Photography Handbook No. 5. Second Winter Issue 1940. Edited by Stanley Gerstin.

Fawcett, 1939. 146 pages. Covers detached, losses along spine with evidence of removed adhesive tape, otherwise good. Articles in the For Better Pictures chapter include “Jack Frost Sets the Scene” by Ray Atkeson, “Shooting Shadows” by Philip Shakespeare, “Terrific Effects with Trick Photos” by Edward Lindemann, and other instructional articles. Different chapters, each with separate articles, on Build It Yourself, Camera Technique, Darkroom and Studio Helps, and Pictorial Salon, featuring photos by Birger Espenas, W.W. White, Charles J. Belden (2), Jaraslav Bahacek, Kalman Szallasy, Dr. L.G. Saunders, M.C. Gramlich (2), Sydney S. Green, J. Winton Lemon, Geoffrey Landsman, Victor Haveman, W.H. Lukens, and Duke. Several of these photos appeared in the 3rd 100-print Travel Salon of the Photographic Society of America. An uncommon book.