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Decorative Arts, Bookends, Man with Falling Book Stack, Vintage, 1940s

$300

Man Stacking Books Character Bookends
c. 1940s
Cast metal, painted
6.25 inches high, 4 inches wide, 3 inches deep
$300, the pair

A pair of humorous bookends, each of a man (professor or librarian) attending to a large stack of books, which nonetheless have begun falling.

Condition: Generally very good with light wear.