Stars donate handmade book covers for House of Illustration charity auction

Fundraiser includes Peter Blake’s vision of Alice Through the Looking-Glass, Neil Gaiman’s Fahrenheit 451, Peter Capaldi’s Metamorphosis and more

A Hunchback of Notre Dame drawn by Quentin Blake, a portrait of Lewis Carroll’s Alice by Peter Blake and Peter Capaldi’s vision of Franz Kafka’s Gregor Samsa will go under the hammer to raise money for the House of Illustration.

More than 30 artists, illustrators, designers and other famous names, including Neil Gaiman and Maggi Hambling, have designed new dust jackets for classics ranging from The Jungle Book to Jane Eyre. The jackets will be wrapped around first editions of each book and auctioned at Sotheby’s on 11 December, with guide prices starting at £1,000.

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