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Author Title Publisher Year of publication First published
Mace  Musik’s Monument Vol 1 CNRS  1966 1676
Praetorius  Syntagma Musicum II  Bärenreiter 1976 1619
Praetorius  Syntagma Musicum I & II  Clarendon Press 1986 1619
Charles Holtzapfel  Turning and Mechanical Manipulation vols I-V  Holtzapfel & Co. 1845-1894  1843
Ernest Spon Workshop Receipts for Manufacturers Mechanics and Scientific Amateurs  E & F N Spon   1885
A Schlegel  The Lute in Europe   2006  
Ernst Gottlieb Baron    Study of the Lute Instrumenta Antique Publications 1976 edition 

1727

Geary Baese  Classic Italian Violin Varnish  Geary Baese  1985  
Watin L'Art du Peintre Doreur Leonce Laget facsimile 1977  1778
Joseph Michelmann Violin Varnish.    1946  
Stalker and Parker A Treatise of Japanese Varnishing & Gilding 1688  Alec Tiranti facsimile, 1971  1960
R Scharff  Complete Book of Wood Finishing.  Faber & Faber 1968 1958
Kurt Wehlte Materials and Techniques of Painting Kremer Press 1975 1967
Tubal Cain  Soldering & Brazing Special Interest Model Books 1985 (2002)  
n/a Basic Grinding Information Carborundum    
n/a The Polyester Resin Booklet Alec Tiranti 1997 (2009)  
  Hints, Tips & Techniques - Watercolours      
Patricia Lovett Tools & Materials for Caligraphy C Roberson 1996  
Cornelissen & Sons Preparation of Watercolours, Tempura etc Cornelissen & Sons    
Peter & Ann Mactaggart Laying & Decorating Harpsicord Papers Mac & Me 1981  
Peter & Ann Mactaggart Printing & Marbling Harpsichord Mac & Me 1983  
Robert Cunning Encyclopedia of Picture Framing Techniques Quarto  1993 (1997)  
C. W Hampton/Clifford Planecraft; hand planing by modern methods C & J Hampton Ltd 1934 (1959)  
Marjorie Brown  Cant & Rush Seating B T Batsford Ltd 1976 (1984)  
L L Cox Beginner's Guide to Patternmaking Newnes Books 1968  
Alf Martensson The Woodworkers Bible Pitman House Ltd 1979 (1980)  
Scott Landis The Worksbench Book Taunton Press 1987  
Yasuo Nakahara Japanese Joinery Hartley & Marks 1967 (1983)  
David Hawkins The Technique of Wood Surface Decoration Batsford 1986  
RA Salaman Dictionary of Tools used in the Woodworking & allied trades c 1700-1970 George Allen & Unwin 1975 (1980)  
 Musical Instruments in various collections         
Old Sotheby’s catalogues         
Guitar making books         
The Vihuela & Spanish Guitar         
The Viol         
Japanese woodworking tools         
European Musical Instruments. A Baines. Batsford        
and various other violin books         
Materials of the Artist. Max Doerner. Harrap 1949         
various Dover reproduction books         
Stringed Instruments of the Middle Ages. Hortense Panum      
John Rodd Repairing and restoring antique furniture David & Charles 1954 (1976)  
Franz Karg Modern cabinet making in solid wood Bell & Hyman 1980  
Robert Ingham Cutting edge cabinet making Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 2007  
Alan Peters Cabinet making: the professional approach Stobart & son ltd 1984  
James Krenov A cabinet maker's notebook Studio Vista 1976  
James Krenov The Fine art of cabinet-making Studio Vista 1977  
James Krenov The impractical cabinet-maker Litton Educational Publishing 1979  
R Bruce Hoadley Understaning Wood The Taunton Press 1980 (1981)  
? Fine Woodworking Techniques Vols 1-4 Bell & Hyman / The Taunton Press 1982  
David C 'Bud' McIntosh How to build a wooden boat Wooden boat publications inc. 1987  
Simon Counsell Friends of the Earth: The good wood guide Friends of The Earth Ltd 1990  
Herbert L Edlin Know your conifers (Forestry Commission booklet no.15) London: Her Majesty's Stationery office 1966 (1971)  
