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KNOW YOUR WOODS: A Complete Guide to Trees, Woods, and Veneers

KNOW YOUR WOODS: A Complete Guide to Trees, Woods, and Veneers
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"A detailed examination of over three hundred wood types and how to recognize each one." The author spent more than 40 years in the wood trade. This was a well known book to wood enthusiasts; originally published in 1959 and again in 1987. Constantine discusses identification, conversion of wood into logs and lumber, woods of the Bible, state trees, drugs from trees, how trees are named and what their name means, collecting woods of the world as a hobby, and much more.

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