[Japanese Americana]

Nichi-Bei Jiji Jushoroku [Japanese American Directory]. 1952

San Francisco: Published by the Nichi Bei Times Inc., 1952. [8],[8],571,[3]pp. Publisher's blue wrappers printed in white. Profusely illustrated. Two private library labels on spine, remnants of label on inside front cover. Minor edge wear, foxing and light staining to covers and text block edges, short splits to joints. Minor scattered foxing and toning to text. Good plus. Item #3772

An uncommon post-war directory of Japanese Americans and their businesses and social opportunities in the early Eisenhower years. The majority of the text relates primarily to Japanese Americans in California, with approximately 150 pages devoted to people living in about thirty other states throughout the country, including Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, and others, with listings broken down by city. Also contains numerous advertisements, again mostly for California-based businesses. Institutional holdings are scarce for all directories produced by the Nichi Bei Times, and OCLC records just two examples of the present directory, at the University of Washington and the Library of Congress.

Price: $2,250.00