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Bookcases For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Georgian
Antique Georgian Style Flame Grained Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A smart and very well made antique bureau bookcase of very slim proportions. This is in the Georgian style, it was made in England and dates from around the 1950s.
It is of excellent quality, and is a most useful item. The drawer fronts are serpentine shaped with brass handles, the writing flap has cross banded edges and the upper doors have lovely astral glazing...
Category
1950s British Georgian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Leather, Glass
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely proportioned with broken arch carved pediment terminating with flower heads over a fluted frieze over a pair of doors flanked by a pair of doors all with honeycomb mullions en...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Breakfront Open Bookcase in Mahogany, 19 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant 19th century mahogany open bookcase from England called Breakfront since it has a forward central section.
It is rare to find a large model with a breakfront that creates mo...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Style Two Door Bookcase / Cabinet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century walnut wood Victorian style painted interior two door bookcase / cabinet with bottom front drawer. The bookcase is in good condition. The right door is bowed and n...
Category
1810s Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Paint
Antique American Victorian Cherry Wood Etagere or Bookshelf
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Victorian or American Colonial style cherry wood five shelf etagere or bookshelf with carved finial details
USA, circa late 19th century
Measures: 31.75"W x 10"D x 5...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Cherry
Henkel Harris Georgian Carved Mahogany Lighted Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style lighted breakfront bookcase or dining cabinet
By Henkel Harris
USA, 1978
Mahogany, with satinwood banding, mullioned glass front doo...
Category
1970s American Georgian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass
English Painted Glazed Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Large 19th century English painted pine bookcase / display cabinet with sliding glazed doors and adjustable shelving in both top and bottom sections. 1840.
Dimensions
109.5 inc...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine
19th Century Glazed Secretaire Bookcase in Walnut, England
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Glazed secretaire bookcase in walnut from the second part of the 19th century of very good quality from England
Very beautiful secretary of small ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Figured Walnut Open Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5014 attractive Victorian open bookcase in solid walnut, having figured walnut top with moulded edge above two open sections, each fitted with height adjustable shelves and flanked...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Mahogany Georgian Style Bowfront Bookcase by Fancher Furniture Co
Located in Southampton, NY
Mahogany Georgian style bowfront bookcase by Fancher Furniture Co.
A lovely 20th Century reproduction with bowfront central glass door on the upper ...
Category
20th Century American Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian 1900s Revolving Three Tier Library Bookcase with Wooden Feet
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Victorian Revolving Three Tier Library Bookcase With Slatted Sections On A Graduated X Frame Revolving Base.
Category
19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Elegant Georgian style cabinet with classical pediment, geometric glazing bars over the twin doors with three adjustable shelves within, the lower section with a fall front, fully li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Mahogany Open Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
0596 Victorian open bookcase in mahogany, having figured top above shallow frieze and three height adjustable shelves, all flanked by reeded pilasters and drop carvings, standing on ...
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Style Two Piece Cerused Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Painted English Georgian style two-piece secretaire bookcase featuring a slant front or drop front desk. The top section has two paneled glass doors opening to a three shelf interior...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Vintage Flamed Hardwood Dwarf Open Library Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Vintage Flamed Hardwood Dwarf Bookcase.
A well-made and solid cabinet with Georgian-style handles and a beauti...
Category
20th Century British Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Exceptional Painted Irish Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Massive 19th century architectural Irish bookcase. Super scale. 1840
Dimensions
133.5 inches (339 cms) wide
22 inches (56 cms) deep
95.5 inches (243 cms) high.
Category
19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Outstanding Quality Antique George II Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George II mahogany bureau bookcase having a shaped cornice above a mirrored door bookcase opening to adjustable shelves, candle slide above the bureau ful...
Category
18th Century English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Other
Victorian Handmade Floor Standing Revolving Bookcase with Chamfered Edge, 1800s
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A beautiful and elegant Victorian handmade floor standing revolving bookcase with chamfered edge 1800s.
Handmade bookcase on swivel base, with segmented inner section to fit books.
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George II Style Breakfront China Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine quality American made George II style bookcase, breakfront, china cabinet in mahongay with inayed boxwood. This piece has a glass upper section with glass shelves and an arche...
