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Bookcases For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Large Late Regency Six Door Mahogany Bookcase Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and impressive late Regency six door mahogany bookcase attributed to Gillows, the upper section with a triple breakfront cornice above glazed doors with brass diamond trellis grilles, each enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with panelled cupboards decorated with book-matched flame veneers between turned columns with palmette terminals. English, circa 1815.
Footnote. A double Breakfront Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, c.1820
The bookcase of large form but of elegant proportions, having a pleasing low waist, always desirable on case furniture of this sort, brass grilles, a plinth base veneered in the finest mahogany and intriguing inlaid quatrefoil shaped escutcheons to the central doors.
Designed in the early 19th century “Roman” fashion, this bookcase is one of a small group of such pieces that have been linked in the past to designs provided by the Wyatt family of architects (see for example a bookcase of remarkably similar form offered by Christie’s in London on the 16th of December 2010 with an estimate of £40-£60,000). Although any link with Wyatt must remain purely speculative, the attribution of this bookcase to the firm of Gillows of Lancaster can be made with a much higher degree of confidence. This attribution is based partly on a fine suite of similar library bookcases supplied to Tatton Park and discussed in detail by Dr. Susan Stuart in Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, page 375-377, plates 443 & 444. Of even greater interest is a design for a complete...
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1810s English Regency Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier Bookcase, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Biedermeier bookcase with two doors with three-quarter glazing and a flat profiled cornice. The cabinet stands on square feet and is veneered in mahogany. The interior is fitted with...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Marble Top Bibliotheques / Bookcases
Located in Charleston, SC
A Regal pair of Louis XV style French ormolu-mounted marble top Bibliotheques with rosewood, Kingwood, Tulipwood, and mahogany veneers. These elegant French bookcases showcase the re...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Exceptional, 19th Century French Bookcase in Plum Pudding Mahogany. The tall upper body has 3 glazed doors that showcase a storage cavity that is outfitted with four adjustable shelv...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Regency open bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th-century rosewood open bookcase, the rectangular marble top above-carved frieze supported on carved acanthus-capped columns. Enclosing two adjustable shelves, all raised on a pli...
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19th Century British Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Glasgow School Green Stained Cypress Wood, Glazed Bookcase Mackintosh Attributed
Located in London, GB
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (attributed) a Glasgow School green stained cypress wood and glazed bookcase, with bullion glazed doors with arched upper details and pierced brass hinges a...
Category
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Cypress
Monumental Irish Georgian Mahogany Glazed Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1810
Monumental Irish Georgian Mahogany Glazed Bookcase
sku 1956
Together W162 x D57 x H272 cm
Base W156 x D57 x H91 cm
Top W162 x D47 x H181 cm
Top internal shelf depth 40 cm
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Category
19th Century Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Country French Bookcase ~ China Buffet from Normandie
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 19th Century Country French Bookcase ~ China Buffet from Normandie is a timeless example of the amazing talents of provincial artisans that created their own regional looks ove...
Category
1820s French French Provincial Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
19thC Glazed Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1890
19thC Glazed Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
The projecting cornice above four glazed cupboard doors, enclosing adjustable shelves, abo...
Category
1880s British Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Large Empire Period Bookcase or Church Cupboard
Located in Miami, FL
Great quality late 19th century French Empire period bookcase. Having a moulded cornice above a pair of shaped glazed doors with original old glass and flanked by pilasters terminati...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut, Pine
19th Century French Louis XIV Two-Tiered Bookcase ~ China Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XIV Two-Tiered Bookcase ~ China Buffet is a magnificent example of fine furniture craftsmanship melded with timeless style! Utilizing hand-select quarter-s...
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1880s Louis XIV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Northen Italian Inlaid and Marquetry Secretary Bookcase
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a diminutive Northern Italian inlaid secretary bookcase. A variety of hand selected woods make this case piece a special item. The top section with a single shelf behind glaz...
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19th Century Italian Other Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Vintage Bookcase, Italy, 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage bookcase is an orginal modern furniture realized in the second half of 19th century
Realized by Italian manufacture
Bookcase with shelves supported by a column with the up...
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19th Century Italian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
French Empire Bookcase in Walnut
Located in Doylestown, PA
An early 19th century French provincial biblioteque in walnut, with upper case with adjustable shelves and wire-grill doors over a lower pair of paneled cabinet doors, circa 1810.
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Carved Bookcase
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak hand-carved bookcase from France. The top is banded and has a beveled and hand carved edge, following down to paneled sides and a sin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Oak, Blown Glass
Antique French Hunt Cabinet / Bookcase Barley Twist Renaissance Revival Buffet
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous 19th century French hunt style / renaissance revival Cabinet.
Impressive sculpted Stag on top & four barley twisted columns.
The cabinet is richly decorated with French hunt / Black Forest style carvings of birds & plants.
All done in solid European oak by a master carver.
The cabinet has a glass top with 3 adjustable shelves.
Would make a stunning Bookcase or can be adjusted to a gun cabinet amazing...
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1870s French Renaissance Revival Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
Late 19th Century French Empire Library Bookcase
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Very large French solid mahogany Empire style bookcase with three upper glazed arched doors and lower solid mahogany paneled doors, the case acce...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Early 19thC English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1820-30’s
Early 19thC English mahogany school library glazed bookcase
Excellent quality and patination with original hardware
Adjustable shelves
(3 parts)
One gl...
Category
1820s British Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Barley Twist Display Cabinet Vitrine Bookcase Carved Oak c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
Direct from France, a lovely and unique antique French carved oak cabinet/bookcase/server! This is such a very versatile piece, we can imagine it in many places throughout the home!
~ Elaborately hand carved crown with large center cartouche
~ Look at the interior back panels, there are two large carved medallions that perfectly compliment the crown piece!
~ Barley twist posts on either side of the glass door
~ Barley twist legs on all four sides of the open shelf lower cabinet, with carved block joints
~ Large carved lower moldings above the big bun feet and carved beveled edge on the upper cabinet!
~ Quality throughout with original wavy glass
~ Solid oak, heavy and strong, well built by craftsmen of the period,
~ circa 1880
Measurements:
77.5” height (Over 6 ft.) x 32” x 19”.
Three separate pieces (base, glass cabinet, upper crown).
Base is 37” height x 32” x 19”;
Glass cabinet section is 30” height x 30” x 13.5”;
Upper crown is 10.5” height x 27.75”.
Interior shelf is adjustable on the wood track. Shelf itself is 26.25” x 10”.
As shown, the height above the shelf is 11.5” and below the shelf is 14.5”.
Large open...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
French 19th Century Painted Pine Buffet with 2 Glass Panel and 2 Solid Doors
Located in Santa Monica, CA
French 19th century painted pine buffet or bookcase. Two lower solid panel doors with one shelf and three drawers. Two upper glass panel doors with and two shelves.
Category
19th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Pine
Mahogany open bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany open bookcase, the large rectangular well-figured top. Above two bays of adjustable shelves, divided by columns. All raised on a plinth base.
Dimensions
Height 54.5 Inches
W...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A tall and very impressive antique Victorian bookcase. This was made in England, it dates from the 1860-1880 period.
It is a great size, with lots of storage space in the upper and ...
Category
1860s British High Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood
English antique Revolving bookcase in solid wood, 1920s
Located in MIlano, IT
English antique Revolving bookcase in solid wood, 1920s
Elegant and vintage revolving bookcase with square base, entirely in solid wood. The...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Large 19thC English Oak & Mahogany Glazed Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1890
Large 19thC English Oak & Mahogany Glazed Bookcase Cabinet
sku 1789
W189 x D28 x H231 cm
Weight 88 kg
Category
19th Century Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
George IV Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over three glazed doors enclosing shelves. Wood knobs. Locks and keys. Gadrooned plinth base.
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Antique French Directoire Glazed Cabinet with Crossed Water-Gilded Arrows
Located in Chicago, IL
About as original as can be, this stellar antique only received a minimal amount of conservation in our highly regarded workshop. Constructed of exotic rosewood, the case packs quite...
Category
1860s French Directoire Antique Bookcases
Materials
Gold
Early 19th Century Regency Period 4-door Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A fine early 19th-century, Regency period four-door breakfront mahogany library bookcase. It features a moulded cornice above four astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves....