Herbert L Edlin Know your broadleaves (Forestry Commission booklet no.20) London: Her Majesty's Stationery office 1968 (1971)  
P Harris A handbook of woodcutting (Dept of the Environment Forest Products Research) London: Her Majesty's Stationery office 1946 (1971)  
F G O Pearson / Constance Webster Timbers Used in the Musical Instruments industry The Ministry of Technology  1956 (1967)  
n/a A Handbook of Softwoods (Minstry of Technology Forest Products Research) London: Her Majesty's Stationery office 1965 (1968)  
n/a A Handbook of Hardwoods (Minstry of Technology Forest Products Research) London: Her Majesty's Stationery office 1956 (1969)  
William A Lincoln World woods in color (sic) Linden Publishing Co. inc  1986  
Ernest Joyce The Technique of Furniture making Batsford 1970  
F Pain The Practical Woodturner Evans Bros. Ltd 1958 (1979)  
Ivan G Sparkes English Windsor Chairs Shire Publications Ltd no date  
Philip Walker Woodworking tools Shire Publications Ltd no date  
Edwards Barnsley Sixty Years of Furniture Design and Cabinetmaking The Fine Arts Society Ltd 1982  
John D Alexander Jr. Make a chair from a tree: an introduction to working greenwood Bell & Hyman / The Taunton Press 1978 (1980)  
Michael Dunbar Make a windsor chiar with Michael Dunbar Bell & Hyman / The Taunton Press 1984  
Michael Dunbar Windsor chair-making Stobart & son ltd 1976 (1977)  
Charles H Hayward Antique or fake?: The making of old furniture Evans Bros. Ltd 1970 (1973)  
Charles H Hayward Antique furniture designs Evans Bros. Ltd 1979  
Charles H Hayward Practical veneering Evans Bros. Ltd 1949 (1982)  
William Wheeler and Charles H Hayward Practical woodcarving and veneering Bell & Hyman 1963 (1983)  
Charles H Hayward English period furniture Bell & Hyman 1936 (1984)  
Charles H Hayward Practical veneering Evans Bros. Ltd 1949  
Charles H Hayward Tools for woodwork Evans Bros. Ltd 1946 (1964)  
Charles H Hayward Woodwork joints Evans Bros. Ltd 1950 (1970)  
Foong Kee Yoong Longmans industrial arts book one: Woodwork, metalwork and related drafting Longmans Malaysia 1968  
Ivan Law Gears and gear cutting (Woodshop practice series 17) Special Interest Model Books 1988 (2011)  
Tubal Cain  Milling operations on the lathe (Woodshop practice series 5) Special Interest Model Books 1984 (2010)  
R E Wakeford Sheet metal work (Woodshop practice series 8) Argus Books 1985 (1989)  
Les Oldridge Basic benchwork (Woodshop practice series 18) Argus Books 1988  
Tubal Cain  Model engineers handbook Argus Books 1981 (1988)  
Stan Bray Introducing the lathe Patrick Stephens 1984  
George Gentry Hardening and tempering engineers' tools Model and Allied Publication / Argus Books 1950 (1975)  
Peter Scott The Thames and Hudson manual of Metalworking Thames & Hudson 1978  
n/a Metals for engineering craftsmen Rural Industries Bureau 1964  
n/a Decorative Ironwork  The Dorset Press 1962 (1987)  
n/a The Blacksmith's craft Council for small industries in rural areas 1968 1952
n/a Wrought ironwork: A manual of instruction for craftsmen Rural Development Commission 1989 1953
Alexander G Weygers The making of tools Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1973  
Jack Andrews Edge of Anvil: a resource book for the blacksmith Rodale Press 1977  
David Rubio Tuning the guitar soundboard not published no date Photocopy
Hideo Kamimoto Complete guitar repair Oak Publications 1975  
Harvey Turnbull The guitar from the Renaissance to the present day Batsford 1974  
Ernst Pohlmann  Laute, Theorbe, Chitarrone: Die Lauten-Instrumente Edition Eres 1972 ?
