New York’s independent booksellers offer shelter from the storm of holiday shopping and plenty of eye candy in the form of illustrated books, photo books, prints and objects. DART’s short list of the best follows. 

Downtown

Dashwood Books (above), 33 Bond Street, between Bowery and Lafayette, NY, NY.

Clic Bookstore & Gallery, 3 locations: 255 Centre Street, 424 Broome, 189 Lafayette Street, NY, NY.

Printed Matter, Inc., 195 10^th Avenue, NY, NY.

192 Books, 192 10^th Avenue at 21^st Street, NY, NY.

Bookmarc, 400 Bleecker Street, at 11^th Street, NY, NY.

New Museum of Contemporary Art, 235 Bowery, opposite Prince Street, NY, NY.

St. Mark's Bookshop, 31 Third Avenue, between 8^th and 9^th Streets, NY, NY.

McNally Robinson, 52 Prince Street, between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets, NY, NY.

The Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway and 12^th Streets, NY, NY

Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers, at four locations, NY, NY.

Forbidden Planet, 840 Broadway, at 13^th Street, NY, NY.

The Center for Book Arts, 28 W 27th Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY.

Aperture Book Store and Gallery, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

Opening Ceremony at the Act Hotel, 1190-1192 Broadway, at 29^th Street, NY, NY.

Printed Matter, in Chelsea. Photos: Peggy Roalf

Uptown

MoMA Store, 11 West 53^rd Street, NY, NY.

Museum of Arts & Design Store, 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY.

The Phillips de Pury Company Shop, 450 Park Avenue, at 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Argosy Book Store, 116 East 59^th Street, NY, NY.

International Center of Photography Bookstore, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY.

Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Ursus Books & Prints, 699 Madison Avenue, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY.

Whitney Museum Bookstore, 945 Madison Avenue, NY, NY.

Gagosian Shop on Madison Avenue recently closed, but offers items online.

Archivia Books, 993 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY

Museum of the City of New York Store, Fifth Avenue at 103^rd Street, NY, NY.

Brooklyn & Queens

Artbook@MoMA PS 1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46^th Avenue, Long Island City, NY.

powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY

Spoonbill & Sugartown, 218 Bedford Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.

Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street (at S. Portland), Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY.

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