Gift Guide

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.

Pure Cotton Note Card Presentation Box

Fifty 4"x6" flat note cards and fifty matching envelopes lined with white tissue. Creamy white with a soft wove finish.

Whitman Square Inch Bracelet

"Some people are so much sunlight to the square inch.”—Walt Whitman

The World of Shakespeare: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

Shakespeare’s seventeenth-century world is illustrated in absorbing detail in this puzzle depicting the London of his day as 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is being rehearsed at the Globe.

The Shakespeare Sock Collection

Choose among four luxurious pairs of socks suitable for both men and women, in sizes to fit both. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Caesar.

The World of James Joyce: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

This detailed illustration of Joyce's Dublin is packed with real people and fictional characters to seek and find.

The Shakespeare Collection Socks Gift Boxes

Each Shakespeare Collection gift box—designed and produced under license from The Shakespeare’s Globe Trust—includes three luxurious pairs of socks suitable for both men and women, in sizes to fit both.

Women Who Changed the World 1,000-Piece Puzzle

Renaissance Manuscript Silk Chiffon Scarf

The blossoms cover the central area of the scarf; on each end is a wide border of flowers, buds, leaves, and berries, in saturated shades of blue, pink, and green.

Canterbury Cathedral Silk Chiffon Scarf

The flower motifs on this beautiful scarf are taken from 14th century medieval French Lady's Book of Hours, housed in the Canterbury Cathedral Library. The colors are bright and clear but because the scarf is chiffon, have a certain transparency.

Collective Noun Animals Tea Towel

A prickle of hedgehogs, a parliament of owls, a circus of otters, and more on a hand-screened tea towel featuring 15 wonderfully evocative collective nouns, illustrated.

Collective Noun Birds Tea Towel

A chime of wrens, a bouquet of pheasants, a charm of goldfinches, and more on a hand-screened tea towel featuring 15 wonderfully evocative collective nouns, illustrated.

Writer's Pencils

"Words are the voice of the heart." —Confucius. Quotations from Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Baudelaire, Confucius, Thomas Mann, and Mark Twain, offering advice and insights to inspire writers.

Kaweco Collector’s Sport Fountain Pen / Iridescent Pearl

The Kaweco Iridescent Pearl – a fountain pen in an unimagined variety of colours: Depending on the viewer's angle of vision and the incident light, the writing instrument shines in an uniquely shimmering colour scheme.

STET! A game for language lovers, grammar geeks, and bibliophiles

Sentence Diagrams of Great Literary Openers

“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.” —Gertrude Stein. 24 detachable postcards, bound in a mini hardcover book.

Edward Gorey Raining Cats and Dogs Umbrella

Gorey's whimsical drawings of cats and dogs have been painstakingly digitally rebuilt on this sturdy auto-open umbrella.

Story Map of Ireland 500-Piece Puzzle

This delightfully detailed pictorial map of Ireland was part of a series of “story maps” produced by Colortext Publications in the 1930s and 1940s.

Collective Noun Animals Tea Towel #2

A hum of bumblebees, a piddle of puppies, a pounce of cats, a drift of sheep, and more, on a hand-screened unbleached cotton tea towel featuring 15 wonderfully evocative nouns, illustrated.

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.”)

Nancy Drew Books Puzzle

This 1,000-piece puzzle features pictures of 57 of vintage Nancy Drew mystery book covers.

The World of Sherlock Holmes: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

Immerse yourself in the world of Sherlock Holmes in this detailed jigsaw puzzle depicting the London of his day.

The World of Jane Austen: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

You’ll find 60 characters and great houses from the novels of Jane Austen, set against the landscapes in which they are featured.

Prohibition and Repeal Amendments Pint Glasses

Pair of 16 oz. pint glasses, a witty and sobering reminder of the historical path to legal drinking in the United States.

What Good Shall I Do This Day?

This journal, inspired by Benjamin Franklin, invites modern diarists to contemplate the good they can do in their everyday lives using his own daily questions.

Greek Gods and Goddesses Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with twelve Greek gods and goddesses, along with their Roman names in italics and their areas of dominion. The Olympians are drawn in witty detail and are each depicted with their symbolic signifiers, including an owl, cornucopia, trident, harp, quiver, and more.

NATO Alphabet Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with the NATO phonetic alphabet which became effective in 1956.

Canterbury Tales Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with characters from some of The Canterbury Tales' best-loved stories. The central characters are drawn in witty detail on the mug and are each depicted with significant details, from a chanticleer and fox to a tub and hay wagon.

Greek Gods and Goddesses Notebook

This colorful notebook is decorated with twelve Greek gods and goddesses, along with their Roman names in italics and their areas of dominion. Hardcover, 96 lined pages

“Those who love each other” Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet

"Those who love each other shall become invincible." —W. Whitman