The Art and Craft of Cabinet Making

Covers how solid softwood becomes furniture, from designing and drawing through machining, joints, gluing and surface treatment. Written with production in mind, with a full chapter on designing for disassembly and repair.

Bjorn Nordin

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

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