Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2025 Issue

The Whitmont Collection from Hordern House

The Whitmont Collection from Hordern House

Hordern House has put together a catalogue of items from The Whitmont Collection, which they describe as “a collection 80 years in the making.” It is a collection put together by a prominent Sydney (Australia) family over three generations. They focused on their home continent deep in the southern hemisphere. The result was an exceptional collection of Australiana and related material. Hordern House notes that the collection is a “treasure trove” of Australian material, some not seen in decades, others offered for the first time. No wonder they needed 80 years to assemble all of these rarit...

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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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