1900s ART NOUVEAU BRONZE MYTHOLOGICAL SPRING LOADED BOOKENDS - GREENMAN SATYR SECRET SOCIETIES which explores mental powers /

which explores mental powers / thought currents and how to train and use them

light wear to extremities

handwritten notes from previous owner on front endpapers and on p 20 (an otherwise blank page)

Compiled by John J

1900s ART NOUVEAU BRONZE MYTHOLOGICAL SPRING LOADED BOOKENDS - GREENMAN SATYR SECRET SOCIETIES which explores mental powers /Details + Condition: Unique Art Nouveau bronze expandable and contractable book rack bookends, circa 1890s early 1900s. Features mythological creatures in the design, including a Green Man or devil, a griffin or phoenix and others in a winding floral vine motif. The book rack has a spring mechanism which once expanded automatically contracts to snuggly hold the books in place. In very good antique condition, with the rods opening and closing smoothly.