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Wood: Craft, Culture, History
by Green, Harvey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670038016
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038015
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 2006. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, Stated First Printing.. First Edition hardcover book in unclipped dust jacket. Small remainder mark on bottom text block edge near binding edge, else fine. Rustbrown boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 464 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Explores wood's natural and human history, celebrates its myriad forms and possibilities. Wood matters in the human scheme, and Green understands it both as a historian and as a woodworker, whether he's admiring the humble utility of plywood or the flights offancy unleashed by the prized whorls of bird's-eye maple..
Synopsis
A rich, authoritative look at a material that plays an essential role in human culture Wood has been a central part of human life throughout the world for thousands of years. In an intoxicating mix of science, history, and practical information, historian and woodworker Harvey Green considers this vital material's place on the planet. What makes one wood hard and one soft? How did we find it, tame it? Where does it fit into the histories of technology, architecture, and industrialization, of empire, exploration, and settlement? Spanning the surprising histories of the log cabin and Windsor chair, the deep truth about veneer, the role of wood in the American Revolution, the disappearance of the rain forests, the botany behind the baseball bat, and much more, Wood is a deep and satisfying look at one of our most treasured resources.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32153
- Title
- Wood: Craft, Culture, History
- Author
- Green, Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Stated First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0670038016
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038015
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- WOOD, WOODCRAFT, HISTORY OF WOOD AND ITS USES, HARVEY GREEN, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crafts;
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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