Auction 9 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Booklet with Anti-Semite Story – New York, Middle of 19th Century

Opening: $150
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Bo-Beep story books. New York, Leavitt & Allen Publishing, mid-19th century (1852?).
Book with six folk stories. The last story is called "The Jew in the Bramble Bush", and it depicts the Jew as a thief and a money hungry cheater, with a long goatee. At the end of the story, the Jew is judged to hanging. English, illustrations.
Unnumbered pages, 12.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Damaged spine.
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism