Dark archives : a librarian's investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin Megan Rosenbloom.
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TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780374134709Subject(s): Anthropodermic booksDDC classification: 002 LOC classification: Z269.3.A58 | R67 2020| Item type | Current location | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | Lincoln Corner | 002 ROS (Browse shelf) | Not for loan | LC-240 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The First Printing -- This Dreadful Workshop -- Gentlemen Collectors -- Skin Craft -- Secrets of the Sages-Femmes -- The Long Shadow of the Night Doctors -- The Postmortem Travels of William Corder -- Echoes of Tanner's Close -- The Highwayman's Gift -- Ghosts in the Library -- My Corpse, My Choice -- The French Connection -- Epilogue: Humane Anatomy -- The Anthropodermic Book Project's List of Confirmed Human Skin Books as of March 2020.
"A medical librarian presents a fascinating, terrifying look into history's rarest books-- those bound in human skin-- and the stories of their creation and collection"-- Provided by publisher.
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