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Bookcases For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Georgian
Painted Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty little painted pine breakfront bookcase. 1840.
Dimensions
62.5 inches (159 cms) wide
16.5 inches (42 cms) deep
84 inches (213 c...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Antique Bookcase Cabinet Maple and Co Victorian Satinwood
By Maple & Co.
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Extremely handsome antique bookcase or cabinet in satinwood
Piece is stamped by makers Maple & Co (please see close up photo)
Maple & Co. was a British furniture and upholstery man...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Georgian George II Figured Walnut Bookcase Bureau Secretary Desk, 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique George II figured and inlaid walnut bureau bookcase/secretary, circa 1750.
The bookcase secretary in two secrions, the upper bookcase having a stepped crown with twin arched mirrored doors below, the mirror to the right side having a reversed engraved flower and the doors enclosing three adjustable shelves. The base having a fall front with a fitted writing surface, the interior is extravagantly fitted with eight pigeonholes, six drawers with a central carved arched door flanked with ribbed columns. The door having a secret switch to the inside allowing the whole 'box' to be withdrawn, therefore providing access to two secret drawers to the verso. The base having twin pull-out lopers to support the fall front, below are four long and two short drawers, the cabinet is raised on bracket feet.
The bookcase secretary is made from the finest figured walnut which is crossbanded & inlaid with satinwood stringing, the cabinet has all the original brass handles, lockplates/escutcheons. This is a very fine quality early Georgian bookcase secretary...
Category
1750s English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Century English George I Walnut Secretary Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George I walnut secretary bookcase, having a domed cornice above a bevelled mirror door enclosing two shelves. The...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
George IV circa 1820 Hardwood Library Bookcase Inc Drawers Ornate Astral Glazing
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Astral glazed George IV mahogany library bookcase
This piece has an absolutely stunning timber patina, I've never seen ...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Light Hardwood Library Bookcase Secrétaire Desk Brown Leather Surface
Located in GB
We are delighted to this stunning circa 1880 light mahogany library bookcase with secrétaire desk
A well made and collectable library bookcase. The top s...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Scottish Bookcases
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful pair of early 19th C Scottish bookcases with brass grill doors. Interior can be painted to suit. 1850.
Dimensions
60.5 inches (154 cms) Wide
21 inches (53 cms) Deep
9...
Category
19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Gillows Lancaster English Oak Antique Victorian Bookcase Cupboards
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning near pair of original Victorian heavily hand carved oak library bookcase cabinets made by the world famous firm of Gillows of Lancaster & London
If you are in the market for the finest pair of English library bookcases...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Cabinet, circa 1885
Located in Sofia, BG
Late 19th century two-door mahogany breakfront bookcase cabinet, the moulded cornice above two astragal glazed doors opening to reveal four adjustable shelves, the bottom section hav...
Category
Late 19th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent George III period seven door breakfront library bookcase. Constructed in the finest quality figured mahogany, having a moulded cornice above seven astragal glazed doors...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Mid 18th Century Mahogany and Gilt Display Bookcase
Located in London, GB
An attractive mid-18th century figured mahogany display bookcase with gilt gesso mouldings throughout having dentil moulded cornice above shaped glazed doors and paneled cupboard doo...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George III Mahogany Blind Door Bookcase on Chest
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III mahogany blind door bookcase on chest. The top section with a dentil cornice and a crossbanded frieze, two fantastic mahogany pa...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
English George III Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality George III Mahogany secretaire breakfront bookcase. Have four doors with arched oval glazing bars open to adjustable interior shelves. Below this, the base...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Martlesham, GB
Early 18th century walnut bureau bookcase, the shaped cornice above a mirrored front bookcase with the two doors opening to reveal ...
Category
1740s British George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase
Located in Martlesham, GB
An impressive chinoiserie bureau bookcase on a red background, the carcass itself 18th century but lacquered in the early 20th century, hav...
Category
1920s British Georgian Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer
Large Heavily Carved Bookcase Cupboard with Ornate Cherub Putti & Lion Figures
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for this lovely heavily carved Italian bookcase pot cupboard with Lions head and putti’s
A very charming and finel...
Category
1880s Italian Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Mid-18th Century Mahogany Small Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century well-figured mahogany Bureau bookcase of attractive small proportions having architectural dentil-moulded cornice above shaped mirrored door with original gilt-ges...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Turning Oak Librery Bookcase
Located in Weiningen, CH
19th century turning oak librery.
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Original George III circa 1760 Solid Hardwood Corner Cupboard Large Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original George III circa 1760 solid mahogany corner cupboard
A very good looking and decorative piece, its hard to believe that th...
Category
1760s English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Custom Mahogany Georgian Style Bookcase by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is made-to-order traditional mahogany bookcase made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features two doors with swirly crotch mahogany fields and tulipwood inlays.. The top has one pe...
Category
2010s American Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian (18/19th Century) mahogany secretary bookcase having a 2 glass mullioned doors over multiple drawers & a fall-front center...
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
19th Century England Victorian Mahogany Corner Cupboards Bookcase, 1850s
Located in Roma, RM
Rare English study cabinet, corner bookcase, with two doors and a small fixed door, in mahogany wood of great quality and with a beautiful grain. Enriche...
Category
1850s English Early Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Very Important Samuel Pepys 1666 Large Library Bookcases After Original
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of Samuel Pepys 1666 large library bookcases after the original.
These bookcases are basically the birthpla...
Category
20th Century English Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
English Victorian Papier Mache Etagere
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian papier mache pearl inlaid black lacquered 4-tier etagere with turned legs and supports with back rail.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer
English Victorian Papier Mache Etagere
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian papier mache pearl inlaid black lacquered 3 tier etagere with oval mirror and 2 drawers.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Lacquer
18th Century English George II Walnut Secretary Bookcase
By Giles Grendey
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 18th century English George II walnut secretary bookcase in the manner of Giles Grendey. The shaped mirrored pane...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Gardner & Son circa 1840 Serpentine Fronted Claw & Ball Feet Library Bookcase
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1840 A Gardner & Son Glasgow flamed mahogany serpentine fronted library bookcase with ornately carved Claw & Ball feet
A very good looking and well made piece, it screams late Georgian decadence. This is one of those pieces that to the untrained eye looks to be quite normal but a quick look closer and you can see the premium timbers, the sublime carving and so it
We have cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, its in good used period order throughout
Dimensions:
Height:- 122cm
Width:- 152cm
Depth:- 42.5cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point
A. Gardner & Son were cabinet makers based at 36 Jamaica Street, Glasgow in Scotland. They built very fine quality antique furniture using...
Category
1840s Scottish Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Arthur Brett George II Mahogany Library Bookcase China Cabinet Carved Eagles
By Arthur Brett
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century George II style library bookcase by Arthur Brett. Made from mahogany with a wide base featuring two six pained doors opening to adjustable shelves over pullout work...
Category
Late 20th Century George II Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Rare Victorian Flamed Hardwood Library Bookcase Secretaire Desk Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian flamed mahogany library bookcase with built in secrataire desk and chest of drawers
A good looking and multifunctional pie...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
English George III Style Book/Display Cabinet
Located in Wilson, NC
English George III Style Book/Display Cabinet has the original broken arch cornice that has carved egg and dart molding. The doors have cross ...
Category
1920s English George III Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Early 18th Century George I Figured Walnut Bureau Bookcase
By Peter Miller
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A superb and exceptionally well proportioned early 18th century figured walnut ‘pagoda topped’ double dome bureau bookcase, circa 1720 England.
The upper section is surmounted with what is believed to be the original solid walnut finials and soft bevelled mirror plates, opening to a removal bank of walnut veneered and feather banded drawers, cantered by pigeonholes below two shelves. Candle slides are neatly stowed below the bookcase doors to reflect the light.
To the moulded bureau, the fall opens to reveal pigeonholes, long and short asymmetric drawers each beautifully veneered in figured walnut and feather banded, cantered by a cupboard door which neatly conceals an open compartment and drawer. Below the fall, two short and two long graduating oak lined drawers are each book-matched in superb sections of hand-cut figured walnut veneers over bun feet.
It should be noted that this exceptional desk and bookcase, is not only of the finest cuts of figured walnut veneer but exquisitely made at the pinnacle of design which had gradually evolved predominantly in London, during the late 17thand early 18thcentury.
The actual description 'desk-and-bookcase' appears to be first recorded in the accounts of the Royal cabinet-maker Gerrit Jensen (fl.1680-d.1715) who supplied several for the Royal Household from 1710 (Bowett, op. cit.), and another described as 'a walnut writing desk, the top for books and patons and glass in the doors asked' for the 5th Earl of Salisbury, Hatfield House. Another maker of this form of desk was the London cabinet-maker John Gumley (1691-1727) who advertised in Richard Steele's Lover on April 24 1714 that he 'hath taken for a Ware-house, and furnished all the upper part of the New Exchange in the Strand' continuing with an extensive list of his stock including 'Desks and Bookcases.' In 1714 he supplied one of these in walnut to James 1st Duke of Montrose for the sum of £11.
