EDIT – worked out what was wrong with the images. They all linked to an image cache used by T-mobile when you are on a 3G link, as I was when I wrote the first post. But, when editing in wordpress it appears it has a local image cache, so it still worked.
I’m surprised, as I muse on building the bookcase I posted on last, how few variants I’ve seen on the basic form you see a million times over. Idle searches have turned up not a lot, so I thought I’d go and look harder and keep a record for next time I try to find them :-
The v-split :-
From the school of impractical installation art, the infinity bookcase :-
Loads on the bookshelf blog
Curves :-
… and ladder shelves – nicely made, but a bit boring :-
Superb tall shelves with built in sliding stairs – now there’s an idea I might play with :-
Rolling the boat out so far you can’t see it any more, try this …
Something a little more basic, but still cool :-
More curves :=
Angles :-