Collecting modern bindings : public/private initiative at the John Ryland's Library / Anthony Dowd (pp 4-15) -- Binders and keepers : thoughts on bookbinding & the British Museum Library / Philippa Marks (pp 18-30) -- Cast in brass : finishing tools made by ABS / Trevor Lloyd (pp 32-38) -- Education and training : the search for a way forward / James Brockman & Gordon Cummings (pp 39-41) -- Good book binders : binding of bibles in the 19th century / Esther Potter (pp 42-52) -- 'Wonderful things' : the Bodelian Library 1602-2002 / Clive Hurst (pp 52-57) -- Making good : an interview with Trevor Lloyd / Alan Isaac (pp 58-67) -- Aya Nishio : an appreciation / Ann Websper (pp 68-70) -- Science now : alcohols / George D Davidson (pp 74-75)