For those in the audience who aren’t well versed in wrangling dead trees, a large press with a lot of clamping pressure can be used for binding books or printing. It can even be used to squeeze the ...

Erin Billing, of Topeka, works to run a needle through some sheets of paper while making a book during a bookbinding workshop Saturday at KU’s Watson Library. Participants learned four structures of ...

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it removed the human skin binding from a gruesome book in its library. The book, called Des destinées de l’âme, was published in the 1880s by French author ...

The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny of their presence in museum collections. By Jennifer Schuessler and ...

In the mid-1800s, Arsène Houssaye’s book, Des destinées de l’ame, was bound in human skin from the unclaimed body of a female mental patient who had died of a stroke. Scientists at Harvard University ...

An email dropped into my Inbox titled “Blog” a few weeks ago. It turned out to be from Bob Hamilton of Premier Packaging Solutions in Chattanooga, Tenn. Premier is a supplier of adhesives and support ...

The Harvard Library announced Wednesday it removed a human skin binding from a 19th century book that has been in the building for decades. “Des Destinées de l’Ame,” a book written in the 1880s by ...

Wai Man Book Binding, as its name suggests, used to provide binding services to print manufacturing players. Established in 1973 as a mom-and-pop operation under the name Legend Book Binding, it moved ...

Two years ago, Suzanne Hathon took a class on how to bind books. It was fascinating for her, not just because she loves books, but also because of her job as Sterling Heights Library’s public services ...