Great book dealing with this great old craft!! This is the Complete Guide to Wood Carving. This 352 page large sized softcover by E. J. Tangerman was published in 1984. From the back cover we read, "With 50 years of experience behind him, E. J. Tangerman, the famous dean of master woodcarvers, has taken the finest projects from nine volumes of his work to create this all-encouraging guide for the woodcarver. A how-to book from start to finish, the compendium begins with tools and wood selection, and continues with hundreds of projects and designs-ideas of astounding variety. What you can produce by following the hundreds of hints and almost 700 drawings and photographs in this volume are carvings that you will be proud to call your own. Coverage includes a vast range of projects and ideas: *Animals, *Buildings, *Plants, *Faces and heads, *Flowers, *Human Figures, *and much, much more. Continually citing inspiring examples and illustrations from the best craftsmen from around the world, Tangerman discusses every aspect of the craft, from using your working drawings to get the right final result, to capturing personality. He seeks out the unique character of an object and guides you in finishing your work in a multitude of ways, such as gilding, roughing and antiquing. He includes relief carving, and tells how to start with small pieces and work up to doors and statues. Mr. Tangerman has produced an A-to-Z of woodcarving projects that every carver fill find indispensable." Very nice book full of great ideas for spending time with the knife!! Book is an ex-library copy in good condition. Only has tape on spine, stamp on bottom page edge, UPC bar code on front cover, stamp and a couple of marks on title page. Nice clean white pages. Rubbing and a couple of small dings on cover edges. Library has plastic on spine area but binding is not weak or torn. Shipping and handling 4.80 Media Mail to US destinations. Canadian residents 23.40 First Class mail. All others welcome but extra postage required and shipped entirely at your risk.