Catalogues

The Whitmont Collection Part IV

The Whitmont Collection Part IV

We are pleased to offer the Whitmont Collection Part IV, a treasure trove of significant original material, from a private Sydney library, tracing the early European history of Australia and the wider Pacific region.
To view an introduction to the Collection read our blog here 

Previously published:

Part I click here

Part II click here

Part III click here

The Whitmont Collection Part II

The Whitmont Collection Part II

We are pleased to offer the Whitmont Collection Part II, a treasure trove of significant original material, from a private Sydney library, tracing the early European history of Australia and the wider Pacific region.
To view an introduction to the Collection read our blog here 

To view Part I, previously published, click here

The Whitmont Collection Part I

The Whitmont Collection Part I

We are pleased to offer the Whitmont Collection Part I, a treasure trove of significant original material, from a private Sydney library, tracing the early European history of Australia and the wider Pacific region.
To view an introduction to the Collection read our blog here and read a review of this catalogue here

 

Pacific voyage & natural history

Pacific voyage & natural history

Including early printing, Pacific voyages and illustrated natural history. The cover item is from the one of the finest Pacific illustrated books of the nineteenth century Sketches in New Zealand with superb handcoloured lithographs by the naval commander Richard Aldworth Oliver, (1811-1889), who commanded HMS Fly on survey voyages of New Zealand and Pacific waters between 1847 and 1851.

The Parsons Collection Part I: The Discovery of America

The Parsons Collection Part I: The Discovery of America

Hordern House are pleased to announce that we have partnered with three other international dealerships—William Reese Company and James Cummins Bookseller in the US and Peter Harrington in the UK—to offer the renowned collection of the late David Parsons of Atlanta, GA.
The first catalogue of books from the collection demonstrates the exceptional strength of the collection in early material, showing the known world before Columbus, and the results and consequences of the Columbian discoveries.
Part II: Discoveries to the East, may be viewed here.
Part III: The Age of Exploration may be viewed here.

 

The Parsons Collection Part II: Voyages to the East

The Parsons Collection Part II: Voyages to the East

Hordern House are pleased to announce that we have partnered with three other international dealerships—William Reese Company and James Cummins Bookseller in the US and Peter Harrington in the UK—to offer the renowned collection of the late David Parsons of Atlanta, GA. Part II of the collection, Voyages to the East is now available. 

Part I: The Discovery of America, may be viewed here