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It's hard to winnow down a list of just the best books, but we're going to try right here. This list is also functioning as a sort of inventory/wish list for myself, feel free to crib it for yourself, may your bookcases hold up.
It's hard to winnow down a list of just the best books, but we're going to try right here. This list is also functioning as a sort of inventory/wish list for me, feel free to crib it for yourself, may your bookcases hold up.
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| Design|| American Country Furniture|| Nick Engler and Mary Jane Favorite|| Rodale || Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| American Furniture of the 18th Century|| Jeffrey P. Greene|| Taunton|| Yes|| Read In|| 10|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art|| Morrison H. Heckscher|| Random House|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| American Furniture: The Federal Period|| Charles F. Montgomery|| Viking|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods|| Joseph Downs|| Bonanza|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| The Book of Shaker Furniture|| John Kassay|| University of Massachusetts|| Yes|| Read|| 8|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| Chinese Domestic Furniture|| Gustav Ecke|| Dover|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| The Encyclopedia of Furniture|| Joseph Aronson|| Crown|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| Fine Furniture for a Lifetime|| Glen D. Huey|| Popular Woodworking Books|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement|| David M. Cathers|| Turn of the Century Editions|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour|| Robert D. Mussey Jr.|| Peabody Essex Museum|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| Furniture Treasury Vols. 1 & 2|| Wallace Nutting|| Macmillan|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs|| Randell L. Makinson|| Peregrine Smith|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light|| David Mathias|| Popular Woodworking Books|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture|| Howard Pain|| Key Porter|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| How to Build Shaker Furniture|| Thos. Moser|| Sterling|| Yes|| Read In|| 8|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| Mackintosh Furniture|| Roger Billcliffe|| Cameron & Hollis|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| Making Antique Furniture Reproductions|| Franklin H. Gottshall|| Dover|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| Making Furniture Masterpieces|| Franklin H. Gottshall|| Dover|| Yes|| Read In|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware|| Ejner Handberg|| Berkshire House|| Yes|| Read In|| 5|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American|| Albert Sack|| Crown|| Yes|| Read In|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| Sculpted Band Saw Boxes|| Lois Keener Ventura|| Popular Woodworking Books|| No|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Design|| Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture|| Robert W. Lang|| Cambium|| No|| Read|| 7|| 7|| PopWood
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| Design|| Southern Furniture 1680-1830|| Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown|| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery|| Oscar P. Fitzgerald|| Smithsonian|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Design|| The Old Way of Seeing|| Jonathan Hale|| Mariner|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 10|| Michael Dunbar
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| Design|| Early American Furniture|| John T. Kirk|| Knopf|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 10|| Michael Dunbar
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| Design|| Greene & Greene: Design Elements for the Workshop|| Darrell Peart|| Linden|| Yes|| Read|| 8|| NA|| Marc Spagnuolo
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| Design|| Oak Furniture: The British Tradition 2nd Ed|| Victor Chinnery|| Antique Collector's Club|| Yes|| Read In|| 10|| NA|| Peter Follansbee
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| Design|| American Seating Furniture 1630-1730|| Benno M. Forman|| Norton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Peter Follansbee
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| Design|| Regional Furniture|| editor Adam Bowett||Regional Furniture Society|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 9|| Peter Follansbee
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| Design|| Furniture Treasury|| Wallace Nutting|| Unk|| Own|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Adam Cherubini
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| Design|| Williamsburg: Decorating with Style|| Clarkson Potter|| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Design|| The Shaker Legacy|| Christian Becksvoort|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Design|| The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director|| Thomas Chippendale|| Dover|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Design|| American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale, Winterthur Museum|| Joseph Downs|| Winterthur|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5||PopWood
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| Design|| Cabinetmaking and Millwork 2nd|| John L. Feirer||Unknown|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 2|| Marc Adams
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| Design|| Designing Furniture From Concept to Shop Drawing: A Practical Guide|| Seth Stem|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Marc Adams
