Modern Practical Joinery, by George Ellis (circa 1910). Neither modern, nor practical, but it has excellent drawings on how to build everything in a house out

Modern Practical Joinery, by George Ellis (circa 1910). Neither modern, nor practical, but it has excellent drawings on how to build everything in a house out of wood and nails. Decades of FPL.gov data on lumber species pretty much agree with his assessments from the 19th century as well.