Myron Dolia

Zolota rybka: virshovana kazka [The Golden Fish: A Rhymed Fairy Tale]

Lviv – New York – Winnipeg: Nakladom M. Matviichuka, 1927. Item #1515

26 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Series: Zolota biblioteka, druhyi vypusk (The Golden Library, Issue No. 2). Stapled in original illustrated wrappers featuring a circular woodcut-style drawing signed by R. Manastyrsky. Shelf wear, light staining, and tape restoration to wrappers and several pages. A bookstore stamp and inscription on the title page.

An early émigré children’s publication issued for the Ukrainian diaspora, Zolota rybka is a rhymed retelling of the classic folk tale of the golden fish, adapted into verse by Ukrainian poet Myron Dolia. The tale, deeply rooted in Eastern European oral tradition, follows a humble fisherman who catches a magical golden fish that offers to grant wishes in exchange for its freedom—only for human greed to lead to a downfall.

Price: $60.00