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| Design|| American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection|| J. Michael Flanigan|| Harry N. Abrams|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Chuck Bender
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| Design|| New England Furniture: The Colonial Era|| Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye|| Houghton Miffl in|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Chuck Bender
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| Design|| Treasures of State: Fine and Decorative Arts in the U.S. Department of State|| Clement E. Conger and Alexandra Rollins|| Harry N. Abrams|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Chuck Bender
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|  Design|| The Architecture of the Classical Interior|| Steven W. Semes|| Norton|| No|| Unread|| UR||2|| George Walker
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| Tools & Shops|| Restoring,  Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools|| Michael Dunbar|| Sterling|| Yes|| Read In|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Hand Tool Essentials|| various writers|| Popular Woodworking Books|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| The History of Woodworking Tools|| W.L. Goodman|| G. Bell & Sons|| Yes|| Read|| 7|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition,  Spirit and Use|| Toshio Odate|| Taunton|| Yes|| Read|| 7|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Handplane Essentials|| Christopher Schwarz|| Popular Woodworking Magazine|| No|| Unread|| 10|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Mechanick Exercises|| Joseph Moxon|| Toolemera|| Yes|| Read In|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| The New Complete Guide to the Band Saw|| Mark Duginske|| Fox Chapel|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| The Table Saw Book|| Kelly Mehler|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Traditional Woodworking Tools|| Graham Blackburn|| Blackburn Books|| Yes|| Read In|| 7|| 5|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| The Wooden Plane|| John M. Whelan|| Astragal|| Yes|| Read|| 10|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Woodworking with the Router|| Bill Hylton|| Reader's Digest|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| The Woodwright's Guide|| Roy Underhill|| U of North Carolina|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| The Workbench Book|| Scott Landis|| Taunton|| Yes|| Read|| 9|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use|| Christopher Schwarz|| Popular Woodworking Books|| Yes|| Read|| 8|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| The Workshop Book|| Scott Landis|| Taunton|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Tools & Shops|| Dictionary of Woodworking Tools|| R.A. Salaman|| Taunton|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Michael Dunbar
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| Tools & Shops|| Planecraft|| John Sainsbury|| HarperCollins|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Michael Dunbar
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| Tools & Shops|| The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton||Mark & Jane Rees|| Tools & Trades History Society|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Tools & Shops|| Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-century America|| Jay Gaynor and Nancy Hagedorn|| UP Virginia|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Tools & Shops|| British Planemakers from 1700|| Jane and Mark Rees|| Astragal|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Tools & Shops|| A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes 4th Ed|| Martyl and Emil Pollak|| Astragal|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Tools & Shops|| Ancient Carpenters' Tools|| Henry Mercer|| Dover|| Own|| Read In|| 7|| NA|| Peter Follansbee
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| Tools & Shops|| A Museum of Early American Tools|| Eric Sloane|| Funk|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Jim Tolpin
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| Tools & Shops|| Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings|| Aldren A. Watson|| Norton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Jim Tolpin
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| Finishing|| Flexner on Finishing|| Bob Flexner|| Popular Woodworking Books|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Finishing|| Understanding Wood Finishing|| Bob Flexner|| Reader's Digest|| Yes|| Read In|| 9|| NA|| PopWood
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| Finishing|| Adventures in Wood Finishing|| George Frank|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Marc Spagnuolo
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| Finishing|| Repairing and Restoring Antique Furniture|| John Rodd|| Van Nostrand Reinhold|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Bob Flexner
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| Finishing|| Antique Furniture Repairs|| Charles H. Hayward|| Scribner|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Bob Flexner
