Princess Cover Papers Windsor Locks, CT: C.H. Dexter and Sons, n.d. circa 1895 Trade catalogue: from the paper mill of C.H. Dexter & Sons, established in the early 1800s, with examples of nineteen colour paper samples, beautifully illustrated in the style of art nouveau. Stationery fetish aside, this is an important document in the development of printing history, with historical and cultural significance. Quarto, bound in pictorial wrappers, sewn, original ties intact. rubbed on rear panel and nicked at edges, a very good copy indeed, clean and unmarked within.

CARY, John (c. 1754 - 1835) Cary’s pocket globe agreeable to the latest discoveries. [London : J. & W. Cary, c. 1791]. Terrestrial pocket globe, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, engraved gores over plaster and wooden sphere, two metal pins, housed in the original publisher’s shagreen case, interior map The world as known in Caesar’s time agreeable to D’Anville; and A table of latitudes & longitudes of places not given on this globe, bright original colour, metal eye hooks (one lacking), the case slightly contracted as commonly found, a very good example of a rare pocket globe.

London, Constable & Co, 1925. First edition. Martin Boyd's first novel, published under a nom de plume.

First edition of the author's first book.