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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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This is a classic account of Sturt's life as a wheelwright in the late 19th century. It offers a unique glimpse into the working lives of craftsmen in a world since banished by technology. The wheelwrights shop where he entered business had been operating for 2 centuries; this chronicle, first published in 1923, is a poignant record of that tradition, written as it was passing into history.
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This is a great reference manual for innovative ideas ranging from libraries to clever storage in nooks and crannies. More than 250 ideas from leading designers and architects show the wide range of possibilities for creating a room that functions well and looks great.
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This four drawer chest has a strong Federal influence. You can make modifications to the base and change the chest to many styles to meet today's changing decors. Each of the drawers has a cockbead and our plans detail the installation. Skill level Beginner/Intermediate Size: 38" high 38" wide and 20" deep.
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Manual Training Toys for the Boys Workshop was originally published in 1912. After a short introductory section on basic woodworking and shop tools, the book offers 42 shop projects. Each project comes with a cutting list and dimensioned drawing, and all date from the early part of the 20th century (many, no doubt, are from the 19th century). Many of these projects are toys that require some skill in woodwork but they are not too difficult for boys and their dads to do together. When the book was first published it was dedicated to the boy who likes to tinker round, so it was really written with the thought that the boys could make these projects without adult supervision. Many of the projects would now be considered nostalgic reminders of a time when things were much simpler and boys were trained to use tools and make things that would be at times useful, and always entertaining. This was a time long before text messaging and video games. Projects include a Fourth of July or New Years eve rattle, a cannon that shoots marbles, a kite string reel, a pop-gun and whistle, a bow and arrow, a sword, a magic box, and 35 other fun things for boys to build.
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72 inches tall by 36 inches wide by 14 inches deep.