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Mahogany Astragal Glazed Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique mahogany astragal glazed breakfront bookcase with dentil cornice, swan neck pediment and beautifully carved centre finial. The breakfront front bookcase top with four...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Library Vitrine in Mahogany with Bronze Ornamentation
Located in Sofia, BG
Exquisite French library vitrine in mahogany with two large front doors with original glass and elegant bronze ornamentation. There are five adjustabl...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
French Walnut Bookcase
Located in Wilson, NC
This French walnut bookcase has a wire mesh door with beveled ebonized scalloped framing. The stiles and frieze have convex banding in heavy cas...
Category
1860s French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Louis Philippe Period Cherrywood Bookcase ~ Display Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Philippe Period Cherrywood Bookcase ~ Display Cabinet is a splendid design that combines a staid classical architecture with a shallow depth and the warmth of well-aged cherryw...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Antique French Bookcase or Cupboard in Limed White Oak Older Restoration c1800's
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Limed Oak Cabinet, of massive proportions. We seldom, if ever, find a genuine Antique French, circa 1800s Cabinet, of such grandeur. Our ...
Category
1890s French Country Antique Bookcases
Materials
Steel
George III Mahogany Astral Glazed Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An early 19th century astral glazed bureau bookcase of large proportions. Displaying a pair of astral glazed doors. The base houses four long drawers, on...
Category
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian Quality Figured Mahogany Glazed Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality figured mahogany glazed bookcase having a quality figured mahogany top above a single drawer above a pair of figured mahogany arched shaped moulded glazed d...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Other
Monumental Late 19th Century Italian Walnut Three-Door Bookcase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A grand late 19th-century Italian walnut bookcase, exquisitely crafted with intricate carvings and elegant proportions. This monumental three-door bookcase features beveled glass doo...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Early 19th Century American Painted Bookcase
Located in Wiscasset, ME
An early American painted bookcase of nice shallow dimension. From either New York or New England, of step back-form with a molded cornice over double glazed doors, over double cabi...
Category
Early 19th Century American Colonial Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Paint
Spanish Large Pine Cupboard or Bookcase with Glass Vitrine, 19th Century
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish cupboard or bookcase with glass vitrine, constructed from a pine called "mobila" and original glasses of this period. Features a coffered case fronted by four la...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine, Glass
Biedermeier Bookcase, Cherry Veneer, South Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant straight-lined Biedermeier Bookcase or Display Cabinet in cherry veneer from South Germany around 1820.
Cherrywood veneered on softwood. The edges of the doors and the strip between the doors are set in ebony.
Book-matched cherrywood veneer inlay at the bottom front of the doors. Ebonized corner columns and moldings in the cornice and base.
Solid cherry wood square tapered legs. 4 old glass windows...
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Tall Early 19th Century French Painted Glazed Bibliothèque, Bookcase
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
A tall early 19th century french painted glazed Bibliothèque - bookcase. Of tall and slender proportions. Displaying a pair of glazed doors over a pair of arched panel doors opening ...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Bird's Eye Maple and Cherry Bookcase
Located in High Point, NC
19th century bookcase from France made from bird's-eye maple and cherry. This piece is a real stunner! The entirety of the case is made from wonderful and tightly grained Birdseye ...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Bookcases
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Cherry
Antique French Bibliotheque / Display Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique French Bibliotheque / display cabinet. This cabinet comes with adjustable glass shelves and a later mirrored back wall. The four front doo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Fruitwood
Large French Two-Door Bookcase Cabinet of Cherry
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome large French bookcase cabinet of cherry from the 19th c., featuring a moulded crown top over a frieze of two glazed paneled doors, the...
Category
19th Century French Antique Bookcases
Materials
Metal
19th century Pine open bookcase
Located in Cheshire, GB
Pine open bookcase, the moulded cornice over an arrangement of seven adjustable shelves. Raised on a plinth base.
Dimensions
Height 88 Inches
Width 54.5 Inches
Depth 13.5 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Antique English Book Shelve
Located in Nashville, TN
Victorian open bookcase in mahogany, having mahogany sides and top with moulded edge above two height adjustable shelves a simple yet functional design, all standing on shaped plinth...
Category
1880s English Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
French Large bookcase or vitrine - mahogany -Louis Philippe period - 19th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming 2-body mahogany bookcase dating from the 19th century.
