Copy of the sixth edition of Harrington Emerson's book "The Twelve Principles of Efficiency," with a typed inscription from Fred G. Meyer (1886-1978) to Oran B. Robertson (1917-1999). Meyer was the founder of the Fred Meyer grocery and department store chain, which he established in Portland, Oregon, in the 1920s. Robertson began working at Fred Meyer in 1945, and became the company's chief executive following Meyer's death.