Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1939. First edition. 203pp; b&w illus & plates; color frontispiece. 4to. Tan buckram stamped in brown to front board and spine; dust jacket. Foxing to endpapers and prelims; light foxing to textblock edges. Very good in a very good jacket, unclipped ("$3.00"), with edge- and hinge-wear and small chips to spine ends and tips.
A rather groundbreaking collection of high-speed photographs captured using stroboscopes developed by scientist and MIT professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton (1903-1990). Includes numerous images captured by Albanian photographer and Life photojournalist Gjon Mili, a longtime associate of Edgerton's. With running text by James R. Killian, Jr.
