Conquering the USA, State by State: 1936 Dead Stock Conquest Board Game 6 inch bone ruler but drawing itself is in

but drawing itself is in good shape

Photos document a selection of representative pages but it would be exhaustive to show them all

perhaps meant to hold letters--and it does look as if our rather lonely looking figure could use the lift of a handwritten letter from a friend

Created in 1903 as a lark among three writer/artist/architect friends (Oliver Herford

A little wonky (one leg wiggles a bit and looks to have been re-nailed once or twice) but such an excellent form and really a sweet mix of modernist and folky

Conquering the USA, State by State: 1936 Dead Stock Conquest Board Game 6 inch bone ruler but drawing itself is inThe seller I purchased this one from told me she believed the game of Conquest was never released, and my searching seems to suggest she was right; I can't find record of it anywhere, and believe rather that Lucas Company, Reading Mass. just produced some prototypes, of which this is one. In addition to the great graphics on the box and board and all, this seems to me an especially resonant one at this particular moment in the life of our nation and