Book Title ~ The Wood Wright's Companion ~ Exploring Traditional Woodcraft
Author ~ Roy Underhill
Publisher ~ The University Of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London.
© Date ~ 1983, 1986, stated Fourth Printing.
Cover ~ Softcover.
Number of Pages ~ 191 pages with Index.
Illustrated ~ Yes, with lots of photographs.
Book measures about ~ 11 inches X 8 1/2 inches X 1/2 inch.
Condition ~ Good. There are some some small marks, some small creases, and some edgewear on the cover. Otherwise the book is in Good condition! The pages ARE clean and bright!
About the Book ~
This book "features chapters on helves and handles, saws, the search for the whetstone quarry, crow chasers and turkey calls, hurdles, whimmy diddles, snaplines and marking gauges, candle stands, planes, window sash, riven shingles, and pit sawing. The final chapter offers a glimpse of traditional woodworking techniques still used by the Colonial Williamsburg housewrights."
More than 260 photographs complement the text.