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Racine, WI: Western Publishing Co., Inc, 1979. HC. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. The S.S. Kresge dime story dynasty started during the "Panic of 1893" has become one of the leading mercantile enterprises - the K Mart Corporation. 373pp.
The S. S. Kresge Story by Kresge, Stanley S., as told to Steve Spilos - 1979
by Kresge, Stanley S., as told to Steve Spilos
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The S. S. Kresge Story
by Kresge, Stanley S., as told to Steve Spilos
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- Hardcover
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Racine: Western Family, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Near fine; dust jacket chipped, some wear, priced, good. 8 vo. 373 pp. Chronology, b/w photos, red vinyl coated boards/gilt titles. Stated first printing. Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition Good
- Edition First Printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Western Family
- Place of Publication Racine
- Date Published 1979
- Keywords Business history, retail
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THE S. S. KRESGE STORY
by Kresge, Stanley S. as told to Steve Spilos
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- Used - good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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The S. S. Kresge Story
by Kresge, Stanley S., as told to Steve Spilos
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- Hardcover
- first
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red leatherette with gilt titles on front board and spine, red endpapers, [vii], 373 pp including numerous photos and other b & w illustrations. A nearly invisible one-inch slit to simulated leather on rear board mars an otherwise VG copy. Rear board slightly soiled, owner's name & address rubber-stamped on endpapers and preliminary blank, very faintly musty. The history of the S. S. Kresge Company and its successor, the K Mart Corporation, from its founding in Detroit in 1899 through 1978. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . G+/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm.
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The S. S. Kresge Story
by Kresge, Stanley S. as told to Steve Spilos
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- first
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- Used - VG in VG DJ
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- 1st ptg
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Sebago, Maine, United States
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Racine, WI: Western Pub Co. VG in VG DJ. (1979). 1st ptg. Detroit was the birthplace of Kresge's dime store dynasty which became the K-mart Corporation. Kresge, a Pennsylvania Dutch . boy excelled in bee culture, became a drummer (a tinware salesman our of Wilkes-Barre, PA) & during the "Panic of 1893" managed to save $8,000 to invest in his own company. Told by his son Stanley. DJ sl edge wear. .
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