For books on methods I like:
The Essential Woodworker by Robert Wearing. A new edition has just come into print.
Hand Tools: their ways and workings. By Aldren Watson
Tage Frid teaches woodworking. All three volumes.
To get the proper tools without spending a fortune, you need to buy American tools made before about 1970 at the latest. Before WWII is better. Learn to repair, tune, and sharpen them. They can be had on ebay. Saws, planes, chisels, brace and auger bits, marking tools, etc. You will want brand names like Stanley, Disston, Atkins, Swan, Buck Brothers, Millers Falls, Yankee, Pexto, and others. There were great European tools made as well but they are less common here in the States. Mike Dunbar's book will guide you:
http://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Tuni.../dp/080696670X
If you have money to burn, order the tool catalog from Lee Valley and have at it. You will still have to learn to sharpen, tune, and use them. But they make some good stuff.
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