Beautifully designed and crafted

There is nothing quite like the intimacy of reading from a beautifully designed and crafted book. That experience is most poignant in an Heirloom Edition book where form and content are at their finest.

 

Heirloom books are for those who want to present their message in a noble and elegant form.

 

Heirloom book design

  • Classic typography
  • Elegant ornamentation
  • Handsomely illustrated with family photos and portraits
  • Attractive color schemes

 

Beautiful custom slipcases can be created for single or twofold editions. Slipcases also work very well to join together a married couple's memoirs as a paired set.

Heirloom Editions

from manuscript to design—to printed books

The most exquisite materials and bindings

  • For superior quality, the books are printed on archival paper
  • Sophisticated handcrafted bindings include a choice of elegant cloth, quarter leather, or full leather
  • Bindings are skillfully hand-sewn and hand-tooled
  • Hand-marbled paper and other custom finishes can be added to book covers and as endsheets
A business history & family history heirloom quarterleather book cover.
An image of a business history and Family history book: Heirloom quarter leather book cover.
Page from a business and family history book.
Page from Because It's There. Personal history of Jeremiah Nixon as told to Kathy Evans.

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