REGISTRATION NO. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC  20549

                                    FORM S-3

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                       UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                      NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    Delaware
       (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                   04-2942374
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                                500 Main Street
                          Groton, Massachusetts  01471
                                (508) 448-6111
             (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
      including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                               John F. Fairbanks
                         VP, Chief Financial Officer
                      New England Business Service, Inc.
                               500 Main Street
                          Groton, Massachusetts  01471
                               (508) 448-6111
        (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copy to:

                           Terrence W. Mahoney, Esq.
                  Hill & Barlow, a Professional Corporation
                            One International Place
                          Boston, Massachusetts  02110
                                 (617) 428-3000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  May 9, 1997







	If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered 
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the 
following box.  [   ]

	If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered 
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities 
Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or 
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  [X]

	If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering 
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following 
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier 
effective registration statement for the same offering.  [   ] __________

	If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to 
Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the 
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective 
registration statement for the same offering.  [   ] __________

	If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to 
Rule 434, please check the following box.  [   ]

                      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                               Proposed      Proposed
 Title of                      maximum       maximum
  shares                       aggregate     aggregate       Amount of
  to be        Amount to be    price per     offering        registration 
registered     registered      unit*         price*          fee
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Common         365,217         $27.0625      $9,883,685.06   $2,995.06
Stock
($1.00 par
value)
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*Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.  This 
amount was calculated pursuant to Rule 457 upon the basis of the average of 
the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock as reported in the 
consolidated reporting system of the New York Stock Exchange on April 28, 
1997.

	The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such 
date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the 
registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this 
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with 
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement 
shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to 
said Section 8(a) may determine.

	If, as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, 
the number of securities purported to be registered on this registration 
statement changes, the provisions of Rule 416 shall apply to this registration 
statement and this registration statement shall be deemed to cover the 
additional securities resulting from the split of, or the dividend on, the 
securities covered by this registration statement.



                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

	The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in 
accordance therewith files reports and other information with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").  Such reports, as well as 
proxy and information statements, and other information filed by the 
Company with the Commission can be inspected and copied at the public 
reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, DC, at 
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, DC 20549, and at certain of 
its Regional Offices, as follows:

New York Regional Office                         Chicago Regional Office
7 World Trade Center                             7 World Trade Center
Suite 1300                                       Suite 1400
New York, New York  10048                        Chicago, Illinois  60661

Copies of such material can be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public 
Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, 
Washington, DC 20549.

	The Commission also maintains a Web site on the Internet that 
contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information 
regarding registrants such as the Company that file electronically with the 
Commission.  The address of such site is:  http://www.sec.gov.

	The Common Stock of the Company is listed on the New York Stock 
Exchange.  Reports, proxy and information statements, and other 
information concerning the Company can be inspected at such exchange.
                  _____________________________________

             INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

	The following documents have been filed by the Company with the 
Commission (File No. 1-11427) and are incorporated herein by reference:  
(i) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 
June 29, 1996; (ii) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the 
quarters ended September 28, 1996 and December 28, 1996; (iii)  the 
Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on September 20, 1996, 
October 31, 1996 and April 15, 1997; and (iv) the description of the 
Company's capital stock contained in the Company's Registration 
Statement under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on Form 8-A, filed on 
October 31, 1977, including any amendment or reports filed for the 
purpose of updating such description.
	
	All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the filing of the 
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part, pursuant to 
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the 
termination of this offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by 
reference in this Prospectus.

	The Company shall, upon written or oral request by a person, 
including any beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, 
provide without charge to such person a copy of any and all of the 
information that has been incorporated by reference in this Prospectus 
(not including exhibits to the information that is incorporated by reference 
unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the 

information that this Prospectus incorporates).  Such requests should be 
directed to New England Business Service, Inc., 500 Main Street, Groton, 
Massachusetts 01471, Attn:  VP, Chief Financial Officer (telephone 
(508) 448-6111).

                                  THE COMPANY

	The Company is a corporation founded in 1952, incorporated in 
Massachusetts in 1955 and reincorporated by merger in Delaware in 1986 
that designs and produces business forms and related printed products 
and distributes packaging, shipping, warehouse supplies, software and 
other products through mail order, direct sales and dealers to small 
businesses throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom 
and France.  The Company's principal executive offices are located at 
500 Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts 01471 (telephone (508) 448-6111).

                            THE SELLING STOCKHOLDER

	The shares being offered hereby were acquired by the Selling 
Stockholder, Theodore Pasquarello, pursuant to an Asset Purchase 
Agreement dated March 31, 1997 by which the Company acquired all of 
the assets of Chiswick Trading, Inc. ("Chiswick"), a Massachusetts 
corporation having its principal place of business at 33 Union Avenue, 
Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 (the "Acquisition").  The Selling 
Stockholder is and has been for more than the past three years a director, 
president and the sole stockholder of Chiswick, and is and has been since 
March 31, 1997 an Executive Vice President of the Company and 
President of the Company's Chiswick division.  As of the date hereof, the 
Selling Stockholder is the beneficial owner of 365,217 shares 
(approximately 2.8%) of the Company's outstanding Common Stock, par 
value $1.00, all of which are being offered hereby. 

