Description74, [11] p. : color illus. The New Bookbinder at Twenty-Five / Marianne Tidcombe. Patronage and parentage: bookbinding yesterday, today and tomorrow / Edward Bayntun-Coward. Arthur William Johnson 1920-2004 / Bernard C. Middleton. Book Design / Arthur Johnson How I do it: five fellows, five techniques / Glenn Bartley, Lester Capon, Flora Ginn, Ivor Robindon, Sally Lou Smith. The Bookbinding Competition's fiftieth anniversary / Competition Committee The Bookbinding Competition 2004 award winners. The Man Booker shortlist bindings 2004: Glenn Bartley, Stuart Brockman, Stephen Conway, Sue Doggett, Peter Jones, Julian Thomas, Michael Collins, James Brockman, Marianne Tidcombe, Lester Capon, Jeff Clements, Mark Cockram, Paul Delrue, Deborah Evetts, Flora Ginn, Jenni Grey, Angela James, Bernard C. Middleton, Bruce B. Plumley, Lori Sauer, David Sellars, Faith Shannon, Christopher Shaw, Philip Smith, Ann Thornton, Rachel Ward-Sale. [with biographical notes] The chosen binding: King Lear, bound by Ivor Robinson. Trade bookbinding in the British Isles, 1660-1800, by Stuart Bennett [review] / Sam Ellenport. Eloquent witnesses: bookbindings and their history, edited by Mirjam M. Foot [review] /Jen Lindsay. Small press book reviews / Nesta Davies. Notes on contributors.