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| Techniques|| The Art of Japanese Joinery|| Kiyosi Seike|| Weatherhill|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker|| Robert W. Lang|| Cambium|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Cabinet Making for Beginners|| Charles H. Hayward|| Drake|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Cabinetmaking and Millwork|| John L. Feirer|| Chas. A. Bennett|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| The Chairmaker's Workshop|| Drew Langsner||Unknown|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| The Complete Guide to Sharpening|| Leonard Lee|| Taunton|| Yes|| Read|| 7|| NA|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood|| Lonnie Bird|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| David Charlesworth's Furnituremaking Techniques|| David Charlesworth|| Guild of Master Craftsman|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Elementary Turning|| Frank Henry Selden|| Popular Woodworking Books|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Encyclopedia of Furniture Making|| Ernest Joyce|| Sterling|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| The Essential Woodworker|| Robert Wearing|| Lost Art Press|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Illustrated Cabinetmaking|| Bill Hylton|| Reader's Digest|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| The Joiner and Cabinet Maker|| Anon.|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Measure Twice, Cut Once|| Jim Tolpin|| Popular Woodworking Books|| Yes|| Read|| 7|| NA|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Modern Practical Joinery|| George Ellis|| Linden|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| The Perfect Edge|| Ron Hock|| Popular Woodworking Books|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Turning Wood with Richard Raffan|| Richard Raffan|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Woodturning: A Foundation Course|| Keith Rowley|| Guild of Master Craftsman|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Woodturning Design|| Mike Darlow|| Fox Chapel|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Woodwork Joints|| Charles H. Hayward|| Evans Bros.|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| Classic Joints with Power Tools|| Yeung Chan|| Lark|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
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| Techniques|| How to Build a Wooden Boat|| David C. “Bud” McIntosh|| Woodenboat|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Jim Tolpin
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| Techniques|| The Furniture Doctor|| George Grotz|| Doubleday|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Jim Tolpin
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| Techniques|| The Technique of Furniture Making|| Ernest Joyce|| Batson|| No|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| David Charlesworth
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| Techniques|| Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking” Volumes 1-3|| Tage Frid|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Thomas J. MacDonald
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| Techniques|| The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft|| Roy Underhill|| U of North Carolina Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| George Walker
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| Techniques|| The Home Craftsman Series|| Charles H. Hayward|| Unk|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 2|| Marc Adams
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| Techniques|| The Complete Manual of Wood Veneering|| William A Lincoln|| Scribner|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Marc Adams
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| Techniques|| The Complete Woodworker|| Bernard E. Jones ed.|| Ten Speed|| No|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Jim Tolpin
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| Techniques|| The Art of Joinery|| Joseph Moxon|| Lost Art Press|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
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| Techniques|| The Mechanic's Companion|| Peter Nicholson|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Adam Cherubini
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| Techniques|| Woodworking in Estonia|| A. Viires|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Roy Underhill
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| Techniques|| The Wheelwright's Shop|| George Sturt|| Cambridge UP|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Roy Underhill
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| Techniques|| The Anarchist's Workbench|| Chris Schwarz|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Read|| 10|| NA|| Wayne
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| Techniques|| Country Woodcraft: Then & Now|| Drew Langsner|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Wayne
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| Techniques|| Joiner's Work|| Peter Follansbee|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Read|| 10|| NA|| Wayne
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| Techniques|| The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition|| Chris Schwarz|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Read|| 10|| NA|| Wayne
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| Techniques|| Chairmaker's Notebook|| Peter Galbert|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Wayne
|American Country Furniture
|Nick Engler and Mary Jane Favorite
|Rodale
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| Techniques|| Make a Joint Stool from a Tree|| Peter Follansbee|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Read|| 8|| NA|| Wayne
|American Furniture (series 1993-Present)
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|Chipstone Foundation
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| Techniques|| Mouldings in Practice|| Matthew Bickford|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Read|| 8|| NA|| Wayne
|American Furniture of the 18th Century
|Jeffrey P. Greene
|Taunton
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| Techniques|| The Anarchist's Tool Chest|| Chris Schwarz|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Read|| 10|| NA|| Wayne
|American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
|Morrison H. Heckscher
|Random House
