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 ...

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 material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes ...

Dominic Riley has spent decades designing and creating new covers for special volumes, and teaching others how to do it, too. Dominic Riley, at work in his studio in England, has been binding books ...

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 ...

Walking into Beck & Orr Book Binding is almost like stepping into a time machine. Vintage wrought-iron machines take up residence along the perimeter. Photographs from the shop's early days and ...

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 ...