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Archival Heirloom
Cotton rag, pigment inks, leather and a slipcase. Built for a century.
Everything in this tier is chosen against one test: will it still look like this when someone who has not been born yet opens it? Cotton rag paper has no acid to yellow and no optical brighteners to burn off. Pigment inks sit on the surface as ground mineral rather than soaking in as dye, which is why the fade rating is measured in centuries instead of years. It is inspected by a person, spread by spread, and it ships in a slipcase.
Offset-quality press — 300 dpi. Ink laid down as a fine screen of dots at 300 dpi, colour-managed to a measured profile. What a good book or magazine is printed with. Compare the three processes
What you get
Built like this
- 310 gsm 100% cotton rag, acid-free and lignin-free
- Pigment inks, not dye — rated beyond 100 years without visible fade
- Full-grain leather case, foil-stamped, in a matching slipcase
- Hand-inspected spread by spread before it ships
- Free replacement if it fades in your lifetime
Specifications
| Printing | Offset-quality press, 300 dpi |
|---|---|
| Binding | Lay-flat (mounted spreads) |
| Cover | Full-grain leather with foil, in a slipcase |
| Paper | 100% cotton rag, acid-free |
| Paper weight | 310 gsm |
| Lay-flat | Yes — mounted spreads, opens at 180° |
| Dust jacket | — |
| Archival | Acid-free, pigment inks, 100-year colour warranty |
| Page range | 20–100, in twos |
| Best for | Heirloom albums, fine-art editions, once-in-a-lifetime books |
Inside it
Spreads that open completely flat
Each spread is printed as one sheet and hinged to its neighbours, so an image can cross the middle without being bent into the spine.
Every size
Archival Heirloom in all seven trim sizes
Shown at the included page count. Each page beyond that adds a flat amount, times the size factor.
6 × 6 Mini
6 × 6 in
$148.18
20 pages
8 × 8 Square
8 × 8 in
$239.00
20 pages
8.5 × 11 Portrait
8.5 × 11 in
$298.75
20 pages
11 × 8.5 Landscape
11 × 8.5 in
$298.75
20 pages
10 × 10 Square
10 × 10 in
$322.65
20 pages
12 × 12 Square
12 × 12 in
$418.25
20 pages
13 × 10 Panorama
13 × 10 in
$442.15
20 pages
Extra pages: $4.50 per page at 8 × 8, scaled by the size factor. Nothing else is added.
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Also consider
The other editions
Softcover
Real press printing at the price of a photo order.
Classic Hardcover
The book most people mean when they say "photo book".
Linen Hardcover
Woven linen and foil, for the book you do not want to look printed.
Lay-Flat Premium
Mounted spreads with no gutter. A photo can cross the middle.
Photographic Lay-Flat
Real photographic paper, developed in chemistry. No ink, no dots.
Giclée Atelier
Twelve pigment inks at 1200 dpi on Hahnemühle rag, hand-bound in a clamshell.
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