At Cooper-Hewitt’s gift shop, there are books ranging from etchings of 16th century to modern day design – be it textiles, table settings or castles. Moreover, unique book jackets are always welcome. According to salesman, “The subject of book doesn’t matter if it has an unusual design concept.” These include children’s pop-up books and padded book jackets. A non-three-dimensional book has text beginning on front cover. Self-published and small press accepted. The book buyer is Chris Masaoay. (212-849-8355). http://ndm.si.edu.

The museum shop at Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 (89th Street), 212-423-3500, has books on early European to contemporary artists and architects who are in permanent collection or have been featured in an exhibition at museum. All books that fit in this category, regardless of publisher, are considered by book buyer Ed Fuqua. Send to him at 575 Broadway, New York, New York 10012. (212-423-3852). www.guggenheim.org.

The mother of all museum shops is at Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 (main entrance on 82nd Street), 212-535-7710. This enormous bookstore carries books about artists and art history, travel, women’s studies, gardening, and costumes, plus a small New York City corner. According to book buyer Marilyn Jensen, majority of books come from major publishers. However, she will accept books from small publishers (no vanity press). Send to her at 6 E. 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028 (212-396-5535). Most of books reflect various departments in museum, i.e., medieval art, ancient Egypt. www.metmuseum.org/store Not on Museum Mile but one block east between 74th and 75th Streets is Whitney Museum. All books in its gift shop are related to art, including technology, new media, film, video, audio, performance art, theory and criticism. Books by small publishers are welcome, but self-published books are doubtful. Send to book buyer, Michael Lagios (212-570-3613), at Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021-2790. www.whitney.org.