sectional bookcase
barrister's bookcase

But whereas some food is kept in the filing cabinets in the office, dishes and cooking fat and vegetables are kept in glass-fronted sectional bookcases in the kitchen.

The thing was a sea captain's medicine chest, a blocky hunk of furniture about the size of two installments of a sectional bookcase, though a trifle higher and somewhat narrower.

Each unit 10 by 12 ft.,' report the architects, 'was designed as a complete element within itself, having its own light, both artificial and natural, heating, ventilation, electric wiring, case and cupboard spaces, and in general adapting itself to the same utilitarian manner as a sectional bookcase' "."

Each shelf of a true barrister's bookcase must be portable with a heavy load of books.

A barrister's bookcase consists of several separate shelf units that may be stacked together to form a cabinet.

As most high-quality bookcases are closed by doors, but also to retain the books when being carried, a barrister's bookcase has glazed doors.

Modern "decorator" copies of these may look the same, but are often too lightly constructed to be carried whilst loaded, or may even be simply a single fixed case as per a normal bookcase, but with separate doors to each shelf to give the appearance of a barrister's bookcase.