Robert Wearing’s masterwork, “The Essential Woodworker,” is now at the printer in Pennsylvania and is scheduled to arrive in our office on July 16.
In the meantime, we’re offering a special pre-sale of this product for those of you who don’t want to wait to consume this book, which is packed with everything you need to build casework, tables and boxes using hand tools and traditional English methods.
Purchase this book before July 15, and you will receive a pdf version of this book immediately — you’ll be the first woodworker on your block to own this book and not pay $80 (or more).
Yup, that is how much vintage copies of this fantastic book are going for. We have entirely re-set the text, restored missing photographs, incorporated revisions from Robert Wearing himself and printed it on nice 55-pound paper in the United States in a hardbound, cloth-covered 256-page edition. This is the official version sanctioned and approved by the author. The price is $23 plus $4 shipping in the United States. International customers can contact Sharon at sharon@lostartpress.com for a quote.
To pre-order the book, visit our store here. Once your order is confirmed, you will receive an e-mail from us within 24 hours (please be patient — we’re a small company) with a link to download the entire book.
Fantastic.
I just put my order in. thanks for bring these books back to life for us.
badger
Beautiful job.
"Yes Dear, I know I’m supposed to pay off the card. But it’s only one more book".
Chuck
I’m pretty impressed with the digital copy so far. Mr. Wearing is an excellent teacher. If he can do so well on paper, he must be absolute dynamite in person. I realize he is somewhat advanced in years, but any chance of Mr. Wearing showing up a WIA for a book signing perhaps?
Thanks for the reprint of "The Essential Woodworker". Haven’t got though the whole thing yet, probably should slow down and wait for the paper copy to arrive. Was wondering if there was any plan for a reprint of Robert Wearing’s "Making Woodwork Aids and Devices" in the future? Thanks again.