Wood: The World of Woodwork and Carving

Rating:
Summary: Nice coffee-table book
Review: This might perhaps be regarded as a modern and 'light' version of the 'International Book of Wood' (1976). By content this is not half what the 'International Book of Wood' was, but times change. This new book is splendidly printed and should do a great job of infecting the reader with enthousiasm for wood. The pictures are almost exclusively full color photographs of a uniformly good quality. As long as the reader keeps in mind that this is a coffee-table book only and that the author does not exert himself in trying to get his details right, but limits himself to presenting a good story (just staying in the ballpark), this will be most enjoyable.