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Bookends For Sale
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Porcelain Foo Dog Lion Decorative Object or Bookend, Japan
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful white porcelain foo dog lion decorative object or bookend, circa early to mid-20th century, Japan. Foo dog lions, also known as komainu in Japan, are a symbol of good luc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Brutalist Iron + Petrified Wood Bookends
Located in Round Top, TX
A sculptural and weighty pair of hand-forged steel and wood bookends, crafted in the 1970s and evocative of Don Shoemaker’s iconic studio craft aesthetic. These unique pieces blend B...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Iron
$550 / set
Pair of Hand Made Shell & Coral Bookends
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of hand made shell & coral bookends with Ostrich embossed leather backing.
Category
20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Coral
$1,450 / set
Vintage Pair of Dolphins Bronze Bookends
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage pair of bronze dolphins bookends.
The dolphin figurines are displayed hovering a wave
Size: each 10" height x 3" x 5".
Weight: heavy: 5lbs. 8.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
$450 / set
Pair of Vintage Brass Eagle Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Nice set of extra large, heavy brass Eagle bookends. Has thin felt on bottom of each to prevent scratching furniture. Great on a book shelf or desk. Nice condition, hand polished, Re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean American Colonial Bookends
Materials
Brass
$395 / set
Rookwood William McDonald 1948 XLVIII Rook Bird Raven Library Bookends 5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century Rookwood raven / rook bird bookends by William P McDonald. Circa 1948. Shape 2278.
William Purcell McDonald was born in Cincinnati on September 18, 1864. He joined Roo...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Pottery
$480 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Jean Cocteau and The Testament of Orpheus Hardcover by Lucien Clergue 1st Ed.
By Jean Cocteau
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Jean Cocteau and The Testament of Orpheus by David LeHardy Sweet, Lucien Clergue.A legendary French photographer presents a dramatic visual journal of the creation of Jean Cocteau's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Expressionist Bookends
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Polished Brass and Marble LongHorn Bull Bookends
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning pair of Art Deco bookends was crafted in the United States circa 1940. The rare set features a stylized longhorn bull design in solid, polished brass, mounted on a geom...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
Pair of Chrome Elephant Bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of chrome bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase, c.1930s, USA. The pair of bookends feature two chrome plated brass elephants with curved tubular bodies and geometric shaped h...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass, Chrome
1970s Style Hand-Carved Wooden Bear Bookends - Rustic Folk Art Cabin Decor
Located in Seattle, WA
Charming pair of vintage hand-carved wooden bookends featuring whimsical seated bear figures, likely crafted in the 1970s. Each bookend is individually shaped from solid wood with la...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Bookends
Materials
Wood
Large pair of Art Deco bookends signed by Maurice Frecourt from the 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A elegant and large pair of Art Deco bookends signed by Maurice Frecourt (France 1890-1961) in marble and bronzed spelter. Made in France during the 1920s.
Wear consistent with age...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Antique Liberty Bell Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of solid iron antique liberty bell bookends with a nice patina. Green felt bottoms. Unsigned.
The Liberty Bell bears the message: Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land U...
Category
20th Century American American Colonial Bookends
Materials
Iron
$160 / set
Vintage Pair of Carved Aztec Onyx Stone Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of onyx bookends. These beautiful pieces are carved in the likes of aztec warrior deities. The onyx veining and translucent beauty comes t...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Onyx
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Carl Auböck Mid-Century Bookends with Brass Hands #1928, Vienna, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of minimalist but charming sculptural book ends in the shape of a hands. Model number 1928, handmade of solid polished brass and metal, designed by Werkstätte Carl Auböck in t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Solid Cast Brass Anchor Candle Holders
Located in Elkhart, IN
A charming pair of cast solid brass anchor candlestick holders. Perfect for your Nantucket, Cape, or Hamptons home!
USA, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 6"W x 4.25"D x 3.5"H.
