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17th Edition  1963

Author(s):  revised by CAPT John V. Noel Jr. USN & JOC William J. Miller, USN (Ret.)
Cover:  THE BLUEJACKETS' MANUAL & Eagle  - in gold on dark metallic blue
Copyright Date:  1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963
 by United States Naval Institute  Seventeenth Edition 3rd photo
Printing Date:  1st printing, December 1963  -  see printing code, lower right 3rd photo
 2
nd printing, November 1964
 3
rd printing, August 1965
Title Page:  SEVENTEENTH EDITION  no date  2nd photo
Number of Pages:  684 pages including index with an additional table of contents
Number of Chapters:  30 chapters in 6 parts & a 7 section appendix
Preface/Forward:  forward by VADM W. R. Smedberg, III  (Chief of Naval Personnel)  -  5th photo
 preface  -  6th photo
Introduction:  none
Construction:  thin, cardboard, soft cover, standard book form
Text on Spine:  THE BLUEJACKETS' MANUAL  SEVENTEENTH EDITION  U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE
Size:  8" x 5¼" x 1"
Remarks:  back of title page codes  -  3rd photo:
 1-100-63, 2-100-64, 3-100-65, 4-100-66, 5-100-66, 6-100-67
 printing for this edition I have/been informed about:
 
1st - Dec63,  2nd - Nov64,  3rd - Aug65,  4th - Feb66,  5th - Dec66,  6th - Oct67
Price:  $1.95
Publisher:  United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD.
Printer:  none listed

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