Bellringing (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. forty fouth annual report 1928, 65pp, bound in original grey card covers , stales starting to rust, few marks to cover; Octavo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. forty fifth annual report 1929, 69pp, bound in original grey card covers , stales starting to rust, few marks to cover; Octavo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. forty sixh annual report 1930, 73pp, bound in original grey card covers , stales starting to rust, few marks to cover; Octavo.

Condition: Good + overall. An advertisement for a Cincinnati, OH manufacturer of church, steamboat and factory bells and more, printed in a variety of type faces within an ornate decorative border. Handsome steel engraving on verso by Bartlett entitled, "Court of the Mosque of Sultan Achmet". 10 1/2 x 8". Scattered fox spotting.

Wraps. Condition: Very good condition. Bell casting, with suite of 8 copper engraved plates, complete, plus 8 pp of accompanying text. In French. 1750 - 1772. Extract from Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Produced in the age of Enlightenment, this encyclopedia documented all the trades of the time. Folio, 8pp extract, text in two columns, complete with the 8 plates, the first one being a large folding copper plate entitled 'Fonte Des Cloches, Echantillons et Diapasons'. Stitched binding, early blue paper wraps, printed on the inside with ads for other published works, the one at the rear being an architectural history dated 1857. Blue wraps, very good.

Condition: Very good overall. 17 woodcut illustrations of Bells and bellringing from publications such as Illustrated London News, The Graphic, Harper's Weekly, Historical Register of the Centennial Exposition, L'Illustration. There are 16 full page illustrations of bells and bellringing, 1 half page. 7 from ILN (some are repeats) "Bell Ringing" (4), "Testing the Great Bell for St. Paul's Cathedral, at Messrs. Taylor and Sons' Factory, Loughborough" (2), "The Peace Rejoicings" (1). 6 The Graphic "The New Bells at St. Paul's Cathedral" (1), "Great Paul" at St. Paul's Cathedral" (1), "Great Paul: The New Bell for St. Paul's Cathedral" (1), "Dedicating the New Bells in St. Paul's Cathedral" (2), "Big Ben and the Clock Tower, Westminster Palace" (1). 1 Harper's Weekly "Watch-tower, Corner of Spring and Varick Streets, New York" (1). 1 Historic Register of Centennial Exposition n.d. "Professor Widdows Ringing the Chimes in the Tower of Machinery Hall" (1). 1 L'Illustration "Les Sonneurs de Cloches" and "Tintement de l'Angelus" (1). 1 small unnamed source "Bell" Plate 1 (1). 11.5 x 16", all very good condition, some ruffling on outer edges not effecting images.

The posters (each 1010 × 380 mm) advertise this family of 'Instrumentalists, Vocalists & Comedians' and its supporting acts promising 'Character & Comedy, Scenas & Dances' - verily, a 'great success throughout the civilized world'. Printed by F.W. Niven Pty. Ltd., Printers, Lithographers, &c., Flinders Street, Melbourne, circa 1900 (one of the posters reprints a quote from the 'London Era', 3 August 1899). The text is printed in red (with the last three lines of one of them in blue). The illustrations - photolithographs of publicity shots - are printed in blue; there are nine on one poster and seven on the other, with only two in common. Lightly creased where loosely folded in three, with minor edge chips; overall, in excellent condition. [A duplicate copy of the example with seven illustrations is available on its own for $450]. [2 items].