Photography Handbook No. 5. Second Winter Issue 1940. Edited by Stanley Gerstin. Signed book arguing that the true purpose

arguing that the true purpose of photography is to align internal human emotion with external reality

and curators

and features on darkroom processes popular during the pre-World War II era

honoring the masters who had passed away while introducing the "new blood" that would define the next decade

Photography Handbook No. 5. Second Winter Issue 1940. Edited by Stanley Gerstin. Signed book arguing that the true purposeFawcett, 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