Subject: Jewish People

A full-page color cartoon strip from the January 1, 1894, issue of *Puck* magazine. The cartoon, titled "Out Heroding Herod," depicts a Jewish clothier and his son and is considered anti-Semitic. Published in the United States.

This is the first US edition of Richard Cumberland's *The Jew of Mogadore: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts*. Published in New York by David Longworth at the Dramatic Repository, Shakspeare Gallery in 1808. The book is described as being in very good condition, measuring 5.5" x 3.5", and containing 56 pages. It was removed from a nonce volume but is complete. Shaw & Shoemaker's American Bibliography lists this edition as number 14808.

Pamphlet of a play, *The Jewess*, by W.T. Moncrieff. Published in New York by O. Phelan, circa 1840. The pamphlet is described as an "Acting Copy" with stage directions, indicating it was intended for theatrical use. The play was performed in London and New York theatres.

Broadside wanted poster issued by the Boston Police Department on September 20, 1883, for the forger C.F. Dewey, also known as O.R. Halpert. The poster includes a photograph of the suspect and describes him as appearing almost Chinese, despite being identified as "an Alsatian Jew." Halpert was wanted in Massachusetts and Indiana, and was subsequently arrested in San Francisco, California on October 11, 1883.