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Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. Xix, 219 pages. Port. 25 cm. Includes 36-page bibliography of Bloch's publications, plus a 3-page index to that bibliography. "Bloch (1890-1957) was a U. S. Librarian, bibliographer, and reform rabbi. As head of the Jewish Division of the New York Public Library from 1923 to 1956 the library developed one of the major collections of Judaica in the United States. " (EJ) CONTENTS: "Foreword, " by the editors; "Joshua Bloch, an appreciation, " by A. L. Lebeson; "Books and booklore: Two bookmen, " by H. M. Lydenberg; "The new ornament of Jewish books, " by J. Reider; "Medieval Hebrew manuscripts as bindings in the libraries and archives of Hungary, " by A. Scheiber; "Elias Hutter's Hebrew Bible, " by H. C. Zafren; "Biblical studies: Kinnor, nebel, cithärä, psalterium, " by O. Kinkeldey; "Hebrew and Greek sense of tragedy, " by R. H. Pfeiffer; "Rabbinics: Pharisaisms, a definition, " by S. S. Cohon; "The terms yoshbei kranoth and am-haaretz, " by C. W. Reines; "Language and folklore: A chapter on old West Semitic othography, " by M. Tsevat; "The terms muhdath and hadath as descriptions of the Koran, " by H. A. Wolfson; "Notes on some parallels to the ballad of The king's dochter Lady Jean, " by D. De Sola Pool; "A Judaeo-Greek lament, " by B. Schwartz. A Samaritan poem about Moses, " by T. H. Gaster; "History: The Valenzin affair, " by J. R. Marcus; "Cochin and some prominent Jewish personalities, " by W. J. Fischel; "Prince Czartoryski, the émigré, on the Jewish problem, " by A. G. Duker; "A bibliography of the writings of Joshua Bloch, " by D. Steinglass. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism. Jews -- History. Printing, Hebrew. Jodendom. Joodse boeken. Joodse literatuur. Bloch, Joshua, 1890-1957. Very good condition. (FEST-1-57). Seller Inventory # 27295
Title: THE JOSHUA BLOCH MEMORIAL VOLUME: STUDIES IN...
Publisher: New York, New York Public Library
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Schoen Books, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Editors: Abraham Berger, Lawrence Marwick, Isidore S. Meyer Location:470 Seventeen essays 219 pages slight library markings 470. Seller Inventory # 269004
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Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: very good. Frontis portrait. xix + 219 pages. Tall 8vo, blue cloth; lightly rubbed, minor bumping to lower corners. New York: New York Public Library, 1960. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 234193
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Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. unmarked copy. Seller Inventory # 219247
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Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Joshua Bloch Memorial Volume: Studies in Booklore and History. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781258276997
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Seller: Library of Religious Thought, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 219pp. Seller Inventory # 000691
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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Quarto. XIX, [1], 219, [1]pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Frontispiece portrait of Joshua Bloch. Printer's device on title-page. First edition of this "Denkschrift" honoring the memory of Joshua Bloch, for many years chief of the Jewish division of the New York Public Library, and well known scholar in the field of Judaism. This work contains 16 essays on books and booklore, biblical studies, rabbinics, language and folklore, and history. Minor age-wear on binding with minor soiling on covers and gold lettering slightly faded on spine. Very minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. Seller Inventory # 27481
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