Reviews literature covering developments of column liquid chromatography during 1982-83. Areas considered include: books and reviews; general theory; columns; instrumentation; detectors; automation and data handling; multidimensional chromatographic and column switching techniques; liquid-solid chromatography; normal bonded-phase, reversed-phase, and reversed phase ion-pair chromatography; ion exchange chromatography; ion chromatography; size-exclusion chromatography; and others. (JN)