Our warehouse began shipping pre-publication orders for “Welsh Stick Chairs” yesterday and is working on getting the remainder out in the mail today.
I’m going to be a bit of a wiener here and say that I think our edition exceeds the quality of all the previous editions. This had little to do with me and everything to do with our prepress agency, the special printing press we used for this job and the press operators.
In comparing the images among all the editions of “Welsh Stick Chairs” I own, I can find no image degradation in ours. The text is, of course, super crisp because we reset the entire thing using the original fonts and line spacing from the first edition (even replicating a number of typesetting errors in the interest of accuracy).
The biggest manufacturing improvement is that we sewed the signatures in addition to bedding them in adhesive, making for a permanent book.
John Brown’s words are, of course, the same and cannot be improved upon.
Even if you decide to pass on purchasing this book, don’t worry. We’ve made sure our edition will be around for generations to come when you (or your children) decide to pick up a copy.
“Welsh Stick Chairs” is $29, which includes domestic shipping (yes, even to Alaska and Hawaii).
— Christopher Schwarz
Woohoo! I have been waiting with great anticipation for this book.
Does lost art press have a “best sellers list”? It would be interesting to see which titles sell the most copies during a set period of time.
I’m afraid we’ve never calculated that. In the world of publishing we are small – a baby gnat on the butt of a slightly bigger gnat at best. Our bestselling book – “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” has sold about 30,000 copies. No. 2 on the list is “The Essential Woodworker.” And No. 3 is “By Hand & Eye.” After that, I’d have to do several hours of analysis.
Thanks! I guess I was just wondering which books were popular with your readers. Good luck with the John Brown book.