[Bell Historians] Second-hand books available

[pickford5040 at gmail.com]

Thanks to the generosity of Sylvia Kendrick, Roger Kendrick's widow, there
are a number of useful secondhand bell books available for sale at the John
Taylor Bellfoundry Museum in Loughborough. Proceeds from the sale will go
directly towards the upkeep of the Taylor museum and archives. The books are
sensibly but moderately priced. The remaining titles available (as of
yesterday) include the following:

 

Banister, William The Art & Science of Change Ringing 1874 (Ellis facsimile
reprint 2006)

Bell News Vol.11 (bound volume 1892-3)

Bell News Vol.12 (bound volume 1893-4)

Butler, William Musical Handbells (2000)

Cattermole, Paul Church Bells of Norfolk booklets 1991-2000 (set of four -
1. Clavering Hndred, 2. Loddon Hundred, 3/4 Diss and Earsham, 5. Depwade)

Cattermole, Paul Church Bells and Bell-Ringing: A Norfolk profile (1990)

Coleman Bedside Companion

Coleman Ringer's Companion

Dalton, Christopher The Bells and Belfries of Dorset (3 vols, 2000-2005)

Dawson, George - Derbyshire, Notts, Sheffield (many copies available)

Dodds Church Bells of Hertfordshire 1994

Dodds, Joyce Hertfordshire Bellfounders 2003

Dove, R.H. Bellringer's Guide - 3rd edition, 1962 (green)

Dove, R.H. Bellringer's Guide - 6th edition, 1982 (light purple)

Dove, R.H. Bellringer's Guide - 7th edition, 1988 (white)

Dove, R.H. Bellringer's Guide - 8th edition, 1994 (fawn)

Dove, R.H. Bellringer's Guide - 9th edition, 2000 (white)

Dove, R.H. Bellringer's Guide - 10th edition, 2012 (light blue)

Dove, R.H. Bellringer's Guide  - 11th edition, 2018 (light purple)

Dunkin, E.H.W. The Church Bells of Cornwall 1878 (Ellis facsimile edition,
2008)

Jennings, Trevor A History of Staffordshire Bells (1970)

Jennings, Trevor The Development of British Bell Fittings, 1991 

Johnston, Jill England's Child: The Carillon and the Casting of Big bells
(2008)

Morris History & Art of Change Ringing 1931 (EP reprint 1974)

Pickford, Chris Steeple, Bells, and Ringers of Coventry Cathedral (1987)

Raven, J.J. Bells of England 1906 or 1907

Ringing World 1979 (bound volume)

Ringing World CD 1941-1970

Ringing World CD 1971-2000

Sharp, Frederick Church Bells of Berkshire (Kingsmead reprint, 1970)

Shepherd, Edgar The Sound of Bells (with EP disk)

Taylor family booklet, 1933

Walters, H.B. Church Bells (Mowbray "Arts of the Church" series, 1908 

 

If you're interested in any of these, please contact Taryn Page -
Taryn at belltrust.co.uk <mailto:Taryn at belltrust.co.uk>  - at the Museum to
check if still available / ask about price / reserve / order. She will be
able to take your order and arrange for books to be sent out.

 

Needless to say, further donations of this sort will be most welcome if
anyone has surplus books to offer in support of the museum.

 

Chris Pickford

e-mail: pickford5040 at gmail.com <mailto:pickford5040 at gmail.com>  

 

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