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| Inspiration|| A Cabinetmaker's Notebook|| James Krenov|| Linden|| Yes|| Read|| 7|| NA|| PopWood
|American Furniture: The Federal Period
|Charles F. Montgomery
|Viking
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| Inspiration|| The Impractical Cabinetmaker|| James Krenov|| Linden|| Yes|| Read|| 7|| NA|| Kelly Mehler
|American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods
|Joseph Downs
|Bonanza
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| Inspiration|| The Craftsman|| Richard Sennett|| Yale UP|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|The Book of Shaker Furniture
|John Kassay
|University of Massachusetts
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| Inspiration|| Master Woodturners|| Dale L. Nish|| Artisan Press|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|Chinese Domestic Furniture
|Gustav Ecke
|Dover
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| Inspiration|| A Reverence for Wood|| Eric Sloane|| Ballantine|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|The Encyclopedia of Furniture
|Joseph Aronson
|Crown
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| Inspiration|| The Soul of a Tree|| George Nakashima|| Kodansha|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|Fine Furniture for a Lifetime
|Glen D. Huey
|Popular Woodworking Books
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| Inspiration|| Working at Woodworking|| Jim Tolpin|| Taunton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
|David M. Cathers
|Turn of the Century Editions
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| Inspiration|| A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity|| William Coperthwaite|| Chelsea Green|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Peter Follansbee
|The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour
|Robert D. Mussey Jr
|Peabody Essex Museum
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| Raw Materials|| Harvesting Urban Timber|| Sam Sherrill|| Linden|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|Furniture Treasury Vols. 1 & 2
|Wallace Nutting
|Macmillan
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| Raw Materials|| Oak: The Frame of Civilization|| William Bryant Logan|| Norton|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs
|Randell L. Makinson
|Peregrine Smith
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| Raw Materials|| Trees of North America|| C. Frank Brockman|| St. Martin's|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light
|David Mathias
|Popular Woodworking Books
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| Raw Materials|| Understanding Wood|| R. Bruce Hoadley|| Taunton|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| PopWood
|The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture
|Howard Pain
|Key Porter
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| Historical|| The Account Book of John Head||Jay Robert Stiefel|| American Philosophical Society|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
|How to Build Shaker Furniture, Revised Edition
|Thos. Moser
|Sterling
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| Historical|| L'Art du Menuisier|| A.J. Roubo|| Bibliothque des Arts|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
|John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker
|Morrison H. Heckscher
|Yale University Press
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| Historical|| 1772 Philadelphia Furniture Price Book|| Alexandra Kirtley|| ACC|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Adam Cherubini
|Mackintosh Furniture
|Roger Billcliffe
|Cameron & Hollis
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| Historical|| Hands Employed Aright|| Joshua Klein|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Read|| 10|| NA|| Wayne
|Making Antique Furniture Reproductions
|Franklin H. Gottshall
|Dover
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| Historical|| With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture||Donald C. Williams|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Wayne
|Making Furniture Masterpieces
|Franklin H. Gottshall
|Dover
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| Historical|| To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry||Donald C. Williams|| Lost Art Press|| Yes|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Wayne
|Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware
|Ejner Handberg
|Berkshire House
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| Historical|| John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker|| Morrison H. Heckscher|| Yale University Press|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| PopWood
|The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American
|Albert Sack
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| Historical|| Master Craftsmen of Newport|| Michael Moses|| MMI Americana|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Chuck Bender
|Sculpted Band Saw Boxes
|Lois Keener Ventura
|Popular Woodworking Books
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| Historical|| With Hammer in Hand: The Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton|| Charles F. Hummel|| Unk|| Own|| Unread|| UR|| NA|| Peter Follansbee
|Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture
|Robert W. Lang (Cambium).
|Cambium
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| Historical|| Traditional Country Craftsmen|| J. Geraint Jenkins|| Routlegde|| No|| Unread|| UR|| 5|| Peter Follansbee
|Southern Furniture 1680-1830
|Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 24 January 2021

It's hard to winnow down a list of just the best books, but we're going to try right here. This list is also functioning as a sort of inventory/wish list for me, feel free to crib it for yourself, may your bookcases hold up.