Russian cabinetwork of this period was strongly influenced by Tsar Peter I return to Russia after his studies in London. He subsequently sent twenty-four cabinetmakers who were working in Amsterdam to London to train as furniture makers. One of these cabinetmakers named Fedor Martynov made furniture for the Empress Anna Ioannovna. Martynovs drawings are almost identical to the present piece.
Literature
Mallett’s Great English Furniture, London: Bullfinch Press 1991, p.248, fig 287, by Lanto Synge,
English Furniture 1660-1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne, by Dr Adam Bowett,
Woodbridge: Antique Collector’s Club, 2002 Chapter 7 Case Furniture 1689–1714 pp.221-223 fig. 7:53
A walnut bureau bookcase of the same form and period sold from the private collection of Patricia Kluge...
Category
Early 18th Century British George I Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Large 19th Century Victorian Breakfront Bookcase with Integral Secretaire
Located in London, GB
A very fine and large Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase and secretaire. The upper part has four compartments, the doors of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful antique early 19th century Victorian bookcase, masterfully crafted in rich solid mahogany, circa 1850.
This bookcase featu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Victorian Oak Revolving Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 19th century quality Victorian oak revolving bookcase having a shaped oak top with moulded edge supported by four attractive quality roped twist brass columns and four circul...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
George III Chippendale Period Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in London, by appointment only
George III Chippendale period mahogany breakfront bookcase.
Having a moulded and dentilled cornice above a fluted frieze, enclosed by a pair of glazed doors flanked by fluted and st...
Category
18th Century British George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Style Dutch Mahogany Cabinet with Sliding Faux Book Safe
Located in Charleston, SC
Early 20th century Georgian style English or Dutch mahogany cabinet with sliding faux book safe. Great quality mahogany, bronze eschuteons and grill work. Do...
Category
20th Century Dutch Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
18 Century English Sheraton George III Satinwood Cabinet Bookcase, circa 1785
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A classic period Sheraton English satinwood and tulipwood China display case or bookcase the upper section with dentil cornice above a pair of astra...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Satinwood
English Yew Wood Architectural Breakfront
Located in Woodbury, CT
Custom made for us in England by talented craftsmen, this classically styled Georgian breakfront with columnar accents has a presence that is unmat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Yew
Three-Tiered Mahogany Set of Shelves or Étagerè
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Three-tiered mahogany shelves or ètagerè with Classic turned finials and supports over dramatic bulbous feet with brass wheels sporting a crisp finish. Big on function and bold in de...
Category
20th Century English Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Bookcase English, Georgian Style
Located in Toronto, CA
A traditional English bookcase in the Georgian styling, with a Classic arch in the top of the bookcase shelf area. The cabinet is in two pieces top and bottom with the booth being server type cabinet.
Category
20th Century English Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and good quality George III period mahogany bureau
bookcase having unusual castellated and carved cornice above pair of 13
pane astragal glazed doors, superbly figured flap and four long drawers
with replacement brass oval plate handles raised on original shaped bracket
feet
(A fine example of a functional and elegant Georgian bureau bookcase...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Irish George II Mahogany Secretaire Cabinet manner of Giles Grendy
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a fine quality 18th century George II Irish mahogany secretaire cabinet in the manner of Giles Grendy. The shaped mirror panels doors opening ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Irish George II Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English George III "Chinese Chippendale" Bookcase or Display Cabinet
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous quality antique English George III diminutive size, carved and fretted mahogany "Chinese Chippendale" bookcase or display cabinet
Please note superbly "blind fretted" and c...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany and Satinwood Book Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
Finely constructed with choice veneers with crossbanded top with brass 3/4 gallery over a pair of paneled doors with a pair of opposing doors with pleated fabric, each corner with re...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III English Thomas Chippendale Brown Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Dublin, GB
A superb George III Chippendale period mahogany breakfront library bookcase, the raised architectural pediment, with a detailed moulded edge, above arched Gothic glazed doors carved with acanthus, resting on a raised paneled door base with a deep plate-form base, (a design often seen in Thomas Chippendale work).
Footnote: The design for this bookcase can be seen in the life and works of Thomas Chippendale by Christopher Gilbert page 41 figure 65, as one of four bookcases commissioned by Sir Rowland Winn for his London townhouse in St James Square, or at Nostell Priory.
Category
1760s English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
This is a quality 19th century Victorian antique mahogany bookcase. The upper section having an attractive shaped cornice over a pair of glazed doors with shaped mouldings and turned...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Walnut Open Bookcase, Scotland 1875, H519
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian walnut open bookcase, Scotland 1875, H519
Scotland 1875
Solid walnut
Original finish
Overhanging cornice
Open bookcase underneath
Two paneled doors in the center
B...
Category
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Fine Antique 18th Century Rosewood Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine antique 18th century rosewood bureau bookcase having a magnificent top section with a shaped moulded swan neck pediment, two shaped doors both wi...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Georgian Mahogany 18th Century Library Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very good quality 18th century mahogany secretaire bookcase of diminutive proportion having 13 pane astragal glazed doors above secretaire drawer and three long drawers with replac...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Exceptional Quality Solid Mahogany Aesthetic Movement Open Bookcase
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4786, superb quality Victorian open bookcase in solid mahogany, having mirrored upstand with ebonised spindles and reeded uprights above figured mahogany top and 3 height adjustabl...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
19C Irish Georgian Style Secretary Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING 19C Irish Georgian Style Secretary Bookcase.
From circa 1850-60 and most definitely, “IRISH”.
Made of gorgeous flamed Cuban mahogany which would have been imported from the British Colonies at the end of the 18th Century and early 19th Century.
This piece of is of IMPRESSIVE PROPORTIONS ….. it is a real STATEMENT piece and EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY !
It has a very ‘Regency Style’ pelmet or crown with egg and dart moldings under a very straight line crown.
The top section consists of a 4 door bookcase, each with 3 shelving areas. It appears to retain it’s original glass, but it could likewise have been replaced at some time during it’s long life, as it is very rare to find pieces that have not suffered breakages over 150+ years.
Each bookcase door still retains the original moldings to the front with a star shape above and below a central circular viewing panel.
Each section is separated by a carved and fluted roman column/pillar.
The bookcase section rests on top of the base, which consists of a beautiful central secretaire desk accessed by drop down front with working lock and key and rests on 2 pull out rests on either side. The secretary portion has a central tabernacle, with an inlaid oval satinwood medallion above another scallop shell drawer. It has 6 smaller drawers and 8 cubbies. The 2 pillars on either side of the central tabernacle are secret drawers and pull out. The curved crowns above the cubbies on either side are likewise secret drawers and pull out.
Either side of the secretary there are 2 drawers (4 total) with a press or cupboard underneath.
Under the secretary there are 4 large central drawers.
The brasses and hardware are all original to the piece (save 2 extra hinges that have been attached to the drop down secretary to give it more support and stability.
Again, each section is separated by a turned and fluted column/pillar which replicates the 2 side pillars to the central tabernacle of the secretary.
The piece sits on 8 curved feet.
This was an extremely high quality piece when made. This is also supported by the fact that the secondary woods are also mahogany and not pine or oak for slightly lesser quality pieces of the era.
This piece is specifically identifiable as an Irish Georgian Style piece by virtue of the scallop shell moldings on the base side presses (see photos).
Irish Georgian furniture...
Category
Mid-19th Century Irish George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Satinwood
George III Thomas Chippendale Hardwood Bookcase on Serpentine Chest Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning George III Thomas Chippendale style mahogany bookcase on serpentine chest of drawers
A glorious find, truly stunning, after original Thomas...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
Fine Georgian Mahogany Inlaid Library Bookcase, circa 1800
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive, fine quality early 19th century Georgian mahogany break fronted library bookcase, having molded cornice with carved button decoration above five diamond pattern astrical glazed doors, each with scrolling foliate inlaid decoration, opening to reveal adjustable shelves within. The five paneled doors...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Set of Four Oxford Library Victorian Bookcases in Hardwood 412cm Wide
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this stunning set of four original Victorian Oxford Library mahogany bookcases...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique English Victorian mahogany and marquetry bureau bookcase, circa 1860 in date and in excellent condition.
It has b...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George III Style Mahogany Bibliotec
Located in Houston, TX
A handsome Italian George III flame mahogany bookcase with three upper glass door cabinets, adjustable shelves, three base cabinet doors with three pullout or pull-out shelves and go...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian George III Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
Massive Antique Renaissance Revival Walnut Carved Knockdown Bookcase Armoire
Located in Dayton, OH
Massive antique Renaissance Revival walnut carved knockdown bookcase armoire
Made from walnut with extensive carvings and matchbook veneered outer panels. There are three-door compa...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Mahogany Revolving Bookstand
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century mahogany revolving bookstand / bookcase, the moulded edge top and bottom section supported by a central turned column with various spindle dividers running along the out...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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.
Find your dream bookcase on 1stDibs now.
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