The best Christmas gifts for the bookish

 

Elisa Makin
Friday 30 November 2012 01:00 GMT
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Main image: 'Civetti' book ends by Fornasetti, £300, Liberty; 'Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story', £20, Random House; reading glasses by Pedlars, £25.50, Selfridges

1. 'Fully Booked' tent by Field Candy, £495, Firebox

2. 'Shaman's Triangle' letter opener by Hannah Martin, £145, Design Museum Shop

3. Eight & Bob cologne, £125, The Conran Shop

4. 'Adventures in Form' by Tom Chivers, £8.99, Amazon

5. 'Magic & Fairy Tale' dice, £9.95, Culture Label

6. 'The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary', £25, Granta Books

7. 'Book Porcupine' by Holly Palmer, £1,250, CultureLabel

8. 'Hamlet' e-reader case, £15, The Literary Gift Company

9. Word Search clock, £21.27, I Want One of Those

10. Fluro notecards and envelopes, £4.95 each, The Conran Shop

11. 'Oh My Word' framed, personalised word-search print, £29.99, Firebox

12. 'Self Shelf' bookshelf, £29.95, Rockett St George

13. Mock croc 'Oxford English Dictionary', £55, Aspinal of London

14. 'The Man with the Golden Gun' first edition, £1,250, Quintessentially Gifts

15. 'The Missing Ink' by Philip Hensher, £14.99, Pan Macmillan

16. 'Rules of Civility' book, £5.59, Waterstones

17. 'Quotable' pencils, £6.99, The Oak Room

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