José L Romanillos Antonio de Torres: Guitar maker - his life and work Element Books 1987  
Irving Sloane Classic guitar construction E P Dutton & co. inc. 1970 1966
Richard Bletschacher Die Lauten- und Geigenmacher des Füssener Landes Friedrich Hofmeister 1978  
Roger & Max Millant Manuel Pratique de Lutherie Larousse 1952  
Robert Alton Violin and cello building and repairing William Reeves London 1964 1946
n/a Historic musical instruments in the Edinburgh university collection Edinburgh Uni Collectioin of Historical Musical Instruments 1992  
Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue Technical studies in the arts of musical instrument making (trans. Andrew Dipper / David Woodrow) Andrew Dipper / David Woodrow 1987 1804 etc
W Henry Hill, Arthur F Hill & Alfred E Hill Antonio Stadivari: his life and work Dover Books 1963  
Antony Baines European and American Musical Instruments Batsford 1966  
René Clemencic Old musical instruments: pleasures and treasures Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968  
n/a Guitar review no.28: Guitar construction from A to Z  Society of the Classic guitar 1965  
n/a Guitar review no.37 Society of the Classic guitar 1972  
n/a Guitar review no.35 Society of the Classic guitar 1971  
n/a Guitar review no.36 Society of the Classic guitar 1972  
Trans. Viola and Rosamunde Borradaile The Strasbourg Manuscript: a medieval painter's handbook Alec Tiranti 1966  
A P Laurie The painter's methods and materials Dover Publications 1967 1960
Mary P Merrifield Medieval and Renaissance treatises on the arts of painting Dover Publications 1999 1967
Georgio Vasari Vasari on Technique Dover Publications 1960 1907
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake Methods and materials of painting of the great schools and masters Volume 1 Dover Publications 1960 1847
Cennini The craftsman's handbook General Publishing Company 1960 1933
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake Methods and materials of painting of the great schools and masters Volume 1 General Publishing Company 1960 1847
Martin Roberts Zemitis Violon varnish and colouration not published 1977  
Theophilus: Trans. John G Hawthorne and Cyril Stanley Smith On divers arts Dover Publications 1979 1963
Daniel V Thompson The materials and techniques of Medieval painting Dover Publications 1956  
Rutherford J Gettens / George L Stout Painting materials Dover Publications 1966 1942
Ralph Meyer The artist's handbook of materials and techniques Faber & Faber 1982 1951
Daniel V Thompson Jr. The practice of tempera painting: materials and methods Dover Publications 1962 1936
Max Doerner The materials of the artist and their use in painting with notes on the techniques of the old masters George G Harrap & Co 1949  
Hortense Panum, ed. Jeffrey Pulver The stringed instruments of the middle ages: their evolution and development William Reeves London n/a  
Stephen Gottlieb (compiled by) The Lute: a scrapbook Not published n/a  
Unknown The varnishes of the Italian violinmakers Not published 1904  
A G Perkin / A E Everest The natural orgnaic colouring matters Longmans Green & co.  1918  
Jenny Dean Natual Dying  not published n/a  
J S Remington / W Francis Pigments, their manufacture, properties and use Leonard Hill Books ltd. 1954  
A W C Harrison The manufacture of lakes and precipitated pigments Leonard Hill Books ltd. 1957  
George Frank Adventures in Wood finishing The Taunton Press 1981  
Ray Hill Propolis Thorsons Publishers 1981 1977
Charles H Hayward Polishing and Staining  Evans Bros. Ltd 1966  
Dr Yves Donadieu Propolis 2nd revised edition Librairie Maloine SA Editeur 1983  
Joseph Michaelman Violin Varnish.  Joseph Michaelman 1946  
Gabriele Carletti Vernici in Liuteria G Zanibon 1985  
Ed. Joseph and Reiner Hammerl / trans Jess Nierenberg Violin Varnishes Lorenz Ellwanger no date  
