I had this bookcase several years ago, and I bought it again.  It is manufactured wood, but is is thick and durable, even more so if you use glue when assembling.  If you order the black color, you can color in dings with a black marker.  For those who move frequently , the two-cube and four-cube models are light and small enough for one person to carry up and down stairs easily.  It is not fine furniture, but it looks good and I am not really settled enough to have fine furniture.