wexford & co. · stationers & engravers · est. 1851
laid paper, wove paper, paper that holds a fold for years. wexford the elder is dead; wexford the younger writes the price-tags by hand because the customers can tell. the engraver's plate behind the counter has not been recut since 1908.
the ledger in the corner of the window is a sample, not a sale; he refuses to part with it. the quill is for show, like the inkwell, like the cat that lives on the back-shelf. the pencils, however, will sharpen.
field-note: a sealed envelope under the second ream is addressed to no one and posted long ago.
a letter · a pen · an inkpot · library · a postcard