Fine Books News: Recent

Jane Austen's House is trialling a new project offering limited opportunities for visitors to sit…
Divine Inspiration: The Legacy of the St. Francis Missal is now on view at the Walters Art Museum…
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The Morgan Library & Museum has acquired the earliest manuscript with color illustrations of the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more famously known as The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore. 
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An original set of handwritten lyrics by John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) from the Sex Pistols' 1977 debut album Never Mind the Bollocks have sold for $82,638 at RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music sale.
Current Events & Trends
Jane Austen’s House will premiere a mini-documentary Spotlight on The Watsons on YouTube later this week.
Book Fairs
Peter Harrington will offer what is believed to be the largest and most diverse collection of early editions and translations of Quotations from Chairman Mao, better known as the Little Red Book, for £1m at Firsts Hong Kong (December 6-8).
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On Tuesday, November 26, 226 lots of Hunting, Fishing, Travel & Exploration at New England Book Auctions, including one of 105 numbered copies of Dean Sage's The Ristigouche and Its Salmon Fishing (1888), estimated at $10,000–15,000, and a deluxe copy of Roland Clark's Gunner's Dawn (1937),…
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The Dune Bible volume from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s epic unmade Dune project features in the Christie’s online-only Science Fiction and Fantasy sale (November 28 - December 12) which also includes vintage movie posters.
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester has launched a new project to celebrate 10 years since the house opened as a visitor attraction and introduce the work of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) to a new generation of writers.
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SP Books has releasing a facsimile edition of The Rossetti Manuscript notebook with William Blake's writings and sketches published alongside Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s editorial annexe for the first time.
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The London Rare Books School (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London has revealed details of its courses next summer on a variety of book-related subjects. LRBS summer school 2025 wil run June 16- 20 (Week One) and June 23 - 27 (Week Two) as follows:Week One
Auctions
Heritage Auctions' November 25 Photographs from the Collection of Eric Franck sale featues photographs taken by his brother-in-law Henri Cartier-Bresson, plus Josef Koudelka, Chris Killip and Graham Smith.