Three children's books and poetry books, with covers, illustrations and engravings designed by Sarah Shor.
1. A ber iz gefloygn [A Bear Flew], tales by Y. [Yitzhak] Kipnis. Kiev: "Kultur-Lige", 1924. Yiddish.
Four tales by Yitzhak (Itzik) Kipnis (1896-1974) – Jewish-Ukrainian children's writer, Yiddish poet and translator. Accompanied by thirteen black and white illustrations by Sarah Shor. The booklet cover was also designed by Shor.
37, [2] pages, 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear and minor tears. Inscriptions. Hardcover with original cover pasted on; tears and blemishes to cover.
2. Бэн [Ben], Russian translation of a youth story by author Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Moscow-Leningrad: Государственное издательство, 1928. Russian. Cover and four illustrations by Sarah Shor.
23, [1] pages. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Inscriptions and stamps. Loose pages and binding. Paper labels on binding.
3. Стихи и легенды [Poems and Legends], by Maxim Gorky. Moscow-Leningrad: Academia, 1932. Russian.
Selection of poems and legends by the renowned Russian author Maxim Gorky; accompanied by various illustrations and nine engravings (mezzotint prints) by Sarah Shor, including an original signed engraving (portrait of Gorky). The book's binding with gilt embossing was also designed by Shor.
[8], 15-173, [10] pages + [9] printed plates. Pages [9-14] missing (introduction by Lev Kamenev). Approx. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. One plate detached. Stamps. Stains and wear to edges of bindings.
Sarah Shor (Сарра Марковна Шор; 1897-1981), Jewish-Russian painter, graphic artist, and theater designer; studied at art schools in Kiev and St. Petersburg and was involved with the "Kultur-Lige" group. She worked in book illustration and theater set design, and later as an illustrator for the "Academia" publishing house in Moscow.
