If you peak into just about any luthiers workshop, on a shelf or pinned to the wall is likely to be something from Henry Strobel who has written prolifically about many aspects of violin luthiering. His books tend to be short stapled US letter paperbacks and are written in a style for accessibility with plain speaking and matter of fact content.
Probably his most popular book is “Useful measurements for violinmakers”, from which his pages of measurements for setting up instruments is popular work wide and adorning many the wall of a violin shops workshop.
Whilst I am traditionally taught for the most part , here is a handy guide for taking a lot of the guesswork and refinement out-of setting up in particular fractional size instruments from the violin, family including viola, cell and bass. Which unless you have an encyclopaedic like memory or want to spend lots of time play testing is a really quite way to get an instrument going reliably.
His catalogue of other violin books is also a really handy source of knowledge, inspiration and can save you heading down a blind alley or too. And if there is a rabbit hole you want to open up, it serves as a lamp to guide the way. Postage to Australia is a bit much so buy a few with a friend 😉
Luthiering is traditionally learned from a single teacher so you might learn their way only, and through isolation, secrecy or limitations on time might not learn that there are other ways of doing things. It’s here that Henrys books can supplement you own environment really effectively. In his books he often states his ways are not the only ways and describes or drops hints about other ways which can help provide insight into your own practice. Probably one of the things that resonates for me is he has a background in engineering and with the technical way about it speaks to my own engineering career ways of thinking and doing things ie down to earth, matter of fact and levels of precision.