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2. Bookcase - Wikipedia

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   Household bookshelf arranged by color. A bookcase, or bookshelf, is a piece of furniture with horizontal shelves, often in a cabinet, used to store books or other printed materials. Bookcases are used in private homes, public and university libraries, offices, schools, and bookstores. Bookcases range from small, low models the height of a table ...

3. Public bookcase - Wikipedia

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   Public bookcase in use, Bonn, Germany (2008) A public bookcase (also known as a free library or book swap or street library or sidewalk library) is a cabinet which may be freely and anonymously used for the exchange and storage of books without the administrative rigor associated with formal libraries.

4. IKEA Billy - Wikipedia

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   IKEA Billy. An IKEA Billy bookshelf. Billy (stylised as BILLY) is a bookcase sold by the Swedish furniture company IKEA. It was developed in 1979 by the Swedish designer Gillis Lundgren, and IKEA have sold over 140 million units of the bookcases worldwide. Its popularity and global spread has led to its use as a barometer of relative worldwide ...

5. Great Bookcase - Wikipedia

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   The Great Bookcase was poorly received by the Building News and Architectural Review at the exhibition. [5] The bookcase was designed by Burges to hold his collection of art books, and was originally displayed at his rooms in Buckingham Street in London. It was later placed in the library at the house Burges had designed for himself, The Tower ...

6. Globe Wernicke - Wikipedia

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   1955. Fate. Acquired. Successor. City Auto Stamping Company. Products. Desks, Bookcases, Shelves. The Globe-Wernicke Co Ltd was an American furniture company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The company was founded in 1893, and specialized in the design and manufacture of military equipment.

7. John Danner (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Danner invented the John Danner Revolving Bookcase, a pivot and post revolving bookcase. He patented the bookcase on May 16, 1876. [1][2][3] His bookcase hangs suspended from a simple cast iron bearing which sits on top of an inner column or post. The revolving mechanism consists of two nesting cast iron cones that provide a precise pivot point ...