Fontana / Hellwig / Martius Historische Lacke und Beizen auf Musikinstrumenten in deutshsprachigen Quellen bis 1900 Germanisches Nationalmuseums 1992  
Gill Dalby Natural dyes, fast or fugitive Ashill Publications 1989 1985
n/a Dye plants and dying - a handbook Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1975 1964
Rita J Adrosko Natural dyes and home dying Dover Publications 1971  
Ed. Louis Peter Grijp and Wilem Mook Proceedings of the International Lute Symposium, Utrecht 1986 STIMU Foundation 1986  
Piera Ciresa / Fabio Ognibeni / Alessandro Tossani L'anima di legno (The soul of wood) Edizione Ciresa    
Andreas Schlegel Die Laute in Europa (The Lute in Europe - a history to delight) The Lute Corner  2006  
Andreas Schlegel / Joachim Lüdtke Die Laute in Europa 2 (The Lute in Europe - a history to delight) The Lute Corner  2011  
J H Evans Ornamental turning Astragal Press 1993  
T D Walshaw Ornamental turning Nexus Special Interests 1996 1990
Paul Hasluck Painters' oils, colours and varnishes Cassell & Co. 1905  
Robert Massey Formulas for painters Watson Guptill 1967  
n/a L'Art du vernisseur     1778
Ed. Tim Olsen and Cyndy Burton Lutherie Tools Guild of American Luthiers 1992 1990
Kip Mesirow / Ron Herman The care and use of Japanese woodworking tools Woodcraft supply corporation 1978 1975
Aldren A Watson Country furniture Thomas Y Crowell Company 1974  
Annette Otterstedt The viol: history of an instrument Bärenreiter 2002  
Matthew Spring The lute in Britain Oxford University Press 2001  
Toshio Odate Japanese woodworking tools: their tradition, spirit and use Bell & Hyman 1984  
Stefano Grondona / Luca Waldner La chitara di liuteria (Masterpieces of guitar making) L'Officina del Libro 2002 2001
José L Romanillos / Marian Harris Winspear The vihuela de mano and the Spanish guitar The Sanguino Press 2002  
Robert Lundberg Historical lute construction Guild of American Luthiers 2002  
Douglas Alton Smith A history of the lute: from antiquity to the Renaissance The Lute Society of America 2002  
William R Cumpiano / Jonathan D Natelson Guitar making: tradition and technology Rosewood Press 1992 1987
James Tyler / Paul Sparks The guitar and its music  Oxford University Press 2002  
n/a Musical Instruments Horniman Museum and Library 1970  
John Henry der Meer Wegweiser durch die Sammlung historische Musikinstrumte Germanisches Nationalmuseums no date  
Thibault / Jenkins / Bran-Ricci 18th Century Musical Instruments, France and Britain Thanet Press 1973  
Natale and Franco Gallini Museo degli strumenti musicali Commune di Milano  1963  
James Tyler / Paul Sparks The Early Mandoline Clarendon Press 1992 1989
James Tyler  The Early Guitar Oxford University Press 1980  
Ian Woodfield The early history of the viol Cambridge University Press 1988 1984
n/a Les luths: catalogue des collections Cité de la musique 2006  
n/a Aux origines de la guitare: la vihuelo de mano Cité de la musique 2004  
Anthony Baines Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments: Vol 2 - Non-keyboard instruments Her Majesty's stationery office 1968  
Raymond Russell Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments: Vol 1 - Keyboard instruments Her Majesty's stationery office 1968  
Rob van Acht Checklist of technical drawings of musical instruments in public collections of the world Moeck 1992  
David D Boyden The Hill collection Oxford University Press 1970 1969
H J Plenderleith / A E A Werner The conservation of antiquities and work of art Oxford University Press 1979 1962
Hans Weisshaar / Margaret Shipman Violin restoration Weisshaar Shipman 1999 1988
Jonathan Mansfield Aeolian harp: design and construction Bois de Bologne 1970 1968
n/a Lauten, Geigen, Orgeln    1999  
n/a Weiss concert programme      
n/a How to make 300 trade recipes Bestseller Publications 1983  
n/a Important musical instruments  Sotheby's 1976  
