Photography Handbook No. 9. Fawcett, 1941. Harold Edgerton, nudes, salon winners.

Edited by Norman C. Lipton.  146 pages. Good copy with age-toned pages, some exterior wear including a crease on the cover, a Kodachrome photo of Warner Brothers actress Brenda Marshall.  Color foldout of nude in Kodachrone has wear on edge. Numerous articles in chapters on For Better Pictures (including but not limited to “Elementary Figure Variations” when working with the female nude),  winners of the 7th Annual Newspaper National Snapshot Awards; Foto Fun Department, In the Darkroom, Build It Yourself, Photography in Brief, and Salon Section, featuring sepia toned photographs by Harold Edgerton, Jacob Deschin, et al.  Other photographers published in this handbook include Robert Yarnall Richie, H.S. Ulan, Helga Brooke, William T. Hoff, Harold W. Kulick, H.K, Shigeta, L. Dwight Granger, Boris Dobro, Corbin Kohn, John S. Nichols, Henry Reid, Richard Statile, Roy Pinney, Phil Gottheil, Lucien Gagnon, B.C. Schleicher, J.K. Sproles, Earl Murray, A.T. Barrett, J. Russel Spingola, John L. Hansell, Theodore Tracy, E.P. Nesossis, Ralph H. Yatko, F.M. Gwinn, Jr., J.G. Heitshu, S. Wardle, John R. Sturgeon, H.R. Towse, Dr. S.M. Stapinski, Stefan Hull, Leigh Rerick, James M. Leonard, Kenneth H. Adams, et al.  Surprisingly uncommon.