The Reader’s Catalog

The World of the Harlem Renaissance: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

Step back in history to one of New York City’s most vibrant eras as you work this jigsaw puzzle picturing the artists and the thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance; includes a fold-out poster of the completed puzzle and a glossary of various scenes within the puzzle.

The Story of Pop Art: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

This puzzle traces the madcap world of Pop Art through the centuries, featuring fantastically detailed scenes ranging through time from the Dutch masters to Kusama's dots. As you build the puzzle, spot art-world darlings and a multitude of artistic details and references.

Adventure Storytime 2,000-Piece Puzzle

Famous vintage cover illustrations of classic adventure books, including "Treasure Island," "Don Quixote," "Swallows and Amazons," "Robin Hood," "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," "White Fang," and more are featured on this beautiful puzzle. Among the renowned illustrators featured are Arthur Rackham, N. C. Wyeth, and others.

Vintage Beekeeper Tea Towel

This 100% cotton tea towel reproduces a vintage illustration from The Beekeeper’s Guide to Pollinating Honey Plants. In addition to a bevy of pollinators, the image depicts an antique bee skep, orange blossom, calendula, foxglove, dandelion, clover, marigold, and lavender. 19" x 34"

Scrabble™ Vintage Bookshelf Edition

This luxurious bookshelf edition of Scrabble™ has been updated with stylish packaging, with game components stored in a fabric-bound “book” and slipcase, and 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.

Prohibition and Repeal Amendments Rocks Glasses

Raise a toast to the historical path to legal drinking in the U.S. One glass is printed with the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors; the other with the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition.

Vintage Foraging Tea Towel

100% cotton tea towel reproduces a vintage illustration from Foraging Plants and Mushrooms. The image depicts a Silver Birch, Nasturtium, Slippery Jack, Birch Bolete, Chanterelle, Yellow Wood-sorrel, Violet, Blueberry, Rustyback Fern, Chamomile, Strawberry, and other edible plants and fungi.

Vintage Botanica Tea Towel

This 100% cotton tea towel reproduces a vintage illustration from British Flower Gardens, subtitled “Most Ornamental and Curious Hardy Flowering Plants, featuring Annuals, Biennials, Perennials, and Flowering Shrubs.” 19" x 34"

Vintage Citrus Tea Towel

This charming cotton tea towel reproduces a vintage book illustration of various types of citruses—lemons, limes, tangerines, clementines, and more, as well as their foliage and blossoms.

Vintage Italian Travel Poster Wrapping Paper

Printed in sumptuous colors with metallic gold accents, the design incorporates vintage travel posters advertising famous Italian towns and cities; acid free and therefore also suitable for bookbinding, scrapbooking, and other creative projects. Imported from Italy.

Vintage Bookspines Christmas Cards

These die-cut, tri-fold cards feature a photographic image of a bookshelf in the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, filled with classic Christmas books, chosen for their striking and appealing design, illustration, and typography.

Cressida Bell Bloomsbury Silk Chiffon Scarf

“The bohemian English circle that included Virginia Woolf, Duncan Grant, and Vanessa Bell revolted against Victorian formality—and their casually ornamental style is inspiring designers today.”—The New YorkerThe design on this aqua and coral silk chiffon scarf was created by the contemporary artist Cressida Bell and reflects the influence of her well-known Bloomsbury Group forebears (Quentin Bell was her father, Vanessa Bell her grandmother).

Kaweco Retro Fountain Pen

The medium nib is stainless steel, and the stylish embellishments are a discreet gold “button” on the end of the cap and a handsome gold band at the other end. It has a stylish gold-colored clip. The body is comfortable to hold and has a screw-on cap. Available in 5 different colors.

Kaweco Retro Rollerball Pen

The Retro is available in 5 different colors and packaged in a metal tin. It has a stylish gold-colored metal clip and a screw-on cap. The body is comfortable to hold.

