| “My house is a library with living rooms attached.”
—Bernard Berenson Illuminated Galaxy Crystal BallThis illuminated crystal ball is a thoughtful gift and unique accessory for your desk or bookshelf that also functions as a nightlight. The design, depicting the stars and galaxies, creates an entrancing effect and makes your home or office look truly special. Mythology TriviaThis dapper box is filled with 140 multiple-choice questions that cover myths and folklore—from gods and heroes to magical beasts and monsters—from cultures around the world, including Egyptian, Greek, Norse, and more. Vintage Tea TowelsThese charming tea towels feature beautifully detailed and colored illustrations from vintage books. The images have a classic and timeless appeal.
Clockwise from top left: Wildflowers, Fungi, Fifteenth Century Herbs, Cerisier, Chickens, Festival of Fruits, Dandelion The World of Jane Austen:
1,000-Piece PuzzleYou’ll find sixty characters and great houses from the novels of Jane Austen set against the landscapes in which they are featured. Other “World of” puzzles available: Sherlock Holmes, James Joyce, The Tudors, James Bond, Frankenstein, Frida Kahlo, The Harlem Renaissance, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, King Arthur, and Quentin Blake. “Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.” —Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 Read Banned Books Enamel PinThe best way to protest the banning of books is to read them. Spread the word by pinning this “Read Banned Books” pin to a lapel, backpack, or bookbag. It’s 1" x 1" and made of brass with a white nickel finish. Each purchase helps fund literacy programs and book donations to communities in need. Langston Hughes Silver Bracelet“We have tomorrow
Bright before us
Like a flame”
—Langston Hughes, “Youth” These poignant and inspirational words from the poet Langston Hughes (1901–1967) are stamped on this classic sterling silver cuff. The quotation is stamped along the outside of the cuff, while the author’s name is stamped inside. Libraries Save Democracy PinShow your support for public libraries and the essential role they play in a democracy by wearing this enamel pin on a collar, lapel, backpack, or tote. Red, white, and blue enamel with silver accents. Votes For Women PaperweightThis handsome glass paperweight is based on a button worn by marchers at the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade, now housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Historians later credited the event with invigorating the suffrage movement with a new wave of inspiration and purpose. Women Who Changed the
World Mug These heirloom-quality bone china mugs are decorated with engaging illustrations depicting more than forty remarkable women, from secret agents, scientists, and suffragists to politicians, presidents, and paleontologists. Walt Whitman Earrings “Resist much. Obey little.” The poet’s rallying cry for individual and collective liberty, from the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, is stamped on these sterling silver domed disc earrings for pierced ears. They are handmade in the US by artist Amy Volchok. “Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world are grammatical.”
—Montaigne Scrabble™ Vintage Bookshelf EditionThis luxurious bookshelf edition of Scrabble™ has updated stylish packaging, featuring game components stored in a fabric-bound “book” and slipcase, with typography and graphics inspired by the original 1948 game. Elegant storage and premium game components create a classic to be enjoyed for years to come. Collective Noun
Tea TowelsPack, litter, herd? We are thrilled to expand our repertoire of collective nouns beyond the commonplace and into the exceptional: a prickle of hedgehogs, a parliament of owls, a romp of otters, and more. STET! A Game for Language Lovers, Grammar Geeks, and BibliophilesWhats’ wrong with this sentence?If that misplaced apostrophe leapt right off the page, this is the game for you. Based on the New York Times bestseller by Random House’s copy chief Benjamin Dreyer, STET! will help you sharpen or show off your language skills. One hundred entertaining sentences await you, the copyeditor, to correct—or, alternatively, to STET (a copyeditor’s term that means “let it stand”). The first person to spot the error, or, if there is no error, to call out “STET!,” gets the card. Literary TriviaTest your knowledge of all things literary and learn fun facts about authors, characters, plot points, adaptations, and more. Literary Trivia's eye-catching portable box contains 140 entertaining and unexpected trivia questions about classic and contemporary literature from around the world. It’s perfectly sized to throw in a bag for a game night, vacation, or family celebration. Untranslatable Words Cards This set of cards defines some of our favorite words from the world’s languages, and matches them with compelling images to bring some of our most important feelings into focus. These inspiring cards make a thoughtful gift for language lovers, word nerds, and all curious individuals, encouraging us to reflect on the splendor of vocabulary and the emotions. Latin Verbs Mug A perfect everyday mug for the Latin learner, this bone china mug is colorful, informative, and an excellent study aid. The mug lists the different conjugations of two essential Latin Verbs, esse (to be) and amare (to love), in six verb tenses: present, imperfect, future, future perfect, perfect, and pluperfect. “To take my work seriously
would be the height of folly.”
