Riley (Dominic, binder).- Rosenbloom (Megan) Dark Archives: A Librarians Investigation into the …

Riley (Dominic, binder).- Rosenbloom (Megan) Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin, in a designer binding by Dominic Riley of brown goatskin, with light brown goatskin joints and doublures, light brown pigskin flyleaves, edges decorated with acrylic, silk-sewn headbands, tooled in silver and glow-in-the dark foil on cover and doublures; protective clamshell box with suedelle pads, title label tooled in blind on box spine label in the boustrophedon style (as the ox turns), 8vo (binding 216 x144mm.), New York, 2020. ⁂ A striking and intriguing binding on a macabre subject. The binder himself said: "This is a puzzle book, that is, both Megan's work and mine. The human figures on the covers are the wellknown image of the chalk outline of the CSI dead body. They are cut up in the manner of animal butchery. The cryptic lines at top conceal the title. Whilst most of the tooling is done with silver, the bodies' outline and the individual letters of the title are tooled with glow-in-the-dark foil. On the doublures, the figures slip down the boards, while the title is tooled again, this time backwards on the leather, which is revealed right-reading on the suede. The box spine title is a further puzzle to be solved."