New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1943. Fifth edition. 8vo. vii 304 pp. b&w drawings with added gelatin silver photographs pasted-in. Publisher's cloth with paper spine label. Worn with drink ring on the front cover. Gift inscription Christmas 1943 on the front fly leaf. Corporal Robert G. Rohner Headquarters and Service Company of the 84th Engineer Battalion U. S. Army was gifted this Robert Benchley book for Christmas during his service in World War II. He proceeded to use the book as an album to collect names home addresses and photographs of members of his Army unit. He used the accompanying unit roster a single mimeograph sheet 8 x 13 inches dated May 1944 to record by check marks and page numbers those members whose signature address and sometimes photograph appear on the blank spaces pages between chapters and endpapers; the roster is brittle and partially cracked at the center. Of the 104 names on the roster 73 have been checked. The 53 pasted-in photographs vary in size from postage stamp size to 3 1/4 x 5 inches. The 84th Engineer Battalion participated in the European Campaign in Italy Southern France Alsace and Central Europe. Harper & Brothers unknown
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