Mother Goose-Step 1940 Anti-Fascist Political Satire illustrated by Disney Artist Robert "BOB" GIVENS World War II Anti-German Humor Rare

Title: Mother Goose-Step and other nertzery rhymes

Author: Danny Weaver
Illustrator: Robert Givens

Description: Tan papered boards. Front cover pictorially stamped with a goose-stepping goose. Bit of wear to top centimeter of hinges; surface-paper splitting along bottom portion of front hinge. Interior is unmarked. Dampstained bottom fore-corner of the first seven leaves; a few minor spots of soiling on a few pages. A couple leaves have short closed top-edge tears. 54 pages. 8 x 6 inches. Placed in a removable clear archival sleeve. Scarce.

Anti-Nazi political satire from early 1940. Cartoons and nursery rhymes that excoriate Hitler and the Nazis and lambaste Germans and Soviets for carving up Europe (the German invasion of Czech provinces, the invasion of Finland by the Soviets, and the occupation of Poland by both parties). Stalin, Goering, Goebbels, Streicher, Mussolini, Aryan housewives and the Hitler Youth all come in for abuse. Copyright assigned Feb. 15, 1940.

Cartoons drawn by the Walt Disney, Warner Bros, and Hanna-Barbera animator, writer, and character designer, Robert ''Bob'' Givens (1918-2017). Givens was the creator the first official design of the Bugs Bunny character, having previously worked on several short films, including those with Donald Duck, and the feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Drafted for World War II, he went to work for Warner Bros. studios and produced military training films.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Lymanhouse / Printed by The Ward Ritchie Press
Place: Los Angeles, California
Year: 1940

Keywords: political, satire, Robert Givens, Bob Givens, Ward Ritchie, Walt Disney Studios, antifa, antifascist, anti-Nazi, World War II, WWII, German invasion, Hitler, Stalin, Goebbels,