?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DR. SEUSS (THEODOR GEISEL, 1904-1991)
STARVE THE SQUANDER BUG / BUY WAR BONDS. Circa 1943.
13½x11½ inches, 34¼x29¼ cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, [Washington, D.C.] Condition A / A-: minor creases in corners and in image; minor abrasions at edges. Paper.
Long before he began his illustrious career as a children's book illustrator, Dr. Seuss created both political cartoons for newspapers in New York City and propaganda work for the government. The "Squander Bug" appeared on several different posters, exhorting citizens to "Buy War Bonds."
