THE YANKEE OF THE YARDS. The Biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift
by SWIFT, Louis F
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. W. Shaw Company, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. Fine/very good. photos. 8vo, 218 pages, green cloth; nicks and short tears in the jacket
Swift gave Premium a good name. His packinghouse became a cornerstone firm in the Chicago stockyards. About his father, Louis Swift wrote, "Father had no use for anyone who had any other standard than absolute honesty and sixteen ounces to the pound."
Swift gave Premium a good name. His packinghouse became a cornerstone firm in the Chicago stockyards. About his father, Louis Swift wrote, "Father had no use for anyone who had any other standard than absolute honesty and sixteen ounces to the pound."
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DEMO015257I
- Title
- THE YANKEE OF THE YARDS. The Biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift
- Author
- SWIFT, Louis F
- Illustrator
- photos
- Format/Binding
- Octavo
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. W. Shaw Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- meat packing, Swift & Co., Gustavus F. Swift, chicago packing houses, slaughternhouses,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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