page_title: Carl Schoenhof
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Schoenhof / References
caption_attribution_description: Boston, Massachusetts
context_page_description: Carl Schoenhof was a bookseller and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He specialized in foreign books. Born in Carlsruhe, Germany, he attended University of Heidelberg. He moved to the U. States around 1864. Shortly thereafter he worked for Boston publishers DeVries, Ibarra & Co., and took over the business in 1870. His business ventures included Schoenhof & Moeller, Cupples & Schoenhof, and Schoenhof Book Co.
  Henry James approved of Schoenhof & Moeller, describing it in 1878 as "a vastly better shop than any of the kind in London." Around 1889, "Mr. Schoenhof [was] the general agent for the United States for Hachette & Co.'s publications for the study of foreign languages ... [and] for Henry Holt & Co.'s publications. ... [He also sold] Steiger & Co.'s, Wm. R. Jenkins', Geo. R. Lockwood & Son's, MacMlllan's, Appleton's, Barnes' publications in foreign languages." Schoenhof's shop was located near the corner of Tremont and Winter Streets: at no.40 Winter St., no.146 Tremont, no.144 Tremont, and no.128 Tremont. In 1893 he "sold out his interest to two of his employees, who continue[d] the business under the firm-name of Castor & Co."
context_section_description: Old book dealer dead: Carl Schoenhof Had Been in Business in Boston for Fifty Years. New York Times, May 29, 1911
  Publishers' Weekly, June 3, 1911. Google books
  Henry James letter to Thomas Sergeant Perry, 1878; quoted in: Virginia Harlow. Thomas Sergeant Perry: a biography. Duke Univ. press, 1950. Cited in: Henry James, Philip Horne. Henry James: a life in letters. Penguin Classics, 2001
  "Carl Schoenhof, Foreign Book Seller and Importer, No.144 Tremont Street." cf. Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England, 2nd ed. NY: American publishing and engraving co., 1889
  Ad for Schoenhof & Moeller. Magenta (Cambridge, Mass.), 1875.
  Ad for Carl Schoenhof. Harvard Advocate, 1881
  Boston Almanac. 1889
  Publishers' Weekly, June 3, 1911.
  Publishers' Weekly, April 4, 1896. Google books
  Literary World, Dec. 30, 1893. Google books
  Death of Jacob Schoenhof. New York Times, March 15, 1903
caption: Tremont Street, Boston, near Winter Street, 1903
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