Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY DEFOE AND SWIFT AND OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE CITY OF LONDON, TRADE AND ECONOMICS. The Property of THE LATE H. C. DRAYTON, ESQ., WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MESSRS. SOTHEBY & CO., P. C. WILSON, A. , 1968(Guildhall),

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 18, 1968 - March 18, 1968

Page Size: 384 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
200		Hannibal not at our gates ... in a dialogue between my Lord Panick		1714	GBP -	Unknown
201	[Harley (Robert)]	Most faults on one side		1710	GBP -	Unknown
202		History (The) of the mitre and purse		1714	GBP -	Unknown
203		Letter (A) to a Member of Parliament	Oxford	1699	GBP -	Unknown
204		Letter (A) to the people of England		1714	GBP -	Unknown
205		Life (The) and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies		1740	GBP -	Unknown
206		Memorial (The) of the Church of England humbly offer'd to the consideration of all true lovers of our church and constitution		1705	GBP -	Unknown
207	[Molloy (Charles)]	Select letters taken from Fog's Weekly Journal		1732	GBP -	Unknown
208		Narrative (A) of the late treatment of episcopal ministers within the city of Edinburgh		1708	GBP -	Unknown
209		PROVIDENCE DISPLAY'D, or a very surprizing account of one Mr. Alexander Selkirk		1712	GBP -	Unknown
210		Reflections upon some scandalous and malicious pamphlets		1703	GBP -	Unknown
211		Remarks upon a late pamphlet intitul'd, The two great questions consider'd		1700	GBP -	Unknown
212		Servitude: a poem ... written by a footman		[1729]	GBP -	Unknown
213		Short (A) narrative of the life and death of John Rhinholdt		1717	GBP -	Unknown
214		South-Sea Company. An argument to shew the disadvantage that would accrue to the publick		1720	GBP -	Unknown
215		Thoughts of an honest whig, upon the present proceedings of that party		1710	GBP -	Unknown
216		Wool and silk manufacture. A brief answer to a brief state of the question between the printed and painted callicoes		1719	GBP -	Unknown
217	[SWIFT (JONATHAN)]	A TALE OF A TUB		1704	GBP -	Unknown
218	[Swift (Jonathan)]	Some remarks upon a pamphlet entitl'd		1711	GBP -	Unknown
219	[Swift (Jonathan)]	A short character of His Ex. T[homas] E[arl] of W[harton]		1711	GBP -	Unknown
220	[Swift (Jonathan)]	Miscellanies in prose and verse		1711	GBP -	Unknown
221	[Swift (Jonathan) and Mrs Manley]	A true narrative of what pass'd at the examination of the Marquis de Guiscard		1711	GBP -	Unknown
222	[Swift (Jonathan)]	A letter of thanks from my Lord W[harto]n to the Lord Bp. of S. Asaph		1712	GBP -	Unknown
223	[Swift (Jonathan)?]	Proposals for printing a very curious discourse		1712	GBP -	Unknown
224	[Swift (Jonathan)]	Some reasons to prove		1712	GBP -	Unknown
225	[Swift (Jonathan)]	Some remarks on the Barrier Treaty		1712	GBP -	Unknown
226	[Swift (Jonathan)]	Some advice humbly offer'd to the members of the October Club		1712	GBP -	Unknown
227	[Swift (Jonathan) ?]	The representation of the loyal subjects of Albinia		1712	GBP -	Unknown
228	[Swift (Jonathan)]	A preface to the B-p of S--r--m's introduction to the third volume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England		1713	GBP -	Unknown
229	[SWIFT (JONATHAN)]	THE PUBLICK SPIRIT OF THE WHIGS		1714	GBP -	Unknown
230	[SWIFT (JONATHAN)]	TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD		1726	GBP -	Unknown
231	[Swift (Jonathan)]	An epistle to a lady	London	1734	GBP -	Unknown
232	[Swift (Jonathan)]	Some free thoughts upon the present state of affairs		1741	GBP -	Unknown
233	[Oldmixon (John)]	Swiftiana. The history of addresses		1709-11	GBP -	Unknown
234		Swiftiana. A character of Don Sacheverellio	Dublin	[1710]	GBP -	Unknown
235		Swiftiana. Remarks upon remarks		1711	GBP -	Unknown
236		Swiftiana. The D. of M--h's vindication		1711	GBP -	Unknown
237	[Oldmixon (John)]	Swiftiana. The Dutch Barrier our's: or, the interest of England and Holland inseparable		1712	GBP -	Unknown
238		Swiftiana. Some remarks on the letters between the L--d T-nd and Mr Se--tary B--le		1712	GBP -	Unknown
239		Swiftiana. The Barrier-treaty vindicated		1712	GBP -	Unknown
240		Swiftiana. An answer to the Examiner's cavils against the Barrier Treaty		1714	GBP -	Unknown
241	[McAwley (Alexander)]	Swiftiana. Some thoughts on the tillage of Ireland		1737	GBP -	Unknown
242	Asgