The Ceremonial of Bishops is not a liturgical rites book, as a Sacramentary or the Rite of Baptism would be. Rather, it is like a "how to" guide for priests, deacons and other liturgical ministers when participating at a Mass or other liturgical events where a bishop presides.

This book only contains parts of ceremonies and prayers and then refers to other texts for the complete ceremony, so it cannot stand on its own. Of course it does say given the GIRM and GILH, here is what you do. This lack of the full text is only an inconvenience, for those volumes should be readily available when needed. ( )