Catherine Porter (1)

Author of Miller's: Collecting Books

For other authors named Catherine Porter, see the disambiguation page.

About the Author

Catherine Porter spent six years working in an antiquarian booksellers off Fleet Street in London before joining the book department of Sotheby's, where she specializes in illustrated and children's books

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Miller's: Collecting Books (1994) 127 copies, 1 review

Miller's Collecting Modern Books (2003) 82 copies

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Gender: female

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Miller's: Collecting Books by Catherine Porter

Covers the ground in a fairly general way and is a good introduction. This is definitely aimed at people who collect books as objects, rather than those who simply buy lots of books because they want to read them.

May 30, 2020