The lower part is made up of two doors on either side of a niche open to shelves.
Above are 3 drawers.
The upper part ...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Fine 19th Century Irish Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Richmond, VA
Fine 19th century Irish mahogany bookcase with great carved scrolls, paw feet, locking bars, quarter round cabinet door,
Category
19th Century Irish Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Pugin Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
An early 19th century Gothic oak bookcase, the rectangular crenellated top with octafoil panels filled with carved roses, fleur de lis, and a portcullis on a tudor rose back panel above a cavetto frieze mounted with carved oak leaves above two doors, each with two Gothic arched apertures filled with unique metal grilles, enclosing three adjustable shelves to each side, the base section with two blind arcaded doors enclosing an adjustable shelf, on a double plinth base, the lower plinth later, the interior stamped twice 'CLAREMONT', the reverse inscribed in ink 'Mr Young 18.5'.
Provenance:
Supplied for the Palace of Westminster but by 1866 recorded at Claremont House, Esher. This robust Gothic bookcase, enriched with Elizabethan cusped tracery and heraldically-charged castellations, is conceived in the William IV romantic English manner introduced as the ‘New Palace of Westminster’ style, with the collaboration in the mid-1830s of the architects Charles Barry (d. 1860) and A.W.N. Pugin (d. 1852). Westminster Palace’s ‘fort portcullis’ badge is displayed in cusped tablets within embattled parapets, which are flowered with the English cinquefoile rose.
This bookcase appears to be a precursor for the more florid bookcases designed for the New Palace by Pugin in the mid-1840s. It may possibly have been intended for the King’s Tower (now called the Victoria Tower).
Pugin established a furniture manufactory in Convent...
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Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Large 19thC English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
Large 19thC English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase
sku 1606B
Base W177 x D41 x H42 cm
Top W186 x D45 x H181 cm
Together W186 x D45 x H223 cm
Category
19th Century Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Display Armoire ~ Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut display Armoire ~ Bookcase is a majestic example of fine craftsmanship, executed in what experts consider the finest indigenous wood ever availabl...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Large English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase / Vitrine
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1890
Large English Mahogany Glazed Bookcase / Vitrine
sku 1780
W117 x D34 x H221 cm
Weight 86 Kg
Category
19th Century Antique Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Haagse School Dutch Art Deco bookcase by Hendrik Wouda for Pander, 1924
By Hendrik Wouda, Pander
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
An original Hendrik Wouda bookcase, made at Pander & Sons, 1924 (marked with metal plate at the back). The modernist design with the pointed legs and the cubist geometric shapes is w...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Late Regency Rosewood Breakfront Open Bookcase, Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late Regency rosewood breakfront open bookcase, attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with three adjustable shelves, with tooled leather dust fringes, divided by four fluted p...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Bookcases
Materials
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bookcase or Vitrine, Bronze
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Louis XVI style mahogany bibliotheque or bookcase is finished with bronze banding. Its corners feature bronze fluting and the side panels are also...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Folk Art "Picassiette" Deux-Corps, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and unusual dresser decorated with colorful bits of broken porcelain -- in typical French Folk Art tradition, but unusual on a piece of this size ...
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Bookcases
Mid 19th century carved mahogany Danish bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare Danish carved mahogany bookcase circa 1840.
2 part bookcase. Top section with hidden drawer below the cornice. Applied carving to corners and around the key hole. Double gla...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Baroque Antique Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
19th Century Country French Louis XIV Whitewashed Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century country French Louis XIV white washed bookcase is the perfect choice for storage, display and adding a timeless panache to your deco...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Bookcases
Materials
Cut Steel
Antique Dutch Marquetry Cabinet, Circa 1800-1820
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique magnificent quality Dutch marquetry cabinet, circa 1800-1820.
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
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
Vintage and Antique Bookcases for Sale: Shop Art Deco Bookcases, Globe Wernicke Bookcases and Barrister Bookcases on 1stDibs
Whether you proudly shelve your books in regal mahogany or behind glass cabinet doors, an antique bookcase — or perhaps more than one — is essential to creating a cozy nook for any book lover.
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 decorative objects or collectibles, 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 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. 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 barrister bookcases, Globe Wernicke bookcases, bookcases with doors and other vintage and antique bookcases on 1stDibs now.
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