Does the Sir Know? Political satire for kids about Soviet butter.

Emden, E. [Does the Sir Know? Political Satire for Kids]. Izvestno li Seru? Politicheskii Fel'eton dlia Rebiat. Illustrations by Kukryniksy. Moskva, OGIZ, Molodaia gvardiia, 1932.4to, [16] pp., ill. In original pictorial wrappers. Near good condition, overall wear to wrappers and spine.  This book by the children's writer and poet Esfir' Emden (1905-1961) tells the story of Professor Dolbil, who claimed to have found a bug in Soviet butter and reported it to the King's agronomist. The agronomist then gave a speech in Parliament, warning about the dangers of Bolshevism spread through this butter. However, it was later revealed that the professor had planted the bugs in the butter himself.The pamphlet was a response to a black public relations campaign against Soviet butter in the English market. The campaign began in January 1931, and by the end of that year, nearly five hundred articles about a small bug found in Soviet butter in the UK had appeared in English and Australian newspapers