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The World as Oran McCormick Saw It -- SIGNED Copy

The World as Oran McCormick Saw It -- SIGNED Copy

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The World as Oran McCormick Saw It -- SIGNED Copy

by McCORMICK, Oran

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  • Hardcover
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Boston: Self-Published, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. 397. Nearly every page is laden with well-reproduced b&w photos. Printed on light yellow-orange stock. Bound in tan cloth with title and design printed as a block-print on the front cover. Dust jacket complete and fresh. Inscribed on the title page: "To the Hon. Rufus C. Holman / from the Author / Feb. 1939" Inscribed to US Senator from Oregon, Rufus Holman. McCormick's book is as preposterous a self-tribute as can be imagined, yet redeeming for its vast collection of photographs documenting all corners of the globe. In that sense, McCormick's book is a vernacular one-volume John L. Stoddard, providing glimpses of Peking, the SS Leviathan, Port Moresby, St. Helena, the SS Mauretania, Kyoto, several photos of the Handley Page Airship, Tasmania, the Alaska Steamship Company's S.S. Alaska, etc.

Not to be outdone, book-recipient Holman signed the book with his larger autograph on the FFEP, dated Feb. 28, 1939. In addition, above his signature Holman provided a gift inscription to his granddaughter, dated 1941. Uncommon in a dust jacket this bright. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

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Bookseller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
288
Title
The World as Oran McCormick Saw It -- SIGNED Copy
Author
McCORMICK, Oran
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Self-Published
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1939

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About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.

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Inscribed
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FFEP
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