The first book, Ana María and the Fox, focuses on the eldest sister, her conflict between what’s expected and what she wants, and her romance with a biracial politician.The second, Isabel and ...

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GENTLEMEN—THE REGIMENT!—Hugh Talbot—Harper ($2.50). Weather-wise scanners of the literary skies say the prevailing winds are swinging into the romantic quarter. Anthony Adverse ...

Handle Victorian-era cloth-bound books with caution, as their vibrant dyes may pose health risks, recent research reveals (1 Trusted SourceMultimodal detection of toxic metals in Victorian era ...

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

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

The Poison Book Project is working to identify old books that contain toxic pigments like arsenic, which made Victorian-era books in the 1800s more eye-catching. Melissa Tedone is leading the project.

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

Those books, now known to have covers colored with dangerous dyes, have been removed from public circulation and also sealed in plastic bags, per Poison Book Project recommendations.