BLACKBURN BOOKS
Graham Blackburn was born in London, England. He built his first house in Woodstock, NY over twenty-five years ago. Since then he has published four novels and an autobiography about his parallel musical career (see the recently published: Andante: from London to Woodstock).
He has also published more than a dozen books on all aspects of housebuilding, interior carpentry, and basic woodwork, as well as books on traditional woodworking, cabinetmaking, furnituremaking, handtools, and design, together with books on philately and sailing. While running his own custom furnituremaking shop—selling nationwide and exhibiting at some of the country's top shows—he also became a frequent contributor to leading magazines such as Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking, and Woodwork—-of which he was also the Editor-in-Chief for a number of years.
As well as being a prolific writer and illustrator, he has been the subject of several books on crafts and design. He was featured in Maxine Rosenberg's Artists of Handcrafted Furniture at Work: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard; and Jane Smiley's Catskill Crafts: Artisans of the Catskill Mountains: Crown Publisher, and has made numerous television appearances, including serving as the national spokesperson for Boyle-Midway's media campaign: Secrets of the Master Craftsmen. He was a featured speaker at the nationwide Woodworking Shows from 2001 to 2011 and a frequent lecturer at Guilds and colleges from coast to coast.
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BOOKS by GRAHAM BLACKBURN
Many titles can be obtained directly from
Blackburn Books.
Go to the FICTION page or the NON-FICTION page to see details about individual titles.
NON-FICTION
ILLUSTRATED
HOUSEBUILDING
Overlook Press 1974,
republished 1990 as part of THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HOUSEBUILDING & CARPENTRY
(see below)
THE ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOODWORKING HANDTOOLS, INSTRUMENTS, & DEVICES
Simon and Schuster 1974; John Murray 1975; revised
edition: Globe Pequot 1992;
3rd edition: Blackburn Books 2000, Spring House Press 2015
ILLUSTRATED
BASIC CARPENTRY
Bobbs-Merrill
1976, Little, Brown & Co. 1976
THE
POSTAGE STAMP GAZETTEER
Bobbs-Merrill 1976
ILLUSTRATED
FURNITURE MAKING
Simon and Schuster 1977; Robert Hale 1978
ILLUSTRATED
INTERIOR CARPENTRY
Bobbs-Merrill 1978; Evans Bros. 1979;
Overlook Press 1979, republished
1990 as part of THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HOUSEBUILDING & CARPENTRY (see
below)
THE
ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHIPS, BOATS, VESSELS, AND OTHER WATER-BORNE CRAFT
Overlook Press 1978; John Murray 1978; I.B.Tauris
2003
THE
OVERLOOK ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS
Overlook Press 1981; David and Charles 1982
THE
PARTS OF A HOUSE
Marek 1980
AN
ILLUSTRATED CALENDAR OF HOME REPAIR
Marek/Putnam 1981
QUICK
AND EASY HOME REPAIR
Ballantine Books 1986
FLOORS,
WALLS, AND CEILINGS
Consumer Reports Books 1989
THE
ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HOUSEBUILDING & CARPENTRY
Gramercy Press 1990; Overlook Press 1998
HOUSEHOLD
STORAGE
Consumer Reports Books 1990
YEAR-ROUND HOUSE CARE
Consumer Reports Books 1991, Blackburn Books
1998
FURNITURE BY DESIGN
Lyons and Burford 1997
TRADITIONAL WOODWORKING HANDTOOLS
Blackburn Books 1998, Spring House Press 2016
TRADITIONAL
WOODWORKING TECHNIQUES
Blackburn Books 2004, Spring House Press 2019
FURNITURE
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
Spring House Press 2014
JIGS
& FIXTURES FOR THE TRADTIONAL WOODWORKER
F & W Media 2014
ANDANTE: FROM LONDON TO WOODSTOCK
Blackburn Books 2019ß
FICTION
The
following titles are also available as eBooks on a
variety of platforms (Kindle, Nook, etc.). Click on title for more info.
FOR
LOVE OR MONEY?
Blackburn
Books 2012
THE
CASTILIAN SUITE
Blackburn Books 2012
THE
STANFORD SOLUTION
Blackburn Books 2014
TANGO SLIM
Blackburn Books 2014
WOODWORKING
IN ACTION
a quarterly videoMagazine series
Toolbox Productions,
Inc. 2005–2010
FRAME
& PANEL I: MAKING & JOINING THE FRAME
Taunton Press 2000
FRAME
& PANEL II: PANEL RAISING
Taunton Press 2001
(Vol.
I and II now available as a single DVD, direct from The
Taunton Press)