Includes index.

Woods (hardwoods and softwoods) -- Veneers -- Manufactured boards -- Plastics and leathers -- Metals -- Adhesives -- Abrasives -- Tools and Equipment -- Cabinet maker's bench and accessories -- Hand tools -- Portable power tools and accessories -- Woodworking and allied machinery -- Workshop layout and furnishings -- Basic techniques and joint construction -- Wood preparation -- Jointing techniques and methods -- Edge jointing -- Housing/dado, halving and bridle joints -- Mortise and tenon joints -- Dowelled joints -- Dovetailing -- Mitre, scribed and scarf joints -- Advanced areas of furniture construction -- Carcass construction -- Leg and frame construction -- Door construction -- Drawer and tray construction -- Fall flaps, secretaires, cylinder falls and tambours -- Metal fittings/fasteners and their application -- Screws, nails and pins -- Hinges and hinging -- Locks and locking actions -- Stays, bookcase fittings and castors -- Catches, bolts and handles -- Knock-up (KU) and knock-down (KD) fittings -- Advanced techniques -- Veneering, marquetry and inlay -- Table lining -- Mouldings and lippings/edgings -- Curved work -- Running a professional workshop -- Setting out and cutting lists -- Draughtsmanship and workshop geometry -- The drawing office -- Projections commonly used -- Perspective drawing -- Workshop geometry -- Furniture designs and constructional details -- Tables and desks (domestic and office) -- Chests, cabinets and sideboards -- Bedroom furniture -- Seating and upholstery -- Church furniture -- Miscellaneous furniture -- Restoration, repairs and wood finishing -- Structural repairs -- Surface damage -- Wood finishing -- Costing and estimating.

It's been the number-one book on the subject for most of the 20th century, the encyclopedia with the latest information on the tools, techniques, and processes involved in crafting furniture--all plentifully illustrated. Covers hundreds of subjects, from woods and veneering to almost every joining operation. "A workshop without this encyclopedia is missing a tool as necessary as the saw."--"Country Journal. "This thorough...edition introduces furniture construction, design, and restoration. Choice color photographs accent...abundant black-and-white photographs and drawings...an invaluable reference."--"Booklist.