Topic Title Author Publisher Own? Read? Rating Priority Source
Design American Country Furniture Nick Engler and Mary Jane Favorite Rodale Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Design American Furniture series edited by Luke Beckerdite Chipstone Foundation Most Read In 10 10 PopWood
Design American Furniture of the 18th Century Jeffrey P. Greene Taunton Yes Read In 10 NA PopWood
Design American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Morrison H. Heckscher Random House Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Design American Furniture: The Federal Period Charles F. Montgomery Viking No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods Joseph Downs Bonanza No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Book of Shaker Furniture John Kassay University of Massachusetts Yes Read 8 NA PopWood
Design Chinese Domestic Furniture Gustav Ecke Dover Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Design The Encyclopedia of Furniture Joseph Aronson Crown No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Fine Furniture for a Lifetime Glen D. Huey Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement David M. Cathers Turn of the Century Editions No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour Robert D. Mussey Jr. Peabody Essex Museum No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Furniture Treasury Vols. 1 & 2 Wallace Nutting Macmillan Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Design Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs Randell L. Makinson Peregrine Smith No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light David Mathias Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture Howard Pain Key Porter No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design How to Build Shaker Furniture Thos. Moser Sterling Yes Read In 8 NA PopWood
Design Mackintosh Furniture Roger Billcliffe Cameron & Hollis No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Making Antique Furniture Reproductions Franklin H. Gottshall Dover No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Making Furniture Masterpieces Franklin H. Gottshall Dover Yes Read In UR NA PopWood
Design Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware Ejner Handberg Berkshire House Yes Read In 5 NA PopWood
Design The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American Albert Sack Crown Yes Read In UR NA PopWood
Design Sculpted Band Saw Boxes Lois Keener Ventura Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR NA PopWood
Design Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture Robert W. Lang Cambium No Read 7 7 PopWood
Design Southern Furniture 1680-1830 Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown Colonial Williamsburg Foundation No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery Oscar P. Fitzgerald Smithsonian No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design The Old Way of Seeing Jonathan Hale Mariner No Unread UR 10 Michael Dunbar
Design Early American Furniture John T. Kirk Knopf No Unread UR 10 Michael Dunbar
Design Greene & Greene: Design Elements for the Workshop Darrell Peart Linden Yes Read 8 NA Marc Spagnuolo
Design Oak Furniture: The British Tradition 2nd Ed Victor Chinnery Antique Collector's Club Yes Read In 10 NA Peter Follansbee
Design American Seating Furniture 1630-1730 Benno M. Forman Norton No Unread UR 5 Peter Follansbee
Design Regional Furniture editor Adam Bowett Regional Furniture Society No Unread UR 9 Peter Follansbee
Design Furniture Treasury Wallace Nutting Unk Own Unread UR NA Adam Cherubini
Design Williamsburg: Decorating with Style Clarkson Potter Colonial Williamsburg Foundation No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Design The Shaker Legacy Christian Becksvoort Taunton No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Design The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director Thomas Chippendale Dover No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Design American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale, Winterthur Museum Joseph Downs Winterthur No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Design Cabinetmaking and Millwork 2nd John L. Feirer Unknown No Unread UR 2 Marc Adams
Design Designing Furniture From Concept to Shop Drawing: A Practical Guide Seth Stem Taunton No Unread UR 5 Marc Adams
Design American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection J. Michael Flanigan Harry N. Abrams No Unread UR 5 Chuck Bender
Design New England Furniture: The Colonial Era Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye Houghton Miffl in No Unread UR 5 Chuck Bender
Design Treasures of State: Fine and Decorative Arts in the U.S. Department of State Clement E. Conger and Alexandra Rollins Harry N. Abrams No Unread UR 5 Chuck Bender
Design The Architecture of the Classical Interior Steven W. Semes Norton No Unread UR 2 George Walker
Tools & Shops Restoring, Tuning & Using Classic Woodworking Tools Michael Dunbar Sterling Yes Read In UR NA PopWood
