Quan Mei Yin Hang Gong Hui Zhi Yi Pie. Fu Yu Meizhou Ji / A Glance to the 77th American Bankers Association and the 50th National Association of Supervisors of State Banks Conventions
Honolulu/Hong Kong: Wong Buck Hung/San Ming Tak Printing, 1952. First Edition. Octavo, 7.75 x 5.5", tan stapled wrappers with black lettering, 86 pp, photographic illustration pages. Title in Chinese to front cover and English to rear cover; inscribed by author in Chinese on rear cover. Text in Chinese except for imprint and rear cover title. The author and publisher, Buck Hung Wong, was a Chinese American businessman and banker based in Honolulu. He emigrated from China to Hawaii in 1911, where he worked his way up from grocer's apprentice to bank president. This pamphlet contains an account of Wong's visit to the United States mainland in 1952, where he attended two bankers' association meetings in his role as vice president of Liberty Bank of Honolulu. Four in OCLC. Toning, chipping and bit of staining to wrappers, chips to corners of rear wrapper with loss to part of inscription only. Item #11395
Price: $750.00