bookcase
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The Qatari plane has oversize leather seats and a faux library bookcase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Restoration work was carried out on both the building and its contents, including rewaxing a rare Chippendale bookcase estimated to be worth about £20m.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Scanning my bookcase, which contains a few hundred volumes, it occurred to me that none of them would make sense if Sister Albertine hadn’t grown me into a reader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Hynes places his headphones down and drifts over to his bookcase, before coming back into frame 30 seconds later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
She reached behind a book, flipped a switch, and pulled on a bookcase, which swiveled out to reveal a steel door with a keypad.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
If your home contains more than two bookcases, you probably know the cautionary tale of Homer and Langley Collyer.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
“A purchaser has the option of retaining a huge amount of custom millwork: closets, bookcases, kitchen cabinetry, bathroom cabinets, marble counters, and high end appliances,” the listing said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
Gautier got its start making kids’ beds that looked like cars and rocket ships but today sells sofas, bookcases and desks for around $2,500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
The two accompanied one another as they walked through bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Piles of books and papers were stacked up wherever they would fit: on the desk, on the bookcases, in shoe boxes above the bookcases, on top of the TV, pouring out of the open closet.
From "George" by Alex Gino
