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 | 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 |
