Desk – Page 3 – The Reader's Catalog

Light Gathering Magnifier

This superbly crafted acrylic 4x magnifier intensifies the light passing through it, making the magnified subject nearly four times brighter without bulbs or batteries.

Handcrafted Bookmarks

"A good book is an event in my life."— Stendhal Four letterpress bookmarks with quotations in calligraphy from Johnson, Alcott, Stendhal, and Erasmus.

Olivetti Pattern Notecards

The Olivetti typewriter is an icon, both as design object and as the favorite writing tool of authors such as John Cheever, Leonard Cohen, and Francis Ford Coppola. This notecard set features four distinctive patterns made on the Olivetti Lettera 32.

The Children's Travel Journal

Petite Pen Refills

Letterpress Hanukkah Greeting Cards

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Bodleian Library Notecards

Proust Questionnaire

The Proust Questionnaire has become a classic personality test; in answering the questions, an individual reveals aspects of her or his true nature.

Madeira Leatherette Journal Refill

Classic Cookbooks Notecards

These all-occasion greeting cards celebrate culinary classics— what better card to enclose when you give a cookbook as a gift?

Edward Gorey “Helpful Thought” Notebook

The helpful thought for which you look is hidden somewhere in a book

Gels BluLite Courier Reading Glasses

Letterpress Peace Greeting Cards

Six cards and envelopes.

Bibliophile's Treasure Box

Tortoise Shell Eyeglass Necklace

Ex Libris Journal

This lightly lined clothbound journal features sixty full-color vintage bookplates, including those of luminaries such as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Greta Garbo, Bing Crosby, Harry Houdini, Jacqueline Onassis, Edith Wharton, Robert Frost, and John Fowles.

Caran d'Ache Ballpoint Pen Refills

Antique Map Correspondence Cards

Made in Tuscany, these beautifully printed correspondence cards feature a border from an antique map on the front; the interior of each envelope is printed with images of antique maps.

God Bless Us Every One Christmas Cards

~~Regular price $20.95~~

Gold Eyeglass Chain with Loop

American Artists in France and Italy Postcard Book

From the Collection of The Corcoran Gallery of Art

Views of Paris Boxed Notecards

Twenty Notecards

Silver Eyeglass Chain With Loop

Swarovski Crystal Eyeglass Necklace

Caran d’Ache Ballpoint Pens

"The 849 is a classic ballpoint design from 1969, most notable for its hexagonal shape and smooth writing... But I was most taken by its sheer beauty…" —The New York Times