Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends paperback running vertically down the far

running vertically down the far right edge

have been played with a lot

along with hand-written notes detailing dimensions and prices

which looks to me to be splitting a piece of wood

Scarce Fred S. Gichner Iron Works Knights in Armor Bookends paperback running vertically down the farSo fun, I couldn't resist these who doesn't need a knight in shining armor, or two, around? And turns out the Gichner Ironworks, which produced them, was quite notable opened in Washington DC in 1899 by Fred S. Gichner, a Jewish immigrant from Austria, who went on to design fine ironwork grates, fences, and more for the White House, various embassies, and well appointed homes all over town. During World War II, when local construction was stalled,