A tale of four halves : the story of the extraordinary Lady Mary Cartwright / Gene Riley (pp 5-12) -- Pattern recognition : the relationship between gold decoration and date for books bound between 1500-1800 / Ian Andrews (pp 13-26) -- Master class : binders at the Central School: 1897-1940 / Doug Rice (pp 27-34) -- Japanese lacquered albums : an appraisal of their development, construction and repair / Sayaka Fukuda (pp 35-45) -- SoB international competition 2009 : the organizer's report / Stuart Brockman (pp 47-62) -- It's a fine line : tooling in the style of arts & crafts / Dave Perry (pp 63-68) -- A bookbinding anomaly : linked-spine bindings / Sam Ellenport (pp 69-77) -- Book of the dyeing : conserving the Calderdale journal / Richard Aitken (pp 79-83)