback replica edition brings this exceptionally rare book to a 21st Century audience. Be sure to keep an eye out for our new editions of Baden-Powell's military and scouting books, which inlcude: Reconnaissance and Scouting (1884) - red leather coverCavalry Instruction (1885) - red canvas coverAids to Scouting - For N.-C.Os. & Men (1899) - red coverScouting for Boys Part I (1908) - buff coverScouting for Boys Part II (1908) - buff coverScouting for Boys Part III (1908) - buff coverScouting for Boys Part IV (1908) - buff coverScouting for Boys Part V (1908) - buff coverScouting for Boys Part VI (1908) - buff coverScouting for Boys - All Parts (1908) - light blue coverBoy Scouts of America Official Handbook - Original Edition (1910) - khaki coverAids to Scoutmastership (1919) - khaki cover This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Scouting For Boys - Original 1908 Edition (Paperback)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 1908
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1987774280
ISBN 13: 9781987774283
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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This description is for the historically-correct 1908 Edition with the light blue cover.

In May 1908, Baden-Powell released all six of his fortnightly pamphlets under the one cover as this book, Scouting For Boys.

Now, for the first time, you can purchase and read the book which catapulted the Scouting movement into the hearts and minds of the public worldwide!

In this new edition, there's no modern long-winded, overly-critical, politically-correct 40 page introduction by a non-Scout with a barely-concealed disdain for our beloved BP and his astounding and unequaled legacy of service to the youth of the world.

On this, the 110th Anniversary of the establishment of the Scout Association, the anonymous publishers of this edition, who we might add are old Scouts themselves, have painstakingly reproduced directly from a very rare original, the 1908 first edition of Scouting For Boys so it may be presented, read and understood exactly as the Founder, Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gillwell, intended.

With all original illustrations, this new paperback replica edition brings this exceptionally rare book to a 21st Century audience.

Be sure to keep an eye out for our new editions of Baden-Powell's military and scouting books, which inlcude:

Reconnaissance and Scouting (1884) - red leather cover
Cavalry Instruction (1885) - red canvas cover
Aids to Scouting - For N.-C.Os. & Men (1899) - red cover
Scouting for Boys Part I (1908) - buff cover
Scouting for Boys Part II (1908) - buff cover
Scouting for Boys Part III (1908) - buff cover
Scouting for Boys Part IV (1908) - buff cover
Scouting for Boys Part V (1908) - buff cover
Scouting for Boys Part VI (1908) - buff cover
Scouting for Boys - All Parts (1908) - light blue cover
Boy Scouts of America Official Handbook - Original Edition (1910) - khaki cover
Aids to Scoutmastership (1919) - khaki cover

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