Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by George Horace Lorimer, F. R. Gruger (Illustrator), B. Martin Justice (Illustrator) - 2008-04-25

William Briggs, 1904. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. Rear hinge cracked. George Horace Lorimer was an American journalist and author. He is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post. His Letters From A Self-Made Merchant To His Son is a timeless collection of Gilded Age aphorisms from a rich man - a prosperous pork-packer in Chicago to his son, Pierrepont, whom he ‘affectionately’ calls ‘Piggy.’ The writing is subtle and brilliant.

Doubledy, Page & Company, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto: William Briggs. Good/No Jacket. 1904. First Thus. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Used good in cloth (some rubbing and wear to cloth at extremities, titling label soilig). 8vo xi,[1],308pp+p Illustrate d by F.R. Gruger and Martin Justice. Variant binding (in green cloth).. Keywords: Fiction, &, Lit, Crit, Bio, LORIMER, GEORGE, HOR, AMERICAN, LITERATURE, 20TH, CENT, URY, AMERICAN, FICTION, BUSINESS, MERCHANT, ILLUSTRATED, GRUGER, F, R, JUSTICE, MA, RTIN.

NY: Doubleday, Page 1904, September Book. Good. Hardcover. Cover edges lightly rubbed, very good-; no dust jacket. 12mo. (xi) 308 pp. B/w illustrations F. R. Gruger & Martin Justice, green cloth..

Doubleday Page, 1904. Hardcover. Reading Copy. Navy blue hardcover. Loose binding has been reglued. Good reading copy.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing. Original cloth DJ is price-clipped. .

Doubleday, Page & Company, New York: 1904., 1904 pp. xi, 308 + Frontis and full page drawings by F. R. Gruger and Martin Justice. Publisher's device on title page. Sm. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Spine darkened and slightly dust spotted. Hardbound. First American Edition. Very Good. HUMOR BOX 9 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1904-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.4173 7.5591 4.9606. Book in good condition,minor wear. Minimal markings.

New York: Doubleday, Page, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Red cloth stamped in white and black, gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated by F.R. Gruger and Martin Justice. Owner name and stamps, spine lightly mottled lacking the scarce dustwrapper.

New York, NY: GRosset & Dunlap, 1904. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. LETTERS FROM A SELF-MADE MERCHANT TO HIS SON. Being the letters written by John Graham, head of the House of Graham & Company, pork-packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'change as "Old Gorgon Graham, "... 308 p. LETTERS FROM A SELF-MADE MERCHANT TO HIS SON. Being the letters written by John Graham, head of the House of Graham & Company, pork-packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'change as "Old Gorgon Graham, " to his son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to... LETTERS FROM A SELF-MADE MERCHANT TO HIS SON. Being the letters written by John Graham, head of the House of Graham & Company, pork-packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'change as "Old Gorgon Graham, " to his son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy". -PUBLISHED BY GROSSET AND DUNLAP-COPYRIGHT 1904-308 PAGES-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD