Textbook of Wood Technology: Structure, Identification, Properties, and Uses of the Commercial Woods of the United States and Canada McGraw-Hill Series in Forest Resources

NEAR FINE hardcover Solid red leather binding with gilt lettering. Faintest bump to bottom corner, fainted red marking to the top edge of the text block. Unmarked except for previous owner's name inside front cover. Nonfiction. Forestry. Wood Processing. 722 indexed, annotated pages including a Glossary and full of charts, graphs and illustrations. 6.5 " X 9.25" X 1.75". The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 is the Formation, Anatomy, and Properties of wood which covers the cellular makeup of wood with a focus on the cellular makeup of woody cells. It also covers defects in wood due to variability within a species, growth abnormalities, and defects during the harvesting, seasoning, and machining processes. Includes information on long term durability of wood and effects of staining. Part two is a key for identifying wood by species or by fiber if the species origin was unknown, along with detailed descriptions of the properties of wood produced by each species.