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Your favorite books?

  05/25/2008 12:20 PM yornthor
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fav books

 05/25/2008 12:25 PM TChisel Moderator
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Ooops

 05/25/2008 12:26 PM yornthor
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books

 05/26/2008 10:41 AM JustinD
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Federal furniture

 05/27/2008 08:23 AM chobbs66
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Books

 05/27/2008 08:53 AM TTalma

I agree the that collecting books is like collecting tools.

The winterthur book (http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/compare/0764314068/) and the Seymour book (http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/compare/0883891263/) are must haves. Get the latest edition of the winterthur book because the pictures are better, the content is the same as the older books but the redid the pictures and they are sharper. The Seymour book is also a great one, and the price on that one is climbing fast so buy it soon.

Other must have books for Federal are "John Shaw cabinet maker of Annapolis" (http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/compare/0912298561/), "The furniture of Charleston 1680-1820" (http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/compare/0945578059/)

There are others but those four are the ones I consder the best. I would buy the Seymour first and the Charleston set second as these will be the hardest to get soon.

One alot of people talk about is the "The Work of Many Hands: Card Tables in Federal America, 1790-1820" I think this one is over rated all the details of the inlays are rough drawings. Don't bother with it.

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