The Globe-Wernicke Co Ltd was an American furniture company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

Globe-Wernicke was formed as a result of the Cincinnati based Globe Files Company (est.

These were high-quality stacking book shelves, with a standard width of 34 inches, in oak, walnut and mahogany, capable of being adapted to fit together to form a bookcase which could either be all of the same measurements or which could be rearranged by the insertion of units of different depths and heights.

With regularity, these bookcases appear in auctions and internet sites and, what originally cost $75 or so will now be sold for $900 or more.

[1] During World War II 90% of the company's business in the US was converted to produce military equipment.