The Elizabeth Greenhill collection of fine bindings / Dorothy A. Harrop (pp 3-8) -- Book-edge decoration : a brief survey / Sam Ellenport (pp 9-18) -- A bookbinding discussed / compiled by Ivor Robinson and presented as a tribute to Edgar Mansfield in this, his eightieth birthday year (pp 19-32) -- Bookbinding societies no. 1 : Nederlandse Handboekbinders en Boekbandontwerpersgroep / Lotje Ariens Kappers-van der Peet (pp 33-36) -- Conservator's progress / Jack C. Thompson (pp 37-45) -- Bookbindings examined no. 1 : two Gregynog bindings by George Fisher / James Brockman & Jeff Clements (pp 46-55) -- Timothy C. Ely : artist bookmaker, bookpainter and bookbinder / an interview by Martha Bergman (pp 56-62) -- Bookbinding leather / Betty M. Haines (pp 63-82) -- Conference report : new directions in paper conservation, Oxford, 15-18 April 1986 / Deborah Events (pp 83-84)