Joinery Handbook

A short lesson on the golden ratio and how proportion decides whether a piece of furniture looks balanced or clumsy. Practical geometry you can apply to your next design in an afternoon.

Graham Blackburn

A classic handbook on building cabinet furniture, covering tools, joints, veneering and setting out work, plus a survey of how furniture design developed. Detailed enough to work from at the bench.

David Denning

Combines essays on furniture history, taste in design, color and materials with hundreds of shop recipes for staining, varnishing, polishing and gilding. Illustrated with more than 200 drawings.

Fred T. Hodgson