The Wooden Plane: Its History, Form & Function

by John M. Whelan

Book Overview

A comprehensive reference that has been called "a work of clarity and imagination so influential it virtually defines its subject," this book describes, illustrates, and classifies all types of wooden planes from the common to the rare and unusual -- tracing their development and explaining their use. Included are both American and English planes, and also French, Dutch, German, Japanese and Chinese. Over 500 pages long, with more than 1,000 illustrations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879335328
• ISBN13: 9781879335325
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Astragal Press
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 10.3"