n/a Musical Instruments Dorotheum 2004  
n/a The Strad (Dec 87)   1987  
n/a 5 Sotheby's catalogue Sotheby's 1972-7  
George Ellis Modern practical joinery Stobart & son ltd 1987 1902
Joseph Moxon Mechanik exercises or doctrine of handy works Astragal Press 1975  
Paul Hasluck Manual of traditional woodcarving Dover Publications 1977  
Roy Underhill The Woodwright's Guide UNC Press 2008  
Roy Underhill The Woodwright's Shop UNC Press 1981  
Roy Underhill The Woodwright's Companion UNC Press 1983  
Roy Underhill The Woodwright's Workbook UNC Press 1986  
Roy Underhill The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop UNC Press 1981  
n/a Fine Woodworking magazine 21-99      
Robert Wearing Woodwork: aids and devices Evans Bros. Ltd 1991  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 3, no.2 - April 1975
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 3, 1975  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 9, no.4, Oct 1981  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 6, 1978  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 6, no. 4, Oct 1978  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 9, Jan 1981  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 8, no.1, Jan 1980  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 4, no.2, April 1976
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 4, no.4, Oct 1976  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 5, No.1, Jan 1977  
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 7, no.2, April 1979
n/a Early Music magazine   Vol 2, no.4, Oct 1974  
  American Lutherie   various volumes  
Hans Meinhardt The algorhythmic beauty of seashells Springer  1998 1995
Phoebe McNaughton Perspective and other optical illusions Wooden Books 2009 2007
Geoffrey Killen Egyptian woodworking and furniture Shire Egyptology 1994  
Robert Selby Morrell Varnishes and their components Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton 1923  
Thomas Morley A plain and easy introduction to practical music J M Dent & Sons  1955  
Dr Godelieve Spiessens Geluit in Antwerpen Cantiga & Belgische Luitacademie 2009  
Owen Evan-Thomas Domestic utensils of wood: 16th to 19th C Stobart Davies 1973  
Alison Bretton / Katherine Swift Jim Partridge Lund Humphreys 2003  
Dee Breger Journeys in mircospace Columbia University Press no date  
magazine Revolutioins (the newsletter of the association of woodturners of Great Britain     
magazine The Best of Model Engineer      
magazine The best of Trade Secrets 2 (The Strad)      
  The best of Trade Secrets (The Strad)      
David Pye Wood Carver and Turner Crafts Council 1986  
S Azby Brown The genius of Japanese carpentry Kodansha 1995 1989
Leonard Lee The complete guide to sharpening Batsford 1995  
Richard Berry Build your own telescope William-Bell inc. 2000  
  Various pamphlets on varnish      
  Wizardry in wood      
Markku Kosonen Curly Birch / Visakoivu Metsalehti Kustannus 2004 2004
Cyril Hobbins Traditional Wooden Toys: Their History and how to make them      
Edwin M Wyatt Wonders in Wood: 46 Puzzles Bruce Publishing 1997 1946
Rodney Peppé Automata and Mechanical Toys The Crowood Press 2002 2002
Onn / Alexander Cabaret mechanical movement G&B Litho 2007 1998
Rodney Frost Whacky toys, whirlygigs and whatchamacallits Sterling Publishing co. 2002  
Genevieve Cummins Antique Boxes inside and out Antique collectors' club 2006  
Jay van Arsdale Shoji: how to design, build and install Japanese screens Kodansha international 1988 1988
  The Woodcarver's craft Crafts Council 1993  
Bill Jones Notes from the Turning Shop  Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 1996  
Bill Jones Further notes from the Turning Shop Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 1997  
Michael O'Donnell Turning Green Wood Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 2000  
