Designed for a traveling picture bookshop. By stacking two mountain-shaped units, the bookshelf creates diagonal lines of sight, allowing both children and adults to browse books from the same perspective. This reduces visibility differences caused by height and enables children to pick up books on their own. The slanted shelves also allow for spine-out and face-out displays, encouraging direct engagement with books.
Wood. W910 × D960 × H255 mm
With two tiers of book compartments, on tubular downswept legs and stretcher.
38cm wide x 102cm high x 38cm deep
Lyon & Turnbull's The Secret Life of Props auction, September 24, 2025
A rare and well-preserved 18th-century travelling library of English publisher John Bell's Poets of Great Britain. Complete in their two original travelling library cases resembling four folio volumes, and containing 109 volumes. Featuring authors such as Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Gay, Swift, Addison, and more. Housed in two original brown calf travelling library cases resembling stacked folio books, red morocco spine labels, decorated in gilt, each with hidden key lock compartment on spine (keys not present), rubbed and scratched, small loss in upper corner of second case; each lined in matching marbled paper and green felt. From the collection of Justin G. Schiller.
The pull-out double-wingback seat with two reading rests, on turned fluted legs with castors, the back and sides fitted with an arrangement of drawers, adjustable shelves and green velvet-lined hinged display compartments, stamped CHARLES HINDLEY, WELBECK STREET, LONDON
47.1/2 in. (121 cm.) high; 70.1/2 in. (179 cm.) wide; 42 in. (107 cm.) deep
The Library-Go-Round adds a distinctive difference to your library, a unique way to show off your favorite tomes and a useful method of conducting research and taking notes. The five shelves of this revolving book display, inspired by one owned by Thomas Jefferson, can hold several books at various levels and angles and are also useful for note-taking and cross-checking information from several sources. The spinning lazy susan-style base of this rotating bookcase is perfect for spotlighting rare first editions, specialty books, favorite artwork and photographs. The Library-Go-Round folds up neatly into a 12" box when not in use.
This five-shelf bookcase was once owned and used by the future president in his law office in Springfield, Illinois. Though simplistic in design, it is accented by a thin midnight-blue velvet trim. The two doors of the bookcase are missing.
Currently at auction with Heritage Auctions
