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Definition of Bookcases
1. bookcase [n] - See also: bookcase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bookcases
Literary usage of Bookcases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Private Library: What We Do Know, what We Don't Know, what We Ought to by Arthur Lee Humphreys (1897)
"bookcases. The chief faults of bookcases arise from their being designed and made
... A first requisite in bookcases is simplicity, bearing in mind that the ..."
2. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith, . (1992)
"bookcases nice. They are finished with a plain, shallow base molding.
When Philosophical Hall was completely remodeled in 1947 a few of these bookcases were ..."
3. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"3 bookcases nice. They are finished with a plain, shallow base molding.
When Philosophical Hall was completely remodeled in 1947 a few of these bookcases ..."
4. Library Construction, Architecture, Fittings, and Furniture by Frank James Burgoyne (1897)
"bookcases may be of two kinds. In one the books are only shelved upon one side,
... In considering what height the bookcases should be, we have, firstly, ..."
5. Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods: The Rede Lecture by John Willis Clark (1894)
"Having said thus much about chaining, I return to the Merton bookcases. Cases similar
to these were evidently in use in the library of Christ Church, ..."
6. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"Back of this is the treasure room, devoted to the safe keeping of the library's
rarest books and specially fitted with locked metal bookcases. ..."
7. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"CHAPTER XXII CHESTS OF DRAWERS, BUREAUS, AND bookcases The chest of drawers—The
tall-hoy—The commode—Bureaus— bookcases. IN the previous chapter the story ..."
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