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N. C. WYETH BUY WAR BONDS. 1942. 593/4x40 inches. U.S. Government Printing Office Condition B+: repaired tears in margins, some affecting text; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. One of America's greatest illustrators, Wyeth gave exciting visual life to more than a century of classic adventure stories. From the Wild West, to pirates, to Robinson Crusoe to the books of Robert Louis Stevenson and James Fenimore Cooper his work graced magazine covers, books and calendars. For the 20th Century's biggest, and real, adventure, World War II, Wyeth utilizes his most heroic style to depict a stirring version of Uncle Sam amidst the smoke of the battlefield, grasping Old Glory and urging America's troops onward and America's populace to buy more war bonds. This is the largest and rarest of three different sizes.
