Old books carry history in their pages and bindings. Maybe you inherited family volumes, collected first editions over the ...

The Poison Book Project examines antique books for heavy-metal pigments — including mercury, lead and arsenic — commonly used in Victorian bookbinding.

Now, it's not news that some people consider books to be dangerous. They can mean that in a negative way, as when communities try to contain books, get them off the library shelves. They can mean that ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — If you love books, you can now go check out an incredible piece of history at the Burton Barr Library in Phoenix! A team of researchers, including Arizona State University ...