Must Have Books
From Wayne's Dusty Box of Words
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 | Ownership | Read | Rating | Priority | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design | American Country Furniture | Nick Engler and Mary Jane Favorite | Rodale | Yes | Unread | UR | 5 | 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 | 10 | PopWood |
| Design | American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Morrison H. Heckscher | Random House | Yes | Unread | UR | 5 | 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 | 5 | PopWood |
| Design | Chinese Domestic Furniture | Gustav Ecke | Dover | Yes | Unread | UR | 5 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 5 | PopWood |
| Design | John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker | Morrison H. Heckscher | Yale University Press | No | Unread | UR | 5 | 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 | 5 | PopWood |
| Design | Measured Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware | Ejner Handberg | Berkshire House | Yes | Read In | 5 | 3 | PopWood |
| Design | The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American | Albert Sack | Crown | Yes | Read In | UR | 5 | PopWood |
| Design | Sculpted Band Saw Boxes | Lois Keener Ventura | Popular Woodworking Books | No | Unread | UR | 1 | 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 |