  Turning Wood into Art crafts Council 2006  
Mike Darlow The fundamentals of woodturning Stobart Davies 1998  
Mike Darlow Woodturning techniques Stobart Davies 2001  
Mike Darlow Woodturning methods Stobart Davies 1999  
Mike Darlow Woodturning design Stobart Davies 2003  
Francois Lesure Guitares La Flûte de Pan 1980  
Tom and Mary Ann Evans Guitars: from the Renaissance to Rock Paddington Press Ltd 1977  
Tony Lydgate 400 Wooden Boxes: the fine art of containment and concealment Lark Books 2004  
Andy Manson Talking Wood: A guitar-maker's diary R&D Associates 1998  
Mark Lindley Lute, Viols and Temperaments Cambridge University Press 2009 1984
Hughes and Rowe The colouring, bronzing and patination of metals Thames & Hudson 2009 1991
Gardner D Hiscox 1800 Mechanical Movements and devices Allgrove Publishing (classic reprint series) 1999 1899
Gardner D Hiscox 970 Mechanical Appliances Leonard G Lee  2001 1904
Bridgewater and Bridgewater A treasury of woodcarving designs from around the world Dover Books 1999  
  Philips' Concise Atlas of the World George Philip and Son ltd 1987  
Mike Abbott Green Woodwork: working with wood the natural way Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 1989 1989
W C Stevens & N Turner Wood Bending Handbook Woodcraft Supply Corporation 1970 1970
Keith Rowley Woodturning: A Foundation Course Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 2009 1999
  The Ernset Boehlen Chess Collection Phillips international auctioneers and valuers 1998  
Ian Kirby The Accurate Table Saw Stobart Davies 1998 1998
Mark Duginske Band saw handbook Sterling Publishing co. 1989 1989
Richard Raffan Turning boxes with Richard Raffan The Taunton Press 2002 2002
John Berkeley All screwed up: turned puzzles and boxes featuring chased threads Stobart Davies 2004 2004
Ernie Conover The Lathe book: A complete guide to the machine and its accessories The Taunton Press 2001  
David Springett Woodturning full circle Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 2008 2008
Ray Key The Woodturner's Workbook B T Batsford Ltd 2001 1992
Darryl Keil Vacuum Pressing Made Simple The Taunton Press 2011 2011
David Springett Woodturning Wizardry Guild of Master Craftsmen publications 2005 2005
David Ellsworth Ellsworth on Woodturning: how a master creates bowls, pots and vessels Fox Chapel Publishing 2008 2008
Timothy D Rieman Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship Art Services International 1995 1995
Christoph Henrichsen Holzgestaltung: Das Werk von Lüder Baier / Expressions in Wood: The Works of Lüder Baier Th. Schäfer no date  
Karl Blossfeldt Uformen der Kunst / Wundergarten der Natur Shirmer / Mosel 1994  
  The Lute Music of Francesco Canova da Milano.  Harvard Publications  1970  
J. A . Roubles Le Menusier Ebeniste     1772  
  The Burwell Lute Tutor Boethius  Press 1974    
  The British Violin BVMA  1998/2000??  
  New Oxford Companion to Music vols 1&2      
Imogen Holst  ABC of Music.  Penguin    
F. Hubbard Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making Harvard  1967  
B. Haynes A History of Performing Pitch      
M. Lyndley  Lutes, Viols and Temperaments Cambridge University Press 1984  
R. Russell The Harpsichord and Clavichord Faber  1973  
  The British Violin: 400 Years of Violin Making in the British Isles      
  Musical Instruments as Works of Art V&A 1968  
Alison Crum Play the Viol    OUP  1991  
  The manufacture of musical instruments      
John Evelyn  Sylva or a Discourse on Forest Trees   Facsimile edition 1972. No. 428 of 500.  1664
  Rees's Manufacturing Industry (1819-20): Volumes 1-5 -       
Johnson & Courtnell The art of violin making      
Sacconi Secrets of Stradivarius      
Pollens Stradeveri [sic]      
Tim Baker, John Dilworth, Andrew Fairfax The British Violin: 400 Years of Violin Making in the British Isles BVMA 2000 2000