Literary types of all stripes will go Victorian-novel-swoony for the stuff we’ve found, from The Paris Review Moleskine to nostalgic iPhone skins.
(L) Nice: Straight outta 1925 comes this razzmajazz tote bag, emblazoned with the original, and still the best, Francis Cugat cover of The Great Gatsby. $24 at Magic Pony.
(R) Naughty: Vintage soft-porn paperbacks can be found at many an old man’s garage sale, but Junction design shop Russet & Empire chooses theirs for their, ahem, aesthetic value. $5 each at Russet & Empire (390 Keele St).
(L) Nice: Who doesn’t want a nice soft Moby Dick t-shirt? Okay, maybe ’90s womens studies profs. $30 at The Drake General Store (1142 Queen St. W).
(R) Naughty: The Best Lesbian Erotica is a super-hot, sensitive compilation. $15.95 at Amazon.ca, but check your local bookstore, too.
(L) Nice: A $49 subscription to the Paris Review gets you their special-ed Moleskine in the bargain. Why refuse? Click here.
(R) Naughty: This DL & Co. faux-croc journal has a secret: on the other side, it says NICE. We won’t tell. $43.50 at Shopbop.com.
(L) Nice: CB I Hate Perfume‘s “In The Library” says “I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.” $80 at Ewanika.
(R) Naughty: If our publisher is reading this, please reward our “interesting” office behaviour with a dozen of these Walter Green-designed mugs. Thanks. $13 USD at The Rumpus.
(L) Nice: Look smarter while you tweet about your cat thanks to Cassia Beck‘s iPhone case. $35 USD at Society6.com.
(R) Naughty: Make any text a Sexy Text for just .99 at the Apple Store. Think of the possibilities surrounding “stocking stuffer” alone…
(L) Nice: Be good to your eyes and the environment with this ConduitPress book light, fashioned from recycled hardcovers and a single bulb. $150 on Etsy.
(R) Naughty: Celebrate Jane Austen’s naughtiest heroine with this ink-scrawled quote from Emma on a lovely glass paperweight. $18 on Etsy.
(L) Nice: Let’s have some actual books here, shall we? The New Yorker essayist and novelist Adam Gopnik’s Winter devours “the central sustaining metaphor of our nation.” $23 at Nicholas Hoare and other bookstores.
(R) Naughty: It’s that guiltily pleasurable time of the year, and G.M. Mallet’s new English-village murder mystery Wicked Autumn promises to deliver Christie-like gloom, humour and suspense. $27.50 (hardcover).
