01566cam a2200289 i 4500 448862067 ER5 20201109120000.0 200608s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020023645 9780374134709 hardcover 0374134707 hardcover ER5 rda Rosenbloom, Megan, 1981- Dark archives : a librarian's investigation into the science and history of books bound in human skin / Megan Rosenbloom. First edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20201109. Anthropodermic books.