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?th Edition   1917

Author(s):  1st printing:
 
Originally prepared by CAPTAIN W. F. FULLAM, U.S.N.
 2nd printing:
 
Originally prepared by LIEUTENANT COMMANDER W. F. FULLAM, U.S.N.
 Revised by LIEUTENANT COMMANDER G. C. PEGRAM, U.S.N.
Cover:  THE RECRUIT'S HANDY BOOK - 1917 & BUNAV Logo in gold on dark blue
Copyright Date:  1st printing:
 1902, by Lieutenant E. L. Beach, USN  - 5th photo
 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908 by Philip R. Alger USN
 1913, by Ralph Earle, U.S.N.
 2nd printing:
 1902, by Lieutenant E. L. Beach, USN  - 6th photo
 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908 by Philip R. Alger USN
 1913, by Ralph Earle, U.S.N., 1917, by J. W. Conroy
Printing Date:  1st printing:  14 Jun 1917
 2nd printing:  Aug 1917
Title Page:  1st printing:
 THE RECRUIT'S HANDY BOOK  UNITED STATES NAVY  3rd photo
 NAVY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF NAVIGATION  Approved June 14, 1917
 Originally prepared by CAPTAIN W. F. FULLAM, U.S.N.
 Revised by Bureau of Navigation
 2nd printing:
 THE RECRUIT'S HANDY BOOK  UNITED STATES NAVY  4th photo
 NAVY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF NAVIGATION  Approved August, 1917
 Originally prepared by LIEUTENANT COMMANDER W. F. FULLAM, U.S.N.
 Revised by LIEUTENANT COMMANDER G. C. PEGRAM, U.S.N.
 PUBILISHED BY THE NAVAL INSTITUTE ANNAPOLIS, MD.
Number of Pages:  1st printing:  91 pages
 2nd printing: 106 pages
Number of Chapters:  2 parts each with their own table of contents
Preface/Forward:  none
Introduction:  none
Construction:  cloth cover
Text on Spine:  none
Size:  1st printing: 4¼" x 6" x 3/16"
 2nd printing: 4¼" x 6" x ¼"
Remarks:  none
Price:  no price given, but cover back says it was gratis to each recruit on enlistment  - 2nd photo
Publisher:  1st printing:  Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation
 2nd printing:  The Navy Institute
Printer:  1st printing:   M. B. Brown Printing & Binding Co  New York
 2nd printing:  The Lord Baltiamore Press

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