—Edward Gorey Edward Gorey: 1,000-Piece Puzzle Thoughtfully conceived and engagingly intricate, this puzzle features the image Untitled (1965) by the incomparable Edward Gorey, creator of the animated opening sequence of the PBS television series Mystery! Edward Gorey Sparkler Birthday Cards With these notecards on hand, you’ll always be able to send a sparkling birthday greeting. Inside greeting: “Happy Birthday!” “I Am Born” Onesie“Chapter I. I Am Born”—the first line of Dickens’s classic David Copperfield—is printed across the chest of this 100% cotton baby onesie. Prohibition and Repeal Pint GlassesA pair of pint glasses printed with the 18th and 21st Amendments to the Constitution, a witty reminder of the historical path to legal drinking in the United States. Woody Guthrie’s New Years Rulin’s Greeting CardsGuthrie wrote these heartfelt and playful resolutions on New Year’s Day, 1943. From “Don’t Get Lonesome” and “Dream Good” to “Have Company but Don’t Waste Time” and “Wake Up and Fight,” the rulin’s on these all-occasion cards will delight and inspire in any season. The Snooty Bookshop PostcardsThis postcard set celebrates more than a decade of Tom Gauld’s contributions to The Guardian, with fifty of his most beloved strips, on everything from “Procrastination for Creative Writers, a 10-Week Course” and “Poetry Anthologies for People Who Don’t Like Poems” to an alternative bookshop shelving section (“Yes, we do have a copy of the book you’re looking for. You’ll find it in the ‘Vastly Overrated’ section of the ‘So-called Classics’ Department”). Janet All-Occasion Greeting Cards
by Glen Baxter “Janet set aside an hour each day to work on her threatening letters.” These all-occasion cards are Baxter at his most Baxterian: “A kind of mad cross between Magritte, S. J. Perelman, and pulp fiction.”
—The New York Times Midsummer Toddler Tee in Hot Pink “And though she be but little, she is fierce!” This favorite quote from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is printed on these bright pink tees for toddlers. Available in sizes 18 months and 2T. “Reader, I married him.”
—Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre “Reader, I Married Him” Silver Brontë BraceletThis declarative and witty quotation from Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece, Jane Eyre, one of the most famous stories of romance in all of literature, is stamped inside this artisan-made silver bracelet. “Those Who Love Each Other” Gold BraceletThose who love each other shall become invincible.—Walt Whitman The designer handcrafts her jewelry collection in a solar-powered studio in Southern California. Each design is sculpted out of clay, and the clay model is then cast in reclaimed metals using the ancient art of lost wax casting. Edward Gorey Sterling Heart Cat PinThis gently romantic sterling silver pin is a perfect gift for any occasion when one wants to express affection...or something stronger. Gorey was the creator of more than 100 works, from darkly hilarious books to the opening sequence of the PBS television series Mystery! Renaissance Manuscript Silk Chiffon ScarfBlossoms cover the central area of the scarf; on each end is a wide border of flowers, buds, leaves, and berries. In Europe, during the Renaissance, the faithful looked to nature for spiritual enlightenment and to guide their contemplation of the divine. “Shakespeare, in riper years, gave me his hand...”
