Palestine Directory, the Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine

Palestine Directory, the Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine
– Two editions – Palestine, 1940s
1. Palestine Directory, the Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine. Published by "The Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine", Tel Aviv, (1946). Hebrew and English.
24 pp, 351 columns, XXXV pp, [1] leaf, 372 columns, [1] leaf, 30 pp, VIII pp, 23.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears and open tears at margins of leaves. Detached leaves. Fragile paper. Scribbles in pen. Lacking spine. Margins of binding a worn and lacking. Sticker on the front binding.
2. Palestine Directory, Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine, Palestine address book. Published by "The Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine", Tel Aviv, (1948). Hebrew and English.
[4] leaves, 46 pp, 552 columns, XVI pp, [1] leaf, 5766 columns, 42 pp, VIII pp, [1] folded leaf, 23.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Spine mostly detached. Margins of binding are worn.
The books list companies, workshops, plants, professionals, societies and businesses in Palestine, in two parallel parts in Hebrew and English, with advertisements for companies in Palestine and abroad. The partition map – "Map of the Jewish State Following the UN Decision of 29.11.47" appears in the beginning of the 1948 edition (in both Hebrew and English parts) with an introduction on behalf of the Jewish Agency, praising the initiative of publishing this book and its importance for a country which leads a proper economic life.