Good ori...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Chat et Dogue Art Deco Bookends of a Cat and a Dog from Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Chat et Dogue” (French: cat and dog)
Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed
Art Deco style, France
Sculpture made in “Régule” (spelter)
Green patina - Handwork, patina could be dif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Rainbow Nesting Sculpture, Contemporary Colored Concrete Piece by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rainbow nesting sculpture made in colored concrete in 4 separate pieces. Each piece is casted in high quality pastina cement by skilled craftsmen from Italy. The sculpture could be u...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Concrete
Pair of Art Deco Bookends in Silver Bronze
By Gauthier
Located in NANTES, FR
Bookends circa 1930 in silvered bronze representing a gazelle on a black marble base signed Gauthier.
Length: 14,5 cm
Width: 11 cm
Height: 16 cm
Weight: 3.2 kg
Joseph Gaut...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,594 / set
Early 20th century Sullivanesque Terracotta blocks by Midland Terracotta Company
Located in Southampton, NJ
A rare pair of c1910 Sullivanesque style architectural terracotta blocks by the Midland Terra Cotta Company of Chicago Illinois. Midland was a major contributor to many Chicago and P...
Category
1910s American Prairie School Vintage Bookends
Materials
Terracotta
Mayan Figure Agate Bookends - a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of agate bookends carved in the shape of Mayan figures in a seated position. Simple lines define the face topped with a crown, crossed arms and feet. The richly banded agate h...
Category
Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Agate
$325 / set
Pair of 1920s Brass Figurative Bookends with White Onyx Base
Located in Austin, TX
This pair of vintage brass and white onyx bookends dates to the 1920s and are clearly inspired by Rodin's 'The Thinker.' From time to time, similar bookends will surface, but differi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Chinese Bookends of Soapstone hand carved, Republic Period circa 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a beautiful pair of Chinese soapstone Bookends made in China during the Republic period, Circa 1920.
These bookends are individ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Bookends
Materials
Soapstone
Salta Round Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Pair of Vintage Stag Head Brass Bookends
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Elegant brass bookends in the form of two stag heads. They are heavy and will hold heavy books in space on your bookshelf.
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
A Rare Pair 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Greco Male Figurine Bookends
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning and Unusual Pair of Matching Grand Tour Bronze Spelter Greek Male Figurines on Alabaster Bases.
The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Bookends
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze, Spelter
$2,158 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Brass Eagle Bookends or Doorstops, 1970's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Brass Eagle Bookends or Doorstops, 1970's. Nice original patina.
Category
20th Century Unknown American Classical Bookends
Materials
Brass
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Charles Hollis Large Lucite Dice
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Feast your eyes on this glorious oxblood red pair of acrylic dice by Charles Hollis. These are spectacular when the light hits them, as they glow in burgu...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Acrylic
Nickel- plated art deco bookends vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Nickel- plated art deco bookends vienna around 1920s
Ball black lacquered.
The books are not for sale they are only for the photoshooting
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Nickel
Mid-Century Modern Surfboard Shape Tier Bookshelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Walnut
Set of Italian Onyx and White Marble Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of white and black marble bookends, Italy circa 1960's. Wonderful addition to any home office seeking a classic or modern vibe.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Bookends
Materials
Marble, Onyx
Amber Glass Galloping Horse Sculpture / Bookend by L.E. Smith Glass Company
Located in San Diego, CA
An amber glass galloping horse sculpture / bookend by L.E. Smith Glass Company, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measure 6"W x 3"D x 8"H. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Glass
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Legras Editeur Rare Art Deco Pair Silver Plated Cubist Hare Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual pair of French Art Deco cubist hare bookends mounted on stepped marble bases attributed to Verrerie Legras and marked and dating from around 1920. The silver-plate...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate
Pair of Midcentury Marble and Wooden Horse Head Bookends
Located in Antwerp, BE
Stylish pair of midcentury wooden horse head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are heavy and well crafted, they are honey cream in color on a black marble base. Great addition to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
Handsome Pair of Ben Seibel Stirrup bookends
By Ben Seibel
Located in Evanston, IL
Own a piece of decorative arts history with Ben Siebel's stirrup bookends, designed for Jenfred-Ware.