—William Blake William Blake’s Shakespeare
Playing CardsThis elegant set of playing cards features some of Blake’s most beautiful illustrations of Shakespeare's subjects. Blake, a visionary painter and poet of late-18th and early-19th-century England, was inspired by characters from Shakespeare. The World of Shakespeare:
1,000-Piece PuzzleThe setting: As A Midsummer Night’s Dream is being rehearsed at the Globe, actors wander the streets, along with an expansive cast of extras and local characters who may well have provided the Bard with inspiration. The Shakespeare GameThe winner of the 2022 Independent Toy Awards Board Game Category, The Shakespeare Game is a labor of love and scholarship. The illustrations, text, and game design have been carefully researched by consultants with impeccable credentials. Shakespeare Characters MugThis heirloom-quality bone china mug is decorated with more than forty of the central characters from fourteen of Shakespeare’s major plays. Each time you pick one up, you’ll find more to look at in the wonderfully detailed illustrations: masks, cauldrons, snakes, fairies, phantoms, and much more. “In order to work and to become an artist one needs love.”
—Vincent van Gogh Gustav Klimt Silk Chiffon ScarfKlimt (1862-1918) is known for the delicate, supple beauty of his figures; his romantic fascination with love, death, and the erotic; and the boundary-pushing fearlessness with which he scandalized the art world of Vienna in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Art TriviaThis eye-catching portable box holds 140 multiple-choice questions about artworks from around the globe and artists from all eras; topics range from ancient to contemporary art, fine arts to traditional crafts, museums and galleries to street art. Monet Water Lilies Silk Chiffon ScarfThe image on this scarf is inspired by the work of French impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840-1926). This blue and green scarf is crafted from sheer, lightweight, ethereal silk chiffon and finished with traditional, artisanal, hand-rolled hems. The generous rectangular size of this scarf makes it eminently wearable, suitable for stylish day or evening wear. The Story of Impressionism: 1,000-Piece PuzzlePiece together this beautifully detailed puzzle to create the Paris of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, and along the way discover the people and places that helped create a new way to see the world. It’s a fun way to introduce art to young learners while following the artists as they paint the City of Light. “When good Americans die they go to Paris.”
—Oscar Wilde Classic French Market BagPull out the Larousse: you’ll run out of the superlatives you’ll need to describe this classic net tote. Maybe the company that makes it says it best: Le IT BAG écolo (the ecological IT BAG). Chic as Chanel, it’s eminently practical: it takes up hardly any space, and is machine washable, durable, inexpensive, and 100% cotton. Rhodia Treasure BoxThis sturdy flip-top box—cleverly designed to look like one of the famous orange Rhodia notepads so beloved by Europeans—is filled with essential stationery items: four notepads of various sizes for various uses, as well as two Rhodia pencils. Classic French NotebooksWalk into any stationery shop in France and you’ll see an extensive array of these beloved notebooks. This is the basic model: versatile A5 size with a stapled spine. Pages are smooth, 90g, ivory, French-milled paper that is ruled, acid-free, pH neutral, marker and fountain pen–friendly. Six colors. Cluny Tapestry Silk Chiffon ScarfThe design of this scarf is based on imagery of the six The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, thought to represent a meditation on earthly pleasures. The hems are hand-rolled and sewn, not stitched; the scarf is large enough to wear as a light shawl. Original 1951 Notebook This is a reissue of the original notebook made in that year by a renowned French manufacturer. Legend has it that this is the model used by Julia Child to record her recipes when she was a student at Le Cordon Bleu. (The notebook made a cameo appearance in Julie & Julia, Nora Ephron’s 2009 movie.) Madeline Tea Set This deluxe Madeline Tea Set is decorated with scenes from the beloved book by Ludwig Bemelmans and includes a tray; teapot; four cups, saucers, plates, spoons, and napkins; and a tablecloth, packaged in a sweet little suitcase for tidy storage. “I love notebooks. And yes, I mean real notebooks, with paper pages. I love the feeling of turning to a new page. The feeling of actually filling a notebook—and starting a new one because I have filled a notebook—is probably the single life transition that gives me the greatest satisfaction.”
