The Bluejacket's Manual
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1943 11 th Edition

Early printing with round corners

Late printing with square corners
Cover:
Dark Blue Leather, Gold? lettering, Spine Gold? lettering
early printing-round corners, later printing-square corners
Author:
none listed
Copyright Date:
1938, 1939, 1940, 1943 by U. S, Naval Institute
Printing Date:
1st-March, 1943; 2nd-September, 1943; 3rd-October, 1943; 4th-November, 1943; 5th-January, 1944;
6th-February, 1944; 7th-May, 1944
Printing Date Codes:
{date codes provided by mine and other collectors manuals, listed reverse side of title page}
early printing:
3-1-43-50 IG = March, 1943; 9-1-43-50=September, 1943; 10-1-43-100=October, 1943; 11-1-43-100=November, 1948
late printing:
1-1-44-50-NP=January, 1944; 2-2-44-50-OPC=February, 1944; LI 50-3-50=May, 1943
the assumptions are:
the 50 & 100 is the quantity printed per printing run, I.E. 50= 50,000, 100=100,000;
the letter codes are for the variouys sub-printers, that is why some of the manuals have round some have square corners
Publisher:
U.S. Naval Institute
Printer:
U.S. Naval Institute
Size:
7¾” x 5″ x 1¾”
Price:
$1.25 postpaid {late printings have price on the title page, earlys ones don’t}
Number of Pages:
1145 pages {includes index, table of contents, color plate appendix}
Number of Chapters:
41 chapters in 8 parts
remarks:
War Edition, over 1,000,000 total 1943 11th editions printed