Okay, the picture above isn’t a proper dos-à-dos binding, but that’s the first thing that came to mind when I saw the pictures. Take a look at more of Thomas Keeley’s amusing design work here.
But back to dos-à-dos (or back-to-back, in English) bindings. Two (usually related) books are bound back-to-back, so that they share the same back cover, and open in opposite directions. When the book is shelved upright, one spine faces the viewer while the other faces the back of the bookcase. To read books bound in this way, you read one text in the normal front to back manner, then to read the second text, you close the book and turn the volume over.
Now that is an interesting book..Really very clever.
Keeley’s work is very amusing
Doesn’t that give rise to lots of ideas? How clever is that?