Books for Those Who Read Structures, Not Surfaces
An editorial house publishing a small number of permanent volumes each year. Brooklyn, New York.
Venustas Ante Omnia
Bestseller
The Salon
The Salon is a private room within Higher Class Editions, dedicated to the works, voices, images, and compositions that continue to refine the civilized imagination.
— FROM THE EDITOR —
Higher Class Editions publishes a small number of volumes each year. Each is written to last and printed to hold. The library is built slowly, on purpose.
An independent editions house for readers who value what lasts.
— The Study —
Notes from the Editor.
Essays and correspondence republished from the Substack. Read slowly.
Uncompromising standards
Houses in Conversation
Press relationships,
Patek Philippe ◆ Rolls-Royce ◆ Aman ◆ Steinway & Sons ◆ Hackett London ◆ Metropolitan Opera ◆ Biltmore Estate ◆ Christie's ◆ Whitney Museum ◆ Brooklyn Museum ◆The Guggenheim ◆ Carnegie Hall ◆ Château de Chantilly ◆ Chatsworth House
— From the Founder
Higher Class is a record of what endures. Each volume begins with a question about permanence and follows it wherever the answer leads.
— Marc Joassaint
Founder & Editor-in-Chief