Bill Hayes. Stated first edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. New York: Ballantine Books, 2008. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition, 250 pp.
In The Anatomist, Bill Hayes traces the life of Henry Gray and Henry Vandyke Carter, exploring how their collaboration in Victorian London led to the creation of Gray’s Anatomy in 1858. Hayes weaves historical narrative with his own experience studying human anatomy, offering a deeply personal look at how the book shaped modern medicine.
It’s part biography, part memoir — combining meticulous research with Hayes’s lyrical, accessible style. He brings humanity to both the science of anatomy and the people behind it.
