POLISH DIRECTORY (INCLUDING THE CITY OF GDAŃSK) FOR COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, CRAFTS, AND AGRICULTURE 1926/27. Warsaw [1927],

POLISH ADDRESS BOOK (INCLUDING THE CITY OF GDAŃSK) FOR COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, CRAFTS, AND AGRICULTURE 1926/27. Warsaw [1927], Publisher: International Advertising Society. Printed by the “Bibljoteka Polska” Graphic Arts Works in Bydgoszcz, dimensions 20x29.5 cm. pp. [10], 84, LXXXVI, 1–2476, pp. Hardcover, cloth-bound. Stains and discoloration on the pages.

A monumental work published periodically. It serves as an economic compendium of the reborn Republic of Poland. The work is arranged alphabetically by province, with an industry index, a hotel index (including, among others, kosher bars and hotel restaurants), as well as advertisements from foreign companies. An invaluable source for historical research, tracing company ownership, or identifying property in legal proceedings. It contains thousands of names of owners of estates, factories, industrial plants, craft businesses, and commercial firms. It is also an extremely valuable source for the history of Jews in interwar Poland.
The book is laid out in four columns.