—Perri Klass, M. D. in The New York Times Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Poetry in Bloom Journal The design reproduced on the cover of this beautifully made journal is from an antique cover for The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems. The binding was originally crafted in 1910, in London, by Riviere and Son, bookbinders to the Royal Family. Reporter’s Notebook Based on the classic—a spiral-bound 4" x 8" pad designed with a stiff back cover to facilitate writing while standing and walking, with an elastic band. Made of environmentally-friendly materials by a third-generation family business based in Baltimore. Available in four colors. Precious Metals Fountain Pens
for Every Day Chic, affordable, and—most important for a tool to be used every day—beautifully engineered: comfortable to hold, lightweight yet anything but plastic-y, with a nib that glides across the page. Scribe Rollerball Pen “...the pen of my dreams... It looks kind of retro, I suppose, but not annoyingly so. It is just a brilliantly designed tool... I am not a pen snob (boring), but I do believe that we should take as much enjoyment as possible from utilitarian objects.”
—Luke Edward Hall, Financial Times FAF Desk Pad Manufactured in Paris in a workshop built by Gustave Eiffel, a desk pad with everything one would expect of an item with such an estimable pedigree: a unique vintage look, solid construction, and high functionality. Rainbow Fountain Pens for
Every Day Color coding is an old-school method, and a proven way to increase productivity. Use these colorful pens to organize and prioritize a to-do list, or to make any writing project more fun. “The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sky Is Filled with Stars Necklace “The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day”—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The last line of one of his most famous poems is stamped on two slender pendants of 14K gold vermeil. Build-Your-Own Kaleidoscope This STEM kit is an exciting two-part project for a young artist/scientist, age seven and older. Step-by-step instructions show how to construct a working kaleidoscope, which is then used to create an impressive outer space–themed light show. The instructions are illustrated, detailed, straightforward, and easy to follow. HourglassThe hourglass is a recurring image not only marking the passage of time but also evoking balance, the sky and the earth, the female figure, and more. This richly symbolic object is also a calming and beautiful desk accessory. Choose among four colors and between five- and thirty-minute hourglasses. The Night Sky PostcardsThis handsome foil-stamped box holds fifty postcards, each with a single sublime image: a page from Galileo’s sketchbooks, a Chinese star map, an artist’s interpretation of the universe, or a rarely seen image from the NASA archives. Nature Multi-Activity KitThis kit comes with all the materials and equipment needed to complete five nature-themed crafting activities which make twelve items: two animal masks, one kaleidoscope, two pinwheels, one set of wind chimes, and six nature-themed sticker boards. Match a Pair of Birds Memory GameThis classic memory game is a fun and educational way for both children and experienced birdwatchers to master a body of knowledge that will serve them a lifetime: how to identify both the male and female of a species. For two players, ages six and up. For the fashionista—our collaboration with designer Rachel ComeyRachel Comey is an American independent fashion designer based in New York City. She is the founder of the eponymous clothing, shoes, and accessories brand known for its “intellectual, arts-and-crafts aesthetic.” “‘There’s something about her clothes that feels effortless and sophisticated, like what I imagine a gallery owner in the late ’80s would wear,’ a friend of mine who’s a book editor said... You could easily substitute theater director or architect for gallery owner in that sentence. (For that matter, you could also substitute book editor.)”—Harper’s Bazaar Limited edition totes and scarves featuring two recent covers of the Review: the Summer 2022 issue featuring Stay Up, 2014, a painting by New York artist Andrew Kuo, and the Fall Books 2022 issue, illustrated and hand-drawn by children’s book author Jon Klassen For The New York Review of Books FanWe offer framed prints of the hundreds of caricatures by celebrated artist David Levine that enriched the pages of The New York Review of Books for more than four decades.Clockwise from top left: Jackie Robinson, Alfred Hitchcock, Gertrude Stein, Billie Holiday |