	The Company has entered into an agreement with the Selling 
Stockholder providing for indemnification of the Selling Stockholder by 
the Company under certain circumstances.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

	The legality of the Shares offered by this Prospectus has been 
passed upon by Hill & Barlow, a Professional Corporation, 
One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

                                    EXPERTS

	The financial statements and the related financial statement 
schedules incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the 
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 
1996, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP independent auditors, 
as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference, and 
have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given 
upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

      





                                  PART II

                    INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
                    ______________________________________

Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following is a reasonably itemized statement of all expenses, other than 
commissions, in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Shares:

SEC Registration Fee                                      $2,995
Cost of Printing                                               0
Legal Fees and Expenses                                    1,500*
Accounting Fees and Expenses                              10,000*
Miscellaneous                                                505*
                                                         --------
Total                                                    $15,000*
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All of these expenses will be borne by the Company.

*	Estimated


Item 15.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

	Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of 
Delaware provides for indemnification of officers and directors subject to 
certain limitations.  The general effect of such law is to empower a 
corporation to indemnify any of its officers and directors against certain 
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in 
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person to be 
indemnified in connection with certain actions, suits or proceedings 
(threatened, pending or completed) if the person to be indemnified acted in 
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed 
to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal 
action or proceedings, if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct 
was unlawful.  The Company's by-laws provide that it shall indemnify its 
officers and directors to the extent permitted by law.

	The Company maintains insurance under which the insurers will 
reimburse the Company for amounts which it has paid to its directors, 
officers and certain other employees by way of indemnification for claims 
against such persons in their official capacities.  The insurance also covers 
such persons as to amounts paid by them as a result of claims against them 
in their official capacities which are not reimbursed by the Company.  The 
insurance is subject to certain limitations and exclusions.

	In addition, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling 
Stockholder under certain circumstances relating to the Acquisition and to 
this Registration Statement.  The Selling Stockholder has agreed to 
indemnify the directors and officers of the Company who have signed this 
Registration Statement under certain circumstances.

Item 16.  Exhibits.

	See Exhibit Index.



Item 17.  Undertakings.

	A.	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

		(1)	To file, during any period in which offers or sales are 
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to 
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution 
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material 
change to such information in the Registration Statement;

		(2)	That, for the purpose of determining any liability 
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall 
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities 
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be 
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

		(3)	To remove from registration by means of a 
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which 
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

	B.	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for 
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 
each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated 
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new 
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the 
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial 
bona fide offering thereof.

	C.	Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and 
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against 
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In 
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other 
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a 
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful 
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, 
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being 
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the 
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of 
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is 
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final 
adjudication of such issue.












                                   SIGNATURES

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant 
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the 
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration 
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly 
authorized, in the Town of Groton, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on May 5, 
1997.

                                      NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC.
                                      ----------------------------------
                                      (Registrant)

                                      By:  /s/ John F. Fairbanks
                                           ---------------------
                                           John F. Fairbanks, 
                                           VP, Chief Financial Officer

	

                                EXHIBIT INDEX

	Certain of the following exhibits (those marked with an asterisk) are 
filed herewith.  The remainder of the exhibits have heretofore been filed 
with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference.  
Inapplicable items have been omitted.

Exhibit        Title
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4.1             Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
               reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
               October 31, 1986)

4.2             Certificate of Merger of New England Business Service, Inc.
               (a Massachusetts corporation) and the Company, dated October 24, 
               1986, amending the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company  
               by adding Articles 14 and 15 thereto (incorporated by reference  
               to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 31,  
               1986).

4.3            Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A 
               Participating Preferred Stock of the Company, dated October 27, 
               1989 (incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report 
               on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, filed  
               September 15, 1995).

4.4            By-Laws of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference 
               to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly 
               period ended December 31, 1995, filed February 8, 1996).

4.5            Specimen stock certificate for shares of Common Stock, par value
               $1.00 per share, of the Company (incorporated by reference to 
               the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year  
               ended June 30, 1995, filed September 15, 1995).

4.6            Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 27, 
               1989 as amended as of October 20, 1994, between the Company and
               The First National Bank of Boston, National Association, as  
               rights agent, including as Exhibit B the forms of Rights  
               Certificate Election to Exercise (incorporated by reference to  
               Exhibit 4 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated 
               October 25, 1994).

5.1*           Opinion of Hill & Barlow, a Professional Corporation.

23.1*          Consent of Hill & Barlow, a Professional Corporation (included
               in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2*          Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

24.1*          Power of Attorney (included above at page II-5).