George Sabo
George Sabo (January 18, 1896-February 15, 1983) was a publisher and book dealer specializing in Slavic-language materials.
Biography[edit]
Sabo was born in Orechova, Slovakia and immigrated to New York in July 1913.[1] Sabo was inspired to become a book dealer as a child when his father took him to Julij Feldesi's bookstore.[2] He became a naturalized American citizen in April 1926.[1]
In 1936, Sabo began his work as a book dealer with the purchase of 18,000 Russian books.[2] With John M. Constantinoff and Israel Perlstein, Sabo is considered to be "well-established in the historiography of the Russian antiquarian book in New York".[3] One of his clients was Russian bibliophile Andrey Avinoff.[4] Another important client was Paul M. Fekula, whose collection of Slavica was the largest assembled by an individual in the United States.[5] Sabo also contributed Slavic books to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, helping the University develop the largest Slavic collection west of the Mississippi by the 1970s.[6] In addition to his work as a book dealer, Sabo was also involved in the publication of Rusyn books and periodicals.[7] Until the 1950s, Sabo's publishing house was one of the two largest sources of Rusyn-American literature.[8] He also served as Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Greek Catholic Union.[2] Sabo later moved to Melbourne, Florida, where he continued his business under the name Slavic Books.[9]
After his death, the majority of his 16,000 book collection was acquired by Sterling C. Evans Library at Texas A & M University.[10] An additional 432 books from his collection were donated to Seton Hall University Library in 2012.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chroust, David (2022-04-03). "A Rusyn-American Life in Books: George Sabo in New York and Florida". Slavic & East European Information Resources. 23 (1–2): 183–207. doi:10.1080/15228886.2021.1985708. ISSN 1522-8886.
- ^ a b c ""Bro. George Sabo and His 40 Years in Buying and Selling Books on Carpatho-Russians and Other Slav People"". Jubilee Almanac of the Greek Catholic Union of the USA.
- ^ Kasinec, Edward (2006). "Russian Imperial and Elite Provenance Books: Their Afterlife in Post-World War II New York". Solanus. 20.
- ^ Regina, Kristen A. (2012). "The Bibliophile Andrei Avinoff: Additional Information Regarding Soviet Book Sales of the Interwar Period (1917–1937)". Slavic & East European Information Resources. 13 (2–3): 160–165. doi:10.1080/15228886.2012.688188. ISSN 1522-8886.
- ^ Struminskyj, Bohdan; Kasinec, Edward (1984). The Millennium Collection of Old Ukrainian Books at the University of Toronto Library: A Catalogue. University of Toronto. pp. viii. ISBN 0772751056.
- ^ Davis, Robert H. (2003). "The New York Public Library's Émigré Readership and Collections: Past, Present, and Future". Slavic & East European Information Resources. 4 (4): 63–75. doi:10.1300/J167v04n04_06. ISSN 1522-8886.
- ^ Magocsi, Paul R. (2005). Our people : Carpatho-Rusyns and their descendants in North America (4th ed.). Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 9780865166110.
- ^ Thernstrom, Stephan, ed. (1980). Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Harvard University Press. p. 207. ISBN 0674375122.
- ^ Walker, G.P.M. (1973). Russian for Librarians. Linnet Books. p. 66. ISBN 0208011994.
- ^ Young, Ann-Christe (1998). "Grants and Acquisitions". ACRL College & Research Libraries News. 59 (11).
- ^ Deyrup, Marta. "Donation of the Sabo Collection – University Libraries". University Libraries. Retrieved 2024-05-19.