Crafted from brass, these bookends showcase Seibel's signature blend of sculptu...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Pair of French Ceramic Bookends in Saint-Clément Style
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly invite you to read the entire description, as we strive to provide detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our items.
This unique and...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Impressive Pair of Tall Petrified Wood Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An impressive and unique pair of petrified wood bookends. This material forms under extraodinary circumstances, such as after a volcano eruption, and creates an extraordinary look. T...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Felt, Petrified Wood
Pair of Mayan Bookends 1970's Mexico
Located in San Diego, CA
1970's solid resin stone Mayan bookends from Mexico nice solid and unique.
Category
20th Century Mexican Bohemian Bookends
Materials
Stone
$275 / item
Pair of Maltese Art Deco Bronze Dolphin Bookends or Sculptures
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage pair of bookends feature finely sculpted elongated dolphins with their tails playfully raised in the air. Highly detailed handmade figurines, combining function and decoration, can be used as paperweights or sculptures, enhancing a shelf or table decor with their elegant, attractive forms.
The dolphins are signed on the bottoms with the foundry stamps, F. Abela & Sons, and Maltese crosses; please note the slight variations in the marks as shown in pictures. The bookends are in very good vintage condition with beautiful, age-appropriate patina. We are offering 2 pairs of the bookends, sold separately, at the time of the listing.
Malta is an island state, located on the archipelago of three small islands in the Mediterranean Sea near Italy. Malta became part of the British Empire in the early 1800s, and one of the favorite tourist spots as early as in the 18th and 19th centuries. Dolphin door handles...
Category
Mid-20th Century Maltese Neoclassical Revival Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair Antique Elephant Bookends, Indian, Coromandel, Novel, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique elephant bookends. An Indian, coromandel decorative novel or book rest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Offering charming character and d...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Late Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Wood
Il Corpo Sculptural Bookends Portraying Female Body Hand Crafted Resin Stone
Located in Barranquilla, CO
Our Il Corpo sculpture is a set of two individual sculptures portraying the upper and lower body parts. It was designed to be used as a bookend but possibilities are endless with thi...
Category
2010s Colombian Other Bookends
Materials
Stone
Rare Bookends Alabaster Natural Polycrhome iMedieval Library .Monk, Original
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Last days!!!!
I accept reasonable offers on my entire catalog (small and medium-sized items only)
Alabaster and marble bookends in the shape of monks sitting on a throne reading a b...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Medieval Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
$1,328 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Pair of Vintage Owl Figure Bookends, English, Carved Oak Book Rest, Circa 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming pair of vintage bookends, featuring beautifully carved barn owls, crafted in appealing English oak, circa 1970. This decorative book rest combines warm caramel ton...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Pair of Sculptural Bookends 1930s
Located in Meer, VAN
Art Deco Pair of Sculptural Bookends 1930s.
Beautiful pair of art deco bookends with a sculptural shape, made somewhere in the early part of the 20th century. Art Deco / Amsterdamse...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal
$1,004 / set
Vintage Carved Mexican Aztec Mayan Figure Onyx Stone Bookends 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1950s Pair of Carved Aztec Onyx Stone Bookends.
Mexican Aztec Mayan Figure Onyx Bookends.
Hand carved marble stone pyramid Aztec Mayan.
Pair of v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Tribal Bookends
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Squirrel Bookends by Max Le Verrier Largest Size France 1930 Original
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco squirrel bookends by Max Le Verrier.
The sculptures are in Art metal with green patina with brown shades
They stand on Belgina Black marble bases.
France 1930.
This size is...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal
Atomic Era Jack / Jax Bookend, Doorstop or Paperweight by Bill Curry
By Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage atomic era / MCM iron jack / jax in the style of Bill Curry, circa 1970s. The piece in well worn vintage condition with a great lime green...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Iron
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Bill Curry Bronze Jax Bookend or Door Stop
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Jax bookend or doorstop by Bill Curry for Design Line. This Jack bookend is made of heavy cast bronze with a charming age appropriate patina that gives character.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Amethyst Large Bookends, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Amethyst large bookends, 1970s.