Category
Early 20th Century American Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Boxwood, Mahogany
Antique English Break-Front Bibliotheque Bookcase in Mahogany, circa 1870
By S.E. & R. Johnson. Warrington
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome and very well crafted English break-front bookcase or bibliotheque in solid mahogany by S.E. & R. Johnson of Warrington, England, circa 1870. Features six doors with glass panels in the upper section over a base with ten drawers on each side, flanking a middle section consisting of three doors with wooden panels. There are two adjustable shelves in each of the three upper sections, with a total of ten interior drawers. Original tear-drop pulls on doors turn to release a lever allowing the doors to be opened with the pulls as well as locked, a most unusual and attractive feature. All of the hardware is original to the bookcase including the locks. Comes with working locks and keys.
Measurements: 13' 8 1/2" long x 21 1/2" - 27 1/2" deep x 101" high (8'5" high)
All of the drawers are stamped with the cabinetmaker's stamp, "S.E. & R. (Ralph) Johnson, Warrington". This fine bookcase was manufactured prior to 1880 in Warrington in Cheshire, England. While information is scant, it would seem that S. E. would have been Ralph's father's workshop listed at 78 Bridge Street in Warrington, England, circa 1878. Ralph would have likely been an apprentice at that time. He opened his own workshop, presumably when his father retired. By the Edwardian period, Ralph had become a cabinet maker of some renown.
Drawer locks are original and stamped "Chance Son & Co. W Chance, Son, & Co" and are listed in the 1850s directories as "Merchants and Factors" in Birmingham, England. They would have been middlemen having various merchandise made for them, primarily for export to North America. The type of locks employed in this bookcase is a lever combination lock. In the cabinet lock trade, lever locks became available circa 1855 and superseded the earlier tumbler and back-spring locks.
Some points about the breakfront to note are that it is made entirely out of solid mahogany which is unusual; there are no veneers. Even the drawer sides, backs and bottoms are made of mahogany. The interior wood, i.e., the back and the insides of the cabinet is pine.
One of the great features is that the upper door hardware has a dead latch that operates with the tear drop pull. You can lock the doors, but if you don't want to lock them, you can use the tear drop pull to operate the dead latch to open and close by turning it to the right. There are 20 exterior drawers and 8 interior drawers. Lower cabinets each have 1 fixed shelf; upper cabinets have 2 adjustable shelves each. There are enough extra original cast iron shelf...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Unusual 19th Century English Double-Sided Bookcase Bookshelf
Located in Shippensburg, PA
UNUSUAL VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DOUBLE-SIDED BOOKCASE
England, circa mid-to-late 19th century
Item # 209APB28Q
This uncommon double-sided bookcase is compo...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Unusual 18th-19th Century Continental Secretary Bookcase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Figured wood veneer, the top with a carved cornice over double doors. They open to two shelves over drawers and cubby holes. A middle frieze with three drawers (lacking a key) over t...
Category
19th Century European Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Oak Bookcase
Located in High Point, NC
19th Century oak bookcase from England with a molded gallery around the back for additional shelving space. This is over a crown molding with a dentil type carved border. The bookcase has four moveable shelves, flanked by reeded columns which have applied half turned moldings for additional design detail. The sides are simple and the case is raised on bracket feet and a scalloped molded base. This is a gorgeous bookcase...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Mahogany Georgian Style Four Door Bookcase China Cabinet by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This a traditional mahogany breakfront bookcase or china cabinet with four doors by Leighton Hall. It features four bottom doors with swirly crotch mahogany fields and straight grain mahogany borders. The top four doors feature grills with individually paned glass. The drawers are masterfully dovetailed and the drawer boxes are made of oak. The hardware is solid brass. The cabinet has dimmable lighting and mortised door locks. Each section has multiple adjustable 3/8 in. glass shelves. It has a hand rubbed satin finish.
This cabinet is an excellent compliment to our custom mahogany dining tables...
Category
2010s American Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Stunning Antique Victorian Hardwood & Embossed Leather Library Bookcase Cupboard
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, large mahogany framed with leather embossed panels library bookcase cupboard ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Two Tier Hand Carved Victorian Pokerwork Oak Library Book Table Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1880 English Victorian two tier rotating book table with pokerwork top
A very good look...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Outstanding Quality Antique George III Mahogany Inlaid Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George III mahogany inlaid bureau bookcase having an outstanding quality carved cornice above a pair of mahogany inlaid satinwood astral glazed doors open...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Other
Victorian Mahogany Bookcase Glazed Cabinet Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian Mahogany 2 door Glazed Bookcase standing on a plinth base.
