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Glick, Joseph S. (Joseph Selig) [Yosef Zelig]

Published by Pittsburg [sicPittsburgh]: No Publisher [The Author], 1907

1st edition. Original orange printed paper wrappers bound into period boards, 8vo, 100 pages. Includes frontis photographic portrait of Glick. In Yiddish. Title translates as, "YZG's [Author's Initials] Columns, Ringers, . and Humorous Articles." Glick notes on the cover that these are "Very well and witty written. They are very good and tasteful for every man and woman. Every preacher, speaker and scholar can find here great jokes on a verse, Talmud, Midrash that always come in handy and after asking many prominent people to print it, I am printing it in a book that everyone will enjoy." The second dated Yiddish book published in Pittsburgh [the first is Di Yudishe harfe (1897), also published by Glick]. "Glick was born in 1852 in Patsunel, a village in Kovno Province. He received a traditional education and was trained as a shohet. Unsatisfied with this profession, he tried his hand at commerce and then moved to Boguslav, Kiev District. He taught Hebrew, Bible and rabbinic literature, opened a library and traded in precious stones. In 1887 he immigrated to Pittsburgh,which was already home to a large Lithuanian community. Initially a peddler, teacher and tutor, Glick began supplementing his income in 1894 by becoming a ticket agent for trans-Atlantic ocean liners. He eventually found his true vocation as a pioneer of the Yiddish press in Pittsburgh, publishing Volksfreund, the first work with Hebrew characters in the city (Freimann, 59; Rosenfeld #1003), and Die Yiddishe Post. Glick enjoyed a monopoly on Hebrew and Yiddish printing in Pittsburgh until his death in 1922. He was a vocal proponent of religious Zionism" (Goldman-Kinsberg, p. 395).SUBJECT(S): Yiddish wit and humor. OCLC: 42036441. OCLC lists only 1 copy anywhere of this 1907 1st edition (NYPL) and only 1 copy of any other edition (1908, held by NLI). Jewish institutional blindstamp on front wrapper and title, number on rear of title and final page. Facsimile page, which is brown and fragile, shows repair, just touching 2 letters, all other pages remain strong on bright clean paper. Light wear to boards. Very Good Condition overall. Rare and significant. (YID-45-6*-'+). Seller Inventory # 42834

Bibliographic Details

Title: YZG'S FELITONEN, KOKHLEFLEN . UN VITTSIGE ...
Publisher: Pittsburg [sicPittsburgh]: No Publisher [The Author]
Publication Date: 1907
Binding: Soft cover