Amethyst is a gemstone. These Amethyst bookends are created from an Amethyst geode. It has a flat cut base and is ...
Category
20th Century South American Bookends
Materials
Amethyst
$913 / set
Pair Of Vintage Greyhound Figures, Italian, Dog Statue, Bookends, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage Greyhound figures. An Italian, ceramic seated dog statue or decorative bookends, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Loveable figures with appealin...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Marble Column Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of Neoclassical marble classic style column bookends, Italy circa 1960's.
Great set to add to a formal or informal library office setting.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Bookends
Materials
Marble
Pair Japanese Brass Duck Garden Sculptures/Bookends
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1203 Japan pair hand cast iron duck garden ornaments/bookends set on a base.
Category
1960s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Book ends, in Onyx, White Color, Horse Shape Pattern, France, Circa 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Pair of book ends, in onyx, the motif pattern are horse heads. They are white in color, and were made in France in the 1970s.
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Onyx
$330 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of French Hand Carved Wooden Bookends, Bird Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
A good quality pair of French hand carved wooden bookends.
These beautiful French Art Deco era handcrafted bookends will look great displaying your's or your child's favorite boo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Walnut
$360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Deco Bookends Antelopes Signed Limousin
By Limousin
Located in NANTES, FR
Large pair of spelter bookends around 1930 by Jacques Limousin.
Antelope on a portor marble base and onyx application.
Signed Limousin on the base.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
$1,535 / set
Pair Italian Marble Burgundy and White 'Book' Bookends
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1116 A substantial pair of Italian MCM burgundy and white marble 'book' bookends.
Category
1960s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble
Striking & Hand Carved, Stylized Wooden Art Deco Nude Female Sculpture Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Impressive and highly stylish female bookends, hand carved out nutwood.
The artist who handcarved these wonderfully stylized, sitting female bookends has perfectly captured the natu...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Nutwood
1970s Vintage Triangular Grey Marble Stone Bookends - a Pair
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are really pleased to offer a vintage, sleek pair of polished stone bookends, dating back to the 1970s. This stunning set is constructed from solid, heavy-weight marble and showc...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Stone, Marble
Pair of Bookends Bronze Elephants Sitting with Books
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Elephant bookends. The bookends are early 20th Century and are well made, and full of cheer, engaging in books of their own.
The patinated bookends tell a great story and w...
Category
Early 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Antique, New and Vintage Bookends
A good pair of antique, new or vintage bookends will look wonderful in your reading nook. And the need for these trusty home accents has stood the test of time, which means there are many different kinds to suit any design taste or furniture style.
Bookends weren’t created until the 1870s. Serving faithfully in the background, they went unobserved for a while. The authors of the Oxford English Dictionary report that the term “book end” didn’t appear in printed material until 1907. The primary function of bookends is to ensure that your books remain upright in your bookcase, but style and form have taken the lead over the years. Furniture makers have ensured that bookends demand as much attention as the books themselves. Indeed, while competing with carefully curated first editions or rows of colorful spines is no small task, plenty of bookends steal the stage.
If you’re looking to add a dose of intrigue or decorative flourish to your reading room that will be difficult to ignore, stone bookends and metal bookends can take on the appearance of small, provocative sculptures rather than functional accessories to keep your books orderly on your shelves. Depending on what kind of textures you’re thinking of introducing to your home office or study, a pair of brass bookends or a bronze set will pop against your dusty hardcovers and any decorative objects you’ve accumulated while working to style your bookcase. A pair of mid-century modern bookends carved from dark, exotic woods such as teak can also introduce warmth to a home office or study. While teak was a favorite of designers who worked with furniture in the mid-20th century, all manner of wood bookends have emerged over the years, with some woodworkers carving ornate patterns or figures into their pieces.
Bookworms, take note: You can find an extraordinary range of antique, new and vintage bookends for your dazzling book displays and bookshelves today on 1stDibs.
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