The bottom section of the bookcase having panelled doors with 2 adjustable shelves inside.
circa 1860
The uppe...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Victorian Style Mahogany Bookcase or Entryway Storage Stand
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage etagere or hall stand with three shelves and beveled mirror.
Dimensions Overall: 34W 13D 61H
46.75H (without Mirror).
Category
1960s Late Victorian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Fine English Georgian Mahogany Breakfront
Located in Bridgeport, CT
1780's. Exquisite later Georgian breakfront with Chinese Chippendale floral carved details in the mullions. The clean classical lines with carved cornice over an alternating fluted a...
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Chippendale Revival Mahogany Open Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5376 A fine quality Chippendale Revival open bookcase in mahogany, having oversailing top above blind fretwork to the frieze and an open section with three height adjustable shelve...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
1800s Victorian Book Stand Reticulated
Located in North Miami, FL
1800s English Victorian book stand, oak bookshelves on a reticulated, incised iron base and castors.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Metal
Victorian Breakfront Bookcase Wanut Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning Victorian bookcase of breakfront form in walnut
Features intricate inlay work, almost like Dutch marquetry
Such a beautiful effect as the inlay is incredibly profuse and d...
Category
1980s Victorian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
19th Century George III Hepplewhite Cylinder Top Secretary Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Period Mahogany George III Hepplewhite Cylinder Top Secretary Bookcase. Tapered Legs. Maple inlaid top. Interior reveal leather writing surface and pigeon hole compartments. Beau...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
SUPER RARE ANTIQUE GLOBE WERNICKE HABERDASHERY SHOPS CABINET FiLING BOOKCASE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare, original Globe Wernicke, haberdashery shops filing bookcase cabinet
Please note the deliv...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Fully Restored Antique Victorian Walnut Revolving Bookcase Book Table Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exhibition quality, fully restored, English Walnut with Satinwood inlay, circa 1880 revolving bookcase table with exquisitely finished top and...
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Georgian Bureau Bookcase Mahogany Antique
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase.
Standing on Bracket Feet with an arrangement of 2 Short and 3 Long Drawers.
Each Drawer having front to back Oak Linings and Original B...
Category
1980s Georgian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Glass Front & Oval Inlaid Breakfront, circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany breakfront with carved dental molding cornice, four upper case glass doors with arched serpentine mullions, adjustable interior shelving, flanking lower case oval in...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Complete 19th Century Pharmacy Shop Library Bookcases
Located in Vosselaar, BE
We offer a original and complete late 19th century Pharmacy. Found in France it comprises 2 large corner cupboards with shelving on the long side. Furthermore a large bowed and sculpted counter and two smaller counters...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Victorian Whatnot Bookcase Walnut, 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This high-quality burr walnut whatnot having turned and fluted uprights, turned and fluted feet with original castors.
circa 1860
The Mahogany Lined Drawer...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Oak Bookcase
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand carved oak bookcase from England. The top has a beveled and carved decorated edge following down to simple sides with molded detail, and a hand carved decorated cas...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Monumental Tall Antique Victorian Hardwood Astral Glazed Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally large and grand Victorian circa 1860 hand carved Mahogany display bookcase with Astral glazed doors
This bookcase is one of t...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Pair of Glazed Front Bookcases or Cabinets
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable pair of British colonial cabinets hand crafted in mahogany and featuring bonnets with carved cornices, glazed step-back bookcases with graceful window pane design...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
18th Century Lacquer and Gilt Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality 18th century chinoiserie Secretary bookcase. The top of the bookcase has an ornately shaped and carved pediment, above a single arched mirror door, opening...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
19th Century Style Painted Open Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Unusual 19th century style painted open bookcase.
Dimensions:
88 inches (224 cms) wide
15 inches (38 cms) deep
86.5 inches (220 cms) high.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Rare Original Antique Seymour Easton 1859-1916 Tabard Inn Revolving Bookcase
By Tabard
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this super rare, highly collectable, Antique Victorian, Seymour Easton 1859-1916 Tabard Inn Revolving bookcase stand.
