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Add Treasures to Your Home Library!

This lavishly illustrated volume demonstrates the breadth and depth of NYPL's collections, featuring highlights that illuminate centuries of history and human experience.

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Celebrate Pride Month in Bookish Style!

Explore books documenting the movement and get colorful accessories to show off your pride.

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Make Patience and Fortitude Part of Your Home

These enduring icons continue to inspire hope and strength for New Yorkers and visitors to the city.

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Eloise at The Plaza

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NYC Key Earrings

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Bartender's Guide Tea Towel

$ 20.00

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

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NASA Matte Black Space Pen

$ 33.00

Antimicrobial Raw Brass Bullet Space Pen

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Ain't I a Woman?

$ 13.00

Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books

$ 13.00

Shelf Love Enamel Pin

$ 12.00

Constitution Illustrated

$ 14.95

Words on Pictures: Romana Javitz and the New York Public Library's Picture Collection

$ 45.99

Cats & Books 2022 Wall Calendar

$ 14.99

Garden Tote Gift Set

$ 60.00

We're Here, We're Queer, We're Mad Libs

$ 4.99

Julián Is a Mermaid

$ 16.99

Red Planet Bullet Fisher Space Pen

A Queer History of the United States for Young People

$ 18.95

Queer (Words of Change series)

$ 16.95

Minimal New York City: Graphic, Gritty, and Witty

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Shelf Love Unisex T-Shirt

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$ 28.00

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Mini The Waves Vol. 3 2021/2022 18-Month Planner

Mini The Waves Vol. 3 2021/2022 18-Month Planner

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$ 50.00

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

Dedicated on May 23, 1911, the majestic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, houses outstanding research collections in the humanities and social sciences, and plays host to numerous talks and special events. Standing proudly before this Beaux-Arts building are "New York's most lovable public sculptures, the lions Patience and Fortitude."