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1st Edition, (35cm), (iv). Lithograph of 'The Pouring of the Bell' by Stanley Anderson. Copy 'No. 2' of 100, inscribed: 'To you my dear Freda who played such an important part in the ceremony of casting and ???? "The Bell" ???? Van-Lear Black(?)'. Cream hardback, with slipcase, marked 'Miss Freda Bone'. Some damage to slipcase. A few minor marks to the boards. A lovely copy of a beautifully produced account of the casting and presentation of a ship's bell by Van-Lear Black to Captain David W. Bone of S.S. Transylvania. Freda Bone was the daughter of Captain Bone, whose part in the proceedings is detailed in the text. Little Freda was given the honour of casting a medallion for her father, with the same metal used for the bell. The signature, though hard to read, I assume to be Van Lear Black's.…