Sotheby and Co. — Selected Sotheby Catalogues

London, Sotheby and Co. 1922-1927. Paperback. A seven volume set of Sotheby's auction catalogues. All related to the auction of the library of S R Christie-Miller Titles are: Catalogue of A Further Selection of Extremely Rare and Valuable Works in Early English Poetry and Other Literature(1922) Catalogue of A Further Selection of Extremely Rare and Valuable Works in Early English Poetry and Other Literature (1923) Catalogue of A Further Selection of Extremely Rare and Valuable Works in Early English Poetry and Other Literature (1924) Catalogue of A Further Selection of Extremely Rare and Valuable Works in Early English Poetry and Other Literature (1925) Catalogue of A Further Portion of The Renowned Library Formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks. The Property of S R Christie Miller Esq comprising Early English works on the Arts and Sciences (1925) Catalogue of Valuable Early English and Scottish Works on Law and History from the renowned library Formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks. The Property of S R Christie-Miller (1926) Catalogue of the Final Portion of the Renowned Library formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks. The Property of S R Christie-Miller (1927) Six illustrated editions with 224 plates. The Library of S R Christie Miller belonged to Samuel Christie-Miller, an English businessman and politician who inherited the library from William Henry Miller in 1852. William Henry Miller was a Scottish book collector and parliamentarian who, as a book collector, was regarded as the successor of Richard Heber and who even obtained much of Heber's library for his own collection. The Britwell Library, as Miller's collection came to be known, was noted for the number, rarity and condition of its examples of early English and Scottish literature. It contained six works from William Caxton's press and the greater part of the Heber collection of ballads and broadsides. In original paper wraps. externally, generally very smart with some edgewear and browning. Wear to spines. Ink signatures to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .