I’ve been looking around the web for a list of the ARRL “Hints & Kinks for the Radio Amateur” editions. I wasn’t able to find one, so here’s what I know:
| Edition | Year | Orig Price | Preface |
|---|---|---|---|
| First volume (unlabeled) | 1933 | 0.50 | |
| Volume Two | 1937 | 0.50 | Ross A. Hull (VK3JU operating as ARRL station W1MK/W1AW?) |
| Volume Three | 1945 | 0.50 | unsigned |
| Volume Four | 1949 | 1.00 | A. L. Budlong (W1BUD) |
| Volume Five | 1954 | 1.00 | A. L. Budlong (W1BUD) |
| Volume Six | 1959 | 1.00 | A. L. Budlong (W1BUD) |
| Volume Seven | 1965 | 1.00 | John Huntoon W1LVQ |
| 8th Edition | 1968 | 1.00 | John Huntoon W1LVQ |
| 9th Edition | 1973? 1974? | 2.00 | |
| Edition | Year | Orig Price | Editor |
| 10th Edition | 1978 | 4.00 | Stuart Leland W1JEC |
| 11th Edition | 1982 | 4.00 | Charles L. Hutchinson K8CH, Stuart B. Leland W1JEC, Larry D. Wolfgang WA3VIL |
| 12th Edition | 1989 | 5.00 | Charles L. Hutchinson K8CH, David Newkirk AK7M |
| 13th Edition | 1992 | 10.00 | David Newkirk WJ1Z |
| 14th Edition | 1997 | 12.00 | Robert Schetgen KU7G, David Newkirk W9VES |
| 15th Edition | 2000 | 12.00 | Larry Wolfgang WR1B |
| 16th Edition | 2003 | 15.95 | Steve Ford WB8IMY |
| 17th Edition | 2004 | 17.95 | Dana G. Reed W1LC |
| 18th Edition | 2012 | 22.95 | Steve Ford WB8IMY |
All the editions from 10 on are the large format (8 x 11 inches) and have an editor; the editions from 1 through 9 are 6 x 9 inch and sometimes have the writer of the preface/forward listed. N4MW has info about the earlier editions as well as other classic ARRL publications.
Thanks also to James Smith for clarifications about three of the earlier editions.