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Friends of CC Library

The Library is supported by a small annual grant from the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers and by donations. Its work is also very generously supported by the Friends of the Library scheme.

Friends can be either individuals or Corporate Friends who subscribe each year. There is no fixed subscription but a minimum of £5 per year is suggested for individuals, £10 for corporate members. There is no upper limit!

This support means that you are helping to preserve part of our ringing heritage and you will receive an Annual Newsletter keeping you up-to-date with what is happening in the Library. The Newsletter lists recent acquisitions to the Library and is accompanied by original articles on associated topics written specially for the Friends.

If you wish to become a Friend of the Library, please contact Ian Self .

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Essays

Essays on bibliographical subjects are issued to the Friends annually, together with a newsletter. The essays, all by John Eisel unless otherwise stated, are listed below. All but the latest can be viewed online in the Online Publications section.

1. History of the Central Council Library March 1995
2. Indexes March 1995
   Discusses the various indexes available in the Central Council Library
3. Hubbard's Elements of Campanalogia February 1996
   Identifies all the different editions and variants
4. Troyte's Change Ringing February 1997
   Brings together information on various editions
   Troyte's Change RingingAn update January 1998
   Identifies more variants of the various editions
5. Ringing Periodicals February 1998
   A brief history, including samples of title pages
6. Snowdon's Ropesight February 1999
   The background and editions of this important text
7. Reprints of early ringing books February 2000
   List and discusses all early texts from Tintinnalogia to Shipway's Campanalogia and their reprints
8. The Revd H T Ellacombe and his Campanological Works February 2001
   Discusses when and where his work was published, and the different editions
9. Ramblings of a Collector February 2002
   Shares the experience of 40 years of book collecting
10. Snowdon's Standard Methods in the Art of Change Ringing February 2003
    Discusses the many editions of both the Letterpress and Diagrams
11. Publications of the College of Campanology (William Butler) February 2005
    Publications of an unusual venture in teaching change ringing
12. An Exercise in Printing - Beginners' Grandsire and Beginners' Plain Bob February 2005
    Gives the history of Alex Waddington's little books, republished by the Central Council
13. Andrew James Corrigan and his publications on Surprise methods February 2006
    Discusses the history of Corrigan's ground-breaking publications
14. Large Paper Copies of Standard County Works February 2007
    Discusses the limited numbers of large-paper copies printed, and their significance
15. Collectors of Ringing Books February 2008
    Identifies and discusses a number of prominent collectors of ringing books
16. Change Ringers' Guides February 2009
    Over the years many list of rings of bells have been compiled in order to help visiting ringers. This essay traces the history of such lists.
17. Snowdon's other Publications February 2010
    This forms a supplement to Essays Nos 6 and 10, and completes a study of all Snowdon's works.
18. Publications of the Central Council prior to the First World War February 2011
    

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