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This book presents lively, step-by-step tutelage on building all types of temporary and long-term accommodations from both natural and man-made materials. Originally published in 1914, this practical classic is an essential guide for todays modern homesteader.
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Shoji are the lovely sliding panels made of wood and rice paper that form walls and room dividers in the traditional Japanese house. This is the first and only book written by a traditionally apprenticed tategu-shi, or maker of sliding doors. Detailed information is presented on how to construct shoji for the home. Projects include the common shoji and the transom.
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First published in 1881, this volume presents dozens of practical examples of barns and outbuildings, complete with floor plans and building instructions. Includes a corn house, self-feeding corn crib, icehouse, springhouses, granaries, dog houses, pigeon houses, various types of barns, a duck house, sheep shelters, and much more. Quite an interesting book that shows old time ingenuity in both craft and design.
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Colonel Boustead began his career by deserting as a midshipman from the Royal Navy in 1915 in order to serve with the South African Scottish in France. In his long military career he fought against the Red Army in Russia, worked with Orde Wingate and Emperor Haile Selassie during the Ethiopian Campaign of WWII, assulted Everest with the Shipton expedition, won the Army Lightweight boxing championship, and served in Sudan for many years as a district officer. This is a wonderful autobiography of a bygone era.
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Boxmaking is extremely popular because it offers the woodworker a canvas for so many approaches, styles and techniques of working in wood. This book is the result of a worldwide competition for placement in the exhibition of "Celebrating Boxes" to be held at Tullie House, England. The book includes work by artists from Britain, US, Australia, Russia, Denmark, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand. This book is a tour de force on the art of boxes and will be a huge source of design ideas for woodworkers, interior designers, and artists.