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Essays on bibliographical subjects are issued to the Friends annually, together with a newsletter. The thirty essays in this series have been written by three authors, to whom our thanks are due for their meticulous research and entertaining prose.
Early essays are available here for everyone top get an idea of what is produced. For the most recent essays, Friends can find these here by loging in to the Log In page first.
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| 1. History of the Central Council Library by John Eisel, March 1995 |
| 2. Indexes by John Eisel, March 1995 Discusses the various indexes available in the Central Council Library |
| 3. Hubbard's Elements of Campanalogia by John Eisel, February 1996 Identifies all the different editions and variants |
| 4. Troyte's Change Ringing by John Eisel, February 1997 Brings together information on various editions |
| 5. Ringing Periodicals by John Eisel, February 1998 A brief history, including samples of title pages |
| 6. Snowdon's Ropesight by John Eisel, February 1999 The background and editions of this important text |
| 7. Reprints of early ringing books by John Eisel, 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 by John Eisel, February 2001 Discusses when and where his work was published, and the different editions |
| 9. Ramblings of a Collector by John Eisel, February 2002 Shares the experience of 40 years of book collecting |
| 10. Snowdon’s Standard Methods in the Art of Change Ringing by John Eisel, February 2003 Discusses the many editions of both the Letterpress and Diagrams |
| 11. Publications of the College of Campanology by Bill Butler, February 2005 Publications of an unusual venture in teaching change ringing |
| 12. An Exercise in Printing – Beginners' Grandsire and Beginners' Plain Bob by John Eisel, 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 by John Eisel, February 2006 Discusses the history of Corrigan's ground-breaking publications |
| 14. Large Paper Copies of Standard County Works by John Eisel, February 2007 Discusses the limited numbers of large-paper copies printed, and their significance |
| 15. Collectors of Ringing Books by John Eisel, February 2008 Identifies and discusses a number of prominent collectors of ringing books |
| 16. Change Ringers' Guides by John Eisel, 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 by John Eisel, 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 by John Eisel, February 2011 From its inception the Central Council has produced a succession of important texts on all aspects of bells and ringing, and this essay discusses the earliest of these |
| 19. Two Nineteenth Century Text Books: Thackrah and Sottanstall by John Eisel, February 2012 Explores the background to these two very different texts |
| 20. The Gothic Traveller by John Eisel, February 2013 For the first time the career of John Alfred Parnell is considered in detail, together with his writings, and his inaccurate contributions to the history of change ringing. |
| 21. Canon Woolmore Wigram, M.A., Belfry Reform and Change-Ringing Disentangled by John Eisel, February 2014 Discusses the part this nineteenth century clergyman played in the Belfry Reform movement and in ringing in Cambridge and Hertfordshire. |
| 22. The Rambling Ringers Club, Nov 29 1733 by William Willans, February 2015 A look into the activities of the club, it's founder, William Laughton, and the comments of later historians. |
| 23. The remarks and collections of Thomas Hearne by William Willans, February 2016 The notes of an Oxford antiquarian. |
| 24. A Nineteenth Century Notebook by William Willans, March 2017 The notebook of George Withey of Bristol |
| 25. Ringing Out the Age by John Eisel, March 2018 John Eisel explores customs regarding ringing for deaths. |
| 26. An Australian admirer by William Willans, March 2019 Based on the notebook of Ernest Behan, a ringer in Melbourne, Victoria. |
| 27. Brave Sir John by William Willans, February 2020 An account of Sir John Egerton of Egerton. |
