Catalogue Jewish Books and Jewish Publications [cover title]

Cincinnati: The Bloch Publishing and Printing Co, 1900. 43,[2] [i.e., 48]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled, 5.25 x 3 inches. Minor wear and toning, small chip to three corners, larger chip to top corner of front wrapper, costing a couple of letters. Light foxing, otherwise clean internally. Very good. An informative and seemingly unrecorded catalogue of Jewish books and publications issued by the Bloch Publishing and Printing Company of Cincinnati, the oldest Jewish publishing firm in the United States, just before the turn of the 20th century. The company was founded by Edward H. Bloch in 1854, and quickly grew into the leading publisher of Jewish material. The present work was published just a couple of years before the founder's son Charles H. Bloch moved the company to New York City and rebranded as The Jewish Book Concern, operating the largest Jewish bookstore in the country. The present catalogue provides a clear picture of the breadth of the publishing house's offerings, containing brief descriptions and prices for a large selection of Bibles, prayer books, primers, catechisms, grammars, histories, theological and philosophical texts, lectures and sermons, works in German, novels, juveniles, music books, and so forth. The proposed date for the publication comes from an advertisement on the rear wrapper for the Hebrew Almanac For the Year 5659. From Sept. 17, 1898, To Sept. 5, 1899. We couldn't find any listings in OCLC for this particular year of Bloch's catalogues.