68 Black & White Photographs (1941-42) Additional Ephemera includes: military telegrams and memos, receipts, postage stamps, military stamps and seals; personal cards, receipts of money-wires, flyers, posters, notices and newspaper clippings. A “make-shift” scrapbook of plain letter-sized craft paper in brad-prong file folder (seems to be a “re-use” of a file-folder from the base meant for other use and has an mailing label of one, “Hans Petersen,” inside front cover – although the scrapbook is almost certainly the work of Captain Charles C. Verstandig, U.S. Army). This collection includes photographs, military telegrams and memos, receipts, personal cards, receipts of money wired back home to USA, flyers, posters, notices and newspaper clippings (including the Tuesday, December 9, 1941 New York Times front page headline declaring war on Japan which includes the front-page photo of F.D.R. signing the declaration of war). Also included is a “restricted memo” regarding blackout and signal recognition exercises;” and a menu from the 1941 “Christmas Dinner” which list all military personnel and their rank for the 167th Station Hospital Iceland.Scrapbook entries date to 1941, prior to U.S. officially entering the war and continue into 1942. Captain Charles C. Verstandig (of Connecticut), was a medical doctor in the United States Army, serving in Iceland under British command at Laugarnes, Reykjavík - a military hospital treating allied troops. Captain Verstandig was one of the commanding officers at the medical hospital at Laugarnes during the British occupation of Iceland. The British invaded and occupied Iceland in 1940 fearing the Germans would do the same and gain control of this vital outpost.A total of 68 black and white photographs. 50 glued in with 18 loose photographs laid in. Handwritten notation on some pages. Ranging in size from one 8” x 10” professional portraits to small 2 ” x 3 ” snapshots; majority of photographs are mid-sized. Most are glossy, but the scrapbook contains photos from different cameras, using a variety of film and processing techniques. Most photos are from activities on the base: dining hall (including one photo of a Jewish officer, wearing his Tallit, eating at his own table clearly laid out for Passover with matza, wine and Haggadah) as well as other gatherings; the base grounds (including men in trenches); uniformed officers from both British, Canadian and American forces. Many photographs of Reykjavík and the local people. Item #35560

First Edition. Scarce Chicago set murder mystery involving a gem collector. Near Fine but for some spotting to cloth in Very Good dustjacket. Item #32365

First Edition. R. F. dustjacket art. The murder of Horace Tom Tickler, burglar, who is taken for a ride in the best Chicago fashion and then delivered to Scotland Yard in a stolen cab. Basis for the 1961 Gerard Glaister directed film starring Lyndon Brook, Patrick Cargill and Finlay Currie. Near Fine, small previous owner signature at front endpaper, in Near Fine bright price-clipped dustjacket. Item #39733

First Edition. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art and frontis. English countryside set novel who has a love affair. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping, modest soiling to panels, quarter sized chip at top spine end. Item #32905

First Edition. C. L. W. dustjacket art. Wonderful contemporary pot-boiler romance novel of a temporarily blinded man who mistakes another woman for one he has always loved. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some bubbling to publisher's acetate applied over jacket, few edge nicks. Item #16981

First Edition. Introduction by H. G. Wells. Includes socialist essays by C. E. M. Joad, W. Arnold-Forster, Francis Meynell, Olaf Stapledon, D. N. Pritt, Clough Williams-Ellis, Geoffrey Maxwell Boumphrey, Archibald Robertson, and J C Flugel. Very scarce title. [Found in Labour and Working-Class Lives. edited by Keith Laybourn, John Shepherd] [Found in Olaf Stapledon: Speaking for the Future by Robert Crossley] [Found in Aldous Huxley Annual edited by Bernfried Nugel, Jerome Meckier] Near Fine, some foxing to page edges, in Good (price clipped) modestly soiled dustjacket, split along rear spine edge, some waving to rear panel, lower three inches of spine reattached at verso with archival tape. Item #32339

First Edition. Very Good plus in Very Good price clipped dustjacket with light chipping to spine ends, wear to spine edges, shallow chipping to front edges, and general shelf wear. Item #16310

First Edition. P. B. Taylor dustjacket art. A witty novel of American married life, with the dustjacket caption reading "They went to the Buffalo Exposition on their honeymoon." Great dustjacket art by Taylor. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, light soiling. Item #7554

First Edition. Adventurous novel of rural African-American life written in dialect. "Foller along wid me an' Lily an Lady Luck an' I garntees you steady rations, store clothes, an' Sat'-days free".Very Good or Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest soiling to white panels. Item #21225

First Edition. Jacks dustjacket art. Illustrated by Wynn. 'What is the correct season at the Bar Basque, in Biarritz? What are the specialties of the famous French restaurants and roadhouses, and who are the notables seen in them? How does one play baccarat and chemin de fer?' Uncommon title. Near Fine bright copy in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some narrow chips at edges, some spotting to spine, upper eighth of rear panel with dampstain. Item #37071

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring George Bancroft and Wallace Beery. Nautical adventure novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with small chip along front spine edge and general wear. Item #12847

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the First National Film starring John Bowers and Marguerite De La Motte. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #21703