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Baruch, S [Adolph S. Oko] : PROF. DAVID NEUMARK, PH. D. AND "MR." HUSIK [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]

No Place, No Publisher., 1917

Original Wraps. 8vo. 14 pages. 23 cm. First Edition. #86 of 100 copies printed for private distribution. Inscribed by author – “Compliments of by A. S. Oko”. Adolph S. Oko, (1883–1944) , librarian at Hebrew Union College and expert on Spinoza. Our edition includes laid in, folded quarto sized leaf, taped into the hinge, a review of Husik’s work, “Medieval Jewish Philosophy”, written by David Neumark, originally printed in the American Jewish Chronicle. “Prof. David Neumark, Ph. D. And ‘Mr. ’ Husik” is a criticism of D. Neumark's review of I. Husik’s ‘A History of mediaeval Jewish philosophy’; written by Oko under a pseudonym, privately printed and distributed, befitting such a charged discussion, as the author states: Neumark’s “article does more than accuse Husik of dilettantism, plagiarism and charlatanry; it is mean-spirited and even malicious. Indeed, for unblushing ferocity, for delight in revenge, for bad manners, one will hardly find anything to equal to it in the history of American scholarship. ” (pg. 3) . Subjects: Polemics. Academia. Husik. OCLC lists 6 copies (YU, GWU, LSU, Harvard, Penn, Nat Lib Israel) , none west of the Mississippi. Clean and fresh. Very Good+ condition. A beautiful inscribed copy of an important work. (AMR-39-40)

Baruch, S [Adolph S. Oko] : PROF. DAVID NEUMARK, PH. D. AND "MR." HUSIK [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]

No Place, No Publisher., 1917

Stapled. 8vo. 14 pages. 23 cm. First Edition. #85 of 100 copies printed for private distribution. Inscribed by author – “Compliments of the author”. Adolph S. Oko, (1883–1944) , librarian at Hebrew Union College and expert on Spinoza. “Prof. David Neumark, Ph. D. And ‘Mr. ’ Husik” is a criticism of D. Neumark's review of I. Husik’s ‘A History of mediaeval Jewish philosophy’; written by Oko under a pseudonym, privately printed and distributed, befitting such a charged discussion, as the author states: Neumark’s “article does more than accuse Husik of dilettantism, plagiarism and charlatanry; it is mean-spirited and even malicious. Indeed, for unblushing ferocity, for delight in revenge, for bad manners, one will hardly find anything to equal to it in the history of American scholarship.” (pg. 3) . Subjects: Polemics. Academia. Husik. OCLC lists 6 copies (YU, GWU, LSU, Harvard, Penn, Nat Lib Israel) , none west of the Mississippi. Clean and fresh. Very Good+ condition. A beautiful inscribed copy of an important work. (AMR-39-40A)

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