...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Exceptionally Fine Queen Anne Burr Walnut Dome Top Bureau Bookcase Secretary
Located in Bradenton, FL
The best English Queen Anne / George I burl walnut secretary bureau bookcase in two sections. The upper arched top portion with a molded and domed cornice inset with mirrored glass a...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Open Bookcase Cabinet with Shelves Serving Tray and Drawer
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely Mahogany Open Bookcase Cabinet.
We have changed the way this originally was by taking off the doors as they were not in good conditi...
Category
20th Century British Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Glass Front Bookcase, Circa 1890s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian bookcase cabinet
USA, Circa 1890s
Carved solid walnut, with glass front doors and original brass hardware.
Measures: 43.5"W x 21"D x 88.25"H.
...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Mid-18th Century George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-18th century George III slant front bureau bookcase, English. A fine mahogany example. Octagonal glazed bookcase doors enclosing adjustable shelves....
Category
Mid-18th Century George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian 1840 a Blain & Son Liverpool Pollard Oak Bookcase Cupboard
By Arthur Blain
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare, fully stamped, A Blain & Son Liverpool, Pollard Oak, open bookcase / cupboard circa 1840 Victorian
A very good looking and rare piece, pollard oak is highly collectable and was used by the finest furniture manufacturers, this piece is stamped to the top of one of the doors A Blain & Son Liverpool
This is the stamp for Arthur Blain who established the cabinet making business in the William IV period of 1835, at 35...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Open Bookcase Called Waterfall in Mahogany from the 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant open bookcase from the 19th century from England called waterfall since the depth of the shelves decreases from bottom to top. The height also decreases which allows you to p...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Monumental Carved Pine English Country Paint Decorated Bookshelf Bookcase
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very very unique and rare custom-made English piece. The piece is made of antique elements with all of the charm that antiques have and re-designed to act as an enormous bo...
Category
Early 1900s English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Victorian Oak Open Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
A quality Victorian open bookcase in solid oak, having attractive top with finely carved edge above two height adjustable shelves also with carved edge, flanked by decorative, canted pilasters, all standing on carved plinth...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Large Open Bookcase in Mahogany from the 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant large open bookcase in mahogany from the end of the 19th century from England
Very beautiful large bookcase what is uncommun
The book...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Grand 19th Century English Two-Piece Mahogany Stepback Bookcase or China Cabinet
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful large English two-piece mahogany step back bookcase, its upper case with a molded cornice over two glass doors, each with ten glazed glass panes, the top two panes arched...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional Painted Concave Library Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Truly exceptional and very rare antique painted pine concave library bookcase. George III or later. Wonderful wavy hand blown glass in the doors, 1780.
Dimensions
83.5 inches (21...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine
LARGE VICTORIAN HABERDASHERY APOTHECARY SHOPS CABiNET GLAZED DOOR BOOKCASE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original mid-Victorian Apothecary or Haberdashery cabinet library bookcase
Please note the de...
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Vintage, New and Antique Bookcases
As long as curious people have collected stories, we have needed a place to stow them away and preserve them. When auction houses and book dealers proliferated by the late 17th century, the bibliophile was born. And, of course, as with any treasured objects, a book lover’s volumes were suddenly worthy of a luxurious display — enter the bookcase. Americans of means during the 19th century took to amassing art as well as rare books, and antique bookcases of the era, rife with hand-carved decorative accents and architectural motifs, were ideal for displaying their handsome leather-bound wares.
Although our favorite titles may change over the years, the functionality and beauty of their home within our home is timeless. Whether you proudly shelve your books in regal mahogany or behind glass cabinet doors, a bookcase — or perhaps more than one — is essential to creating a cozy nook for any book lover. Even those who don’t covet the perfect home library can benefit from an attractive display case, as bookcases can easily double as charming étagères.
Contemporary and customizable options make it easier for you to find the perfect bookcase for your style and stacks. If you don’t wish to fill your storage piece so that your collection is snug within its confines, incorporate extra space to allow for additional displays and decorative objects. And by introducing a striking dark wood Art Deco bookcase or low-profile mid-century modern design by Paul McCobb into your living room, your signed first editions won’t be the only items making a statement.
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