Art Deco bindings

Contes Oscar Wilde (c. 1928), design by Paul Bonet.

Two selections from this gallery of bookbindings from the 1920s. Few books receive this kind of treatment today but it's by no means a lost art, The Guild of Book Workers has examples of recent designs.

La Canne de Jaspe (c. 1925), design by Pierre Legrain.

Elsewhere on { feuilleton }

• The book covers archive

Previously on { feuilleton }

• Prismes

• The art of Thayaht, 1893–1959

• The Mentor

• The art of Cassandre, 1901–1968

• The Decorative Age

• The World in 2030