Harvard Library announced that it has removed human skin that was used to bind a book from the 1880s. The copy of Arsène Houssaye’s "Des destinées de l’âme" was found in the Houghton ...

For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.

The business – known for printing, book-binding and other services – is shuttering, though certain parts will carry on in a ...

Ryan Cahill's The Bound and the Broken epic fantasy series is being re-released as the first flagship title of The Broken ...

It’s something every book lover dreads: Picking up a favorite title and having pages separate from the spine, looking on as wonderful prose becomes unmoored from its binding. This can happen ...

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.

Harvard University removed a book binding made of human skin from a 19th century book in its libraries, citing ethical concerns and "past failures." ...

In her 2016 study “The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio,” Oxford literary scholar Emma Smith writes that although the book arrived without any fanfare, “it is hard to overstate the ...

Whether you’re binding a book yourself, or just covering one, it’s always wonderful to have something beautiful to write in.

Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife.

Harvard University library officials say they have removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century book in the university’s collection and are exploring “respectful” ways to lay the ...

Until this week, a real 19th-century book bound in human skin lived at Harvard University, and though it wasn't a spellbook, its story carries a similar air of darkness.