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"WHERE IS THE LIBRARY?" Language Pencils

This set of five pencils is imprinted with the all-important query,”WHERE IS THE LIBRARY?” in five different languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and German.

Art of Instruction Notebook Collection

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, illustrations found on classroom charts inspired students to appreciate the wonders of nature, science, and the world around them. The covers of these notebooks feature three dazzling vintage botanical Illustrations.

Classic French Notebooks

Walk into any stationery shop in France and you’ll see an extensive array of these beloved notebooks. We consider this version the most versatile size and binding.

Classic French Notebooks—Spiral Bound Size A4

Walk into any stationery shop in France and you’ll see an extensive array of these beloved notebooks.

Classic French Notebooks—Spiral Bound- Size A5

Walk into any stationery shop in France and you’ll see an extensive array of these beloved notebooks.

FAF Desk Pad

Manufactured in Paris in a workshop built by 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.

FAF Desk Pad Refills

available in unlined or graph pages

Literary Quotes Cocktail Napkins

Quotes, on the martini [Noël Coward, Elaine Dundy], whiskey [William Faulkner], and Champagne [Winston Churchill]. Offered in pack of 100 or 24 napkins.

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.

Original 1951 Notebook

Legend has it that this is the model notebook used by Julia Child to record her recipes when she was a student at the Cordon Bleu. (It made a cameo appearance in Nora Ephron's 2009 movie, “Julie & Julia.”)

Rhodia Treasure Box

For the list maker, the stationery lover, the neatnik: a box cleverly designed to look like one of the orange notepads so beloved by Europeans, filled with four essential pads.

Scribe Rollerball Pen

An exceptionally fine writing instrument, recently featured in the Financial Times; made in France of proprietary resins from a renewable resource.

Sophie la Girafe Baby Gift Bundle

Indulge a beloved newborn or baby with the iconic French teether toy Sophie la giraffe (spotted peeking out of many a Parisian pram) and four Sophie board books.

The Art of Instruction: 100 Postcards of Vintage Educational Charts

Used throughout Europe in the mid-19th and 20th centuries, these illustrations inspired students to appreciate the wonders of nature, science, and the world around them.

Twelve Subject Graph Notebook with Tabs

A one-stop organizational tool for multiple ongoing projects; multi-colored graph paper, twelve sections, with tabs.

Voltaire: Book of Fate Journal

The design of this beautifully made hardcover journal is based on an antique binding of Voltaire’s Zadig, or The Book of Fate, first published in 1747. The binding was crafted in 1893 in Paris by Chamerot et Renouard; today the original can be found in the Rare Book and Special Collections archive at the Princeton University Library.