Classic French Notebooks

Walk 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 ivory French-milled 90g paper, ruled, acid-free and pH neutral, fountain pen- and marker-friendly. Six colors.

Classic Calligraphy Set

This 32-piece calligraphy set is appropriate for both beginning and more advanced calligraphers. The set includes four refillable pens, five classic nibs, 20 ink cartridges in seven different colors, an introduction booklet, and an exercise booklet. Packaged in an attractive gift tin.

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 Nora Ephron’s 2009 movie, “Julie & Julia.”)

Prohibition and Repeal Amendments Pint Glasses

Raise a toast to the historical path to legal drinking in the U.S. One glass is printed with the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors; the other with the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition.

Bloomsbury Homes Cards

British artist Amanda White has produced a series of notecards featuring cut paper collages of historic houses of writers and poets. This set of eight cards features two pivotal figures of the Bloomsbury Group, artist Vanessa Bell and her sister, the writer Virginia Woolf, at their respective homes in the English countryside.

Woody Guthrie’s New Years Rulin’s Greeting Cards

Guthrie wrote these heartfelt and playful resolutions on New Year’s Day, 1943. From "Don’t Get Lonesome,” and "Dream Good,” to "Love Everybody”, these all-occasion cards delight and inspire in any season.

Sentence Diagrams of Great Literary Openers

“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.” —Gertrude Stein. Twenty-four postcards each feature an opening line from famous works of fiction, diagrammed according to the old-school Reed-Kellogg system.

Nineteenth Amendment All-Occasion Cards

Eight notecards feature images honoring influential leaders and commemorating pivotal events of the suffragist movement (Ratification, Equal Pay Equal Work, Failure is Impossible, Women’s Suffrage Centennial, Susan B. Anthony Votes, Liberty, Men’s League, New World Order).

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.

County Library: We Want One Paperweight

This handsome glass paperweight reproduces a 1928 photograph now in the collection of the Library of Congress. The photo captures the longing (and firm demand) of a rural community for a permanent library, and memorializes early bookmobiles and their mission to provide for them.

Zig & Go Musical Chain Reaction Construction Set

A large set of chain reaction, thinking, and wooden construction components as well as chimes, bells, a gong and other “instruments” that can produce sound when positioned to do so. The possibilities are endless as kids learn about the ingenuity and magic involved in chains of movement.

Flower Press with Craft Projects

Collect plants and flowers to press and dry with the provided press and then glue the specimens to the cards and illustrations to create stationery and artwork.

Votes For Women Paperweight

This 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.

Card Catalog Notecards

Evoking memories of wooden card catalogs, this replica cardboard box includes 30 flat notecards and envelopes. The front of each card is a reproduction of an original from the Library of Congress and features a different classic work of literature.

NATO Alphabet Mug

Decorated with the NATO phonetic alphabet, this mug—besides being a handsome addition to any table or desk—provides an essential tutorial for anyone who has ever struggled to be understood when spelling out a name and address over the phone. It’s fun and useful for both beginning readers and those who remember when this system was adopted (1956).

Rachel Comey x New York Review of Books Cotton Tote Bag

A limited-edition, two-sided printed cotton canvas bag by Rachel Comey for The New York Review of Books, with a leather handle and zig-zag edge. The tote features two recent covers of the Review. On one side, the Summer 2022 issue featuring "Stay Up, 2014," a painting by New York artist Andrew Kuo. On the other, the Fall Books 2022 issue, illustrated and hand-drawn by children’s book author Jon Klassen.

Rachel Comey x New York Review of Books Mesh Tote Bag

A limited-edition, two-sided printed nylon mesh bag by Rachel Comey for "The New York Review of Books," with a leather handle and zig-zag edge in printed cotton canvas. The print features two recent covers of the Review.

Rachel Comey x New York Review of Books Fall Books Issue Scarf

An oversized scarf with short, fringed edges on modal, a breathable and durable fabric that feels like silk cashmere. The scarf beautifully reproduces the fall books Issue of the Review from 2022.