Aug 01, 2007 - Sale 2120

Sale 2120 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
DR. SEUSS (THEODORE GEISEL) STARVE THE SQUANDER BUG. 1943.
11 1/2x46 inches. (29 x 117 cm.) U.S. Government Printing Office.
Condition A-: vertical folds. Paper.
Long before he began his illustrious career as a children's book illustrator, Dr. Seuss did political cartoons for newspapers in New York City, and also propaganda work for the Government. The "Squander Bug" appeared on several different posters, exhorting citizens to "Buy War Bonds."