Departures
Notes on leaving, arriving, and what a map cannot hold.
Independent publishing / Est. 2018
Aster House Editions
Books about place, culture, and the lives we build around them. Made slowly, edited closely, and intended to stay open on the table.
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01 / Current catalogue
Objects for the attentive reader
Books with a quieter authority.
We publish a small list of visual books, essays, and field guides. Each title begins with a question worth carrying for a while.
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Coastline
A photographer's long look at the edge between land and water.
Field Notes
A pocket archive for noticing the ordinary, outdoors and in.
02 / The house journal
Essays, conversations, marginalia
The page is a place to look again.
Read dispatches from our authors, printers, and editors: fragments of research, studio visits, and the small decisions behind a finished book.
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Selected objects / Ships worldwide
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05 / Correspondence
For readers, booksellers, and authors
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