Editorial, Andre Jammes / Words, wars and world views: the coming of literacy and books to Southern Africa, Vivian Bickford-Smith / Xhosa Bibles and Black letter books: Sir George Grey's book collecting activities in South Africa, Donald Kerr / Sidelights on Some of the University of Cape Town Libraries' Collections, Andrew Lambrecht / Lady Ann Barnard: artist and author, Nicolas Barker / Whence the constellations?, Brian Warner / Colloquium of the International Association of Bibliophiles at the Cape (29 September-5 October 2002), Nicolas Barker / Quelques reliures provenant des anciens Pays-Bas, Georges Colin / L'edition nimoise de la Sepmaine de Du Bartas (1581), Gilles Banderier / Unatelier de reliure prive a Bruxelles au XVIIIe siecle: Charles de Lorraine et Aegidius De Bel, Claude Sorgeloos