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Title: Encyclopedia of Wood: A Tree-By-Tree Guide to the World's Most Valuable Resource by William Lincoln, Aidan Walker, John Makepeace, Bill Lincoln, Lucinda Leech, Luke Hughes ISBN: 0-8160-2159-7 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: October, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Succesfull coffee table-book, failed encyclopedia
Comment: The strength of the book is the fine quality of the printing, the good color photographs and the enthousiasm of its makers, who obviously love crafting things of wood. This certainly is an attractive coffee table-book which may well inspire those who browse through it into making better use of wood than before.
As an enyclopedia it certainly does not make the grade. Obviously nobody with a botanical background was involved here. On page 20 is a remark about 'apetalous' trees that if ever I decide to award a price for the most-nonsensical-botanical-statement-ever will be a strong contender. The writers failed to pursue a consistent way of writing botanical names. Glancing through the book I note various errors in the history of the use of wood.
In addition the wood pictures, although of the same general size that is cute in "Identifying_Wood" by Aidan Walker (see there), a book derived from this, are pretty smallish on this big page size. I feel uncomfortable about some of the pictures which appear hardly typical of the woods they supposedly represent, and indeed some were replaced in the little book. As "Identifying_Wood" is not a bad book but unsuited for identifying wood, so is this "Encyclopedia_of_Wood" unsuited as a reference.
I don't want to give the impression that it is riddled with errors (I have seen much worse), but it falls well short of the level of, say, "The_International_Book_of_Wood" (1976) let alone of an encyclopedia.
P.S. I do hate the clumsy square shape. Obviously it was not meant to ever come off that coffee table: it decidedly would sit awkward on a shelf among real reference works.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great coffee table book. Nice photos. Basic information.
Comment: While the book could have been a little more dense it was a good read overall. I would have liked to have seen more focus on North American hardwoods, but that aside the book was very informative. About 150 different woods are described in detail with acompaning pictures. There is also a nice section on fine furniture. This book is an excellent introduction into the world of wood working and would make a fine gift for anyone with even a passing interest in that direction.
Rating: 5
Summary: A truly excellent book
Comment: This is a truly comprehensive encyclopedia, liberally illustrated with large photographs--a must for any wood lover. It includes precise descriptions of grain, pattern, figure and color, as well as the relevant harvesting locations, processes and uses. Interesting historical tidbits also add to its richness. Attributes such as stiffness, density, workability, crushing strength, and hardness are specified for each wood. It is a remarkable and beautiful book that I STRONGLY recommend.
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Title: World Woods in Color by William Alexander Lincoln ISBN: 0941936201 Publisher: Linden Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: The Woodbook by Klaus Ulrich Leistikow ISBN: 3822817422 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $99.99 |
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Title: Understanding Wood: A Craftman's Guide to Wood Technology by R. Bruce Hoadley ISBN: 1561583588 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: What Wood Is That: A Manual of Wood Identification by Herbert Leeson Edlin ISBN: 0670759074 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Identifying Wood: Accurate Results With Simple Tools by R. Bruce Hoadley ISBN: 0942391047 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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