A late Victorian oak revolving bookcase, the design attributed to Norman Shaw, with open shelves and inscribed The Tabbard Inn, The True University of These Days is a Collection of Books, lacking roof -- 25in. (64.5cm.) wide.

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A late Victorian oak revolving bookcase, the design attributed to Norman Shaw, with open shelves and inscribed The Tabbard Inn, The True University of These Days is a Collection of Books, lacking roof -- 25in. (64.5cm.) wide.

See John Andrew The Revolving Bookcase Mystery, The Tale of the Tabbard Inn, Antique Collectors Club, Vol. 15 no. 4.

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