What wood are Regency bookcases usually made from?

Mahogany and rosewood, overwhelmingly. Mahogany appears in just over half of all titles listed and rosewood in just under a quarter. Painted and simulated-finish pine makes up a small group, around one in twenty, and single examples turn up in Goncalo Alves, burr yew, satinwood, teak and bird's eye maple.

Are open or glazed bookcases more common?

Open, by a wide margin. Door-less shelves appear in 165 titles against 42 for glazed, roughly four to one. Astragal glazing, where slender bars divide the door panes, shows up in 13 titles. Display and vitrine cabinets filed here are fewer still.

What is a waterfall bookcase?

A set of open shelves that step forward and downward in graduated tiers, so the case is deepest and widest at the base. It runs to 94 titles, most in mahogany, and it's the form a buyer is most likely to meet under this heading.

Does Regency mean the piece was made in the Regency?

Not always. Only 79 of 630 listings carry a clean year, and the date field otherwise falls back on the style label, with 'Regency' used 335 times. Where years are given they run from 1800 to 1930. Titles including 'Regency Style' and 'Regency Revival' mark out the later work in the taste, and 1920s, 1910s and 1930s entries all appear.

Which forms sit at the top of the range?

Breakfront library cases. They're about one in ten of the category, and the samples run up to a ten-foot four-door example. Pairs also sit consistently high, with 35 titles offering two at once. Brass inlay, ebony and satinwood stringing, marble tops and ormolu mounts recur in the upper titles.

How often do these come up for sale?

About 67 a year on Sellingantiques, from a pool of 159 different dealers who have listed one. That spread tells you something: almost no dealer specialises in them, and almost every furniture dealer handles one sooner or later.

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Free-standing English bookcases in the Regency taste, mostly mahogany or rosewood, built low and open so they could stand in a living room rather than a dedicated library.

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Dwarf Bookcase.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£465

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19th century

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Regency Rosewood Open Bookcase

From Reindeer Antiques

£4,850

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Large Mahogany Breakfront Glazed Bookcase

1900 - 1920

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Large Mahogany Breakfront Glazed Bookcase

From LTANTIQUES.CO.UK

£1,490

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Large Flame Mahogany Breakfront Open Bookcase

1900 - 1920

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Large Flame Mahogany Breakfront Open Bookcase

From Shackladys Antiques

£2,295

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18th century

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George Lv Rosewood Bookcase

From Treasury Antiques

£1,495

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19th century

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Rosewood Bookcase Circa 1825

From Fairford Barn Antiques

£1,495

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1900 - 1920

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Mahogany Bookcase

From Deva Antiques

£285

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19th century

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Small Regency Open Bookcase

From John Howkins Antiques

£875

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Antique William IV Rosewood Open Bookcase Marble Top Attributed Gillows

19th century

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Antique William IV Rosewood Open Bookcase Marble Top Attributed Gillows

From Knight Fine Antiques and Collectables

£7,950

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19th century

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Regency Mahogany Waterfall Bookcase

From W.J. Gravener Antiques Ltd.

£2,450

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The top sale of the last year on Sellingantiques was a George III secretaire bookcase with fitted drawers and a glazed upper section, in November 2025.

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Bookcase Cabinet

From Thakeham Furniture

£3,350

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19th century

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Large Mahogany Bookcase

From D J Green Antiques

£2,950

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Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet

19th century

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Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet

From Hand of Glory

£1,250

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19th century

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Bookcase

From D J Green Antiques

£1,240

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19th century

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Small 19th Century Rosewood Open Bookcase

From Roger King Antiques

£220

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19th century

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Early 19th Century Mahogany Cupboard Bookcase

From James R Millington Antiques

£575

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Regency Bookcases

Regency Mahogany Dwarf Bookcase.

Regency Rosewood Open Bookcase

Large Mahogany Breakfront Glazed Bookcase

Large Flame Mahogany Breakfront Open Bookcase

George Lv Rosewood Bookcase

Rosewood Bookcase Circa 1825

Mahogany Bookcase

Small Regency Open Bookcase

Antique William IV Rosewood Open Bookcase Marble Top Attributed Gillows

Regency Mahogany Waterfall Bookcase

Regency Mahogany Bookcase Cabinet

Large Mahogany Bookcase

Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet

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Small 19th Century Rosewood Open Bookcase

Early 19th Century Mahogany Cupboard Bookcase

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