THE MALIBU: BUSINESS GUIDE and DIRECTORY. Five Annual Issues, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955 and 1957.

The 1950 issue is undated but has a 1950 receipt laid-in and clearly looks to be the earliest of the guides, the rest containing photographic illustrations and more pages; likewise the 1951 issue is undated but is staple bound, the rest being spiral bound, and also appears earlier than the other issues. The 1952 issue is dated on the front cover, the 1955 issue is copyright 1955 and has a 1955 / 1956 calendar on the inside front cover; the 1957 issue is copyright 1957 and has a 1958 calendar on the inside front cover (the upcoming year). Please bear in mind that I could be mistaken about the dates of the 1950 and 1951 issues.

Published by the Malibu Chamber of Commerce, Malibu, California, 1950-1957.

Five issues, printed paper covers, 6x9 inches, the 1950 issue is side-stapled, the 1951 issue has wrappers over a stapled text block, the 1952 and 1955 issues are metal spiral bound, the 1957 issue is plastic spiral bound. Pagination: 32, 62, 72, 92 and 102 pages respectively.

ILLUSTRATED: The 1950 issue has a centerfold MAP of MALIBU TOWNSHIP; issues 1951, 1952, 1955 and 1957 have sections of b&w photographs of Malibu, its structures, beaches and people.

Condition: The covers of all the issues are in POOR condition, well worn, scraped, rubbed, chipped, and torn at the edges; the cover of the 1951 issue is also disbound and tearing at the folds, and the front cover of the 1955 issue is loose and its rear cover almost so; there are names, numbers and doodles written on the outside and inside of some of the covers. Internally, all issues are COMPLETE and the inner pages remain in reasonably GOOD condition, though there are a lot of names and numbers written here and there throughout, including many written on the last pages "Personal Telephone List", also there are a couple ads that are scribbled out.

Five SCARCE 1950s MALIBU Resident and Business Directories, complete but with rather poor covers.