Tools & Shops Hand Tool Essentials various writers Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Tools & Shops The History of Woodworking Tools W.L. Goodman G. Bell & Sons Yes Read 7 NA PopWood
Tools & Shops Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use Toshio Odate Taunton Yes Read 7 NA PopWood
Tools & Shops Handplane Essentials Christopher Schwarz Popular Woodworking Magazine No Unread 10 NA PopWood
Tools & Shops Mechanick Exercises Joseph Moxon Toolemera Yes Read In UR NA PopWood
Tools & Shops The New Complete Guide to the Band Saw Mark Duginske Fox Chapel No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Tools & Shops The Table Saw Book Kelly Mehler Taunton No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Tools & Shops Traditional Woodworking Tools Graham Blackburn Blackburn Books Yes Read In 7 5 PopWood
Tools & Shops The Wooden Plane John M. Whelan Astragal Yes Read 10 NA PopWood
Tools & Shops Woodworking with the Router Bill Hylton Reader's Digest No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Tools & Shops The Woodwright's Guide Roy Underhill U of North Carolina No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Tools & Shops The Workbench Book Scott Landis Taunton Yes Read 9 NA PopWood
Tools & Shops Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use Christopher Schwarz Popular Woodworking Books Yes Read 8 NA PopWood
Tools & Shops The Workshop Book Scott Landis Taunton Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Tools & Shops Dictionary of Woodworking Tools R.A. Salaman Taunton Yes Unread UR NA Michael Dunbar
Tools & Shops Planecraft John Sainsbury HarperCollins No Unread UR 5 Michael Dunbar
Tools & Shops The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton Mark & Jane Rees Tools & Trades History Society No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Tools & Shops Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-century America Jay Gaynor and Nancy Hagedorn UP Virginia No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Tools & Shops British Planemakers from 1700 Jane and Mark Rees Astragal No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Tools & Shops A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes 4th Ed Martyl and Emil Pollak Astragal No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Tools & Shops Ancient Carpenters' Tools Henry Mercer Dover Own Read In 7 NA Peter Follansbee
Tools & Shops A Museum of Early American Tools Eric Sloane Funk No Unread UR 5 Jim Tolpin
Tools & Shops Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings Aldren A. Watson Norton No Unread UR 5 Jim Tolpin
Finishing Flexner on Finishing Bob Flexner Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Finishing Understanding Wood Finishing Bob Flexner Reader's Digest Yes Read In 9 NA PopWood
Finishing Adventures in Wood Finishing George Frank Taunton No Unread UR 5 Marc Spagnuolo
Finishing Repairing and Restoring Antique Furniture John Rodd Van Nostrand Reinhold No Unread UR 5 Bob Flexner
Finishing Antique Furniture Repairs Charles H. Hayward Scribner No Unread UR 5 Bob Flexner
Techniques The Art of Japanese Joinery Kiyosi Seike Weatherhill No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Bob Lang's The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker Robert W. Lang Cambium No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Cabinet Making for Beginners Charles H. Hayward Drake No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Cabinetmaking and Millwork John L. Feirer Chas. A. Bennett No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques The Chairmaker's Workshop Drew Langsner Unknown No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques The Complete Guide to Sharpening Leonard Lee Taunton Yes Read 7 NA PopWood
Techniques The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood Lonnie Bird Taunton No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques David Charlesworth's Furnituremaking Techniques David Charlesworth Guild of Master Craftsman No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Elementary Turning Frank Henry Selden Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Encyclopedia of Furniture Making Ernest Joyce Sterling No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques The Essential Woodworker Robert Wearing Lost Art Press No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Illustrated Cabinetmaking Bill Hylton Reader's Digest No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques The Joiner and Cabinet Maker Anon. Lost Art Press Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Techniques Measure Twice, Cut Once Jim Tolpin Popular Woodworking Books Yes Read 7 NA PopWood
Techniques Modern Practical Joinery George Ellis Linden Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Techniques The Perfect Edge Ron Hock Popular Woodworking Books No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Turning Wood with Richard Raffan Richard Raffan Taunton No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Woodturning: A Foundation Course Keith Rowley Guild of Master Craftsman No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Woodturning Design Mike Darlow Fox Chapel No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Woodwork Joints Charles H. Hayward Evans Bros. No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques Classic Joints with Power Tools Yeung Chan Lark No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Techniques How to Build a Wooden Boat David C. “Bud” McIntosh Woodenboat No Unread UR 5 Jim Tolpin
Techniques The Furniture Doctor George Grotz Doubleday No Unread UR 5 Jim Tolpin
Techniques The Technique of Furniture Making Ernest Joyce Batson No Unread UR NA David Charlesworth
Techniques Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking” Volumes 1-3 Tage Frid Taunton No Unread UR NA Thomas J. MacDonald
Techniques The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft Roy Underhill U of North Carolina Press Yes Unread UR NA George Walker
Techniques The Home Craftsman Series Charles H. Hayward Unk No Unread UR 2 Marc Adams
Techniques The Complete Manual of Wood Veneering William A Lincoln Scribner No Unread UR 5 Marc Adams
Techniques The Complete Woodworker Bernard E. Jones ed. Ten Speed No Unread UR NA Jim Tolpin
Techniques The Art of Joinery Joseph Moxon Lost Art Press No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Techniques The Mechanic's Companion Peter Nicholson Lost Art Press Yes Unread UR NA Adam Cherubini
Techniques Woodworking in Estonia A. Viires Lost Art Press Yes Unread UR NA Roy Underhill
Techniques The Wheelwright's Shop George Sturt Cambridge UP No Unread UR 5 Roy Underhill
Techniques The Anarchist's Workbench Chris Schwarz Lost Art Press Yes Read 10 NA Wayne
Techniques Country Woodcraft: Then & Now Drew Langsner Lost Art Press Yes Unread UR NA Wayne
Techniques Joiner's Work Peter Follansbee Lost Art Press Yes Read 10 NA Wayne
Techniques The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition Chris Schwarz Lost Art Press Yes Read 10 NA Wayne
Techniques Chairmaker's Notebook Peter Galbert Lost Art Press Yes Unread UR NA Wayne
Techniques Make a Joint Stool from a Tree Peter Follansbee Lost Art Press Yes Read 8 NA Wayne
Techniques Mouldings in Practice Matthew Bickford Lost Art Press Yes Read 8 NA Wayne
Techniques The Anarchist's Tool Chest Chris Schwarz Lost Art Press Yes Read 10 NA Wayne
Inspiration A Cabinetmaker's Notebook James Krenov Linden Yes Read 7 NA PopWood
Inspiration The Impractical Cabinetmaker James Krenov Linden Yes Read 7 NA Kelly Mehler
Inspiration The Craftsman Richard Sennett Yale UP No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Inspiration Master Woodturners Dale L. Nish Artisan Press No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Inspiration A Reverence for Wood Eric Sloane Ballantine No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Inspiration The Soul of a Tree George Nakashima Kodansha No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Inspiration Working at Woodworking Jim Tolpin Taunton No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Inspiration A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity William Coperthwaite Chelsea Green Yes Unread UR NA Peter Follansbee
Raw Materials Harvesting Urban Timber Sam Sherrill Linden No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Raw Materials Oak: The Frame of Civilization William Bryant Logan Norton No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Raw Materials Trees of North America C. Frank Brockman St. Martin's No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Raw Materials Understanding Wood R. Bruce Hoadley Taunton Yes Unread UR NA PopWood
Historical The Account Book of John Head Jay Robert Stiefel American Philosophical Society No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Historical L'Art du Menuisier A.J. Roubo Bibliothque des Arts No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Historical 1772 Philadelphia Furniture Price Book Alexandra Kirtley ACC No Unread UR 5 Adam Cherubini
Historical Hands Employed Aright Joshua Klein Lost Art Press Yes Read 10 NA Wayne
Historical With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture Donald C. Williams Lost Art Press Yes Unread UR NA Wayne
Historical To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry Donald C. Williams Lost Art Press Yes Unread UR NA Wayne
Historical John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker Morrison H. Heckscher Yale University Press No Unread UR 5 PopWood
Historical Master Craftsmen of Newport Michael Moses MMI Americana No Unread UR 5 Chuck Bender
Historical With Hammer in Hand: The Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton Charles F. Hummel Unk Own Unread UR NA Peter Follansbee
Historical Traditional Country Craftsmen J. Geraint Jenkins Routlegde No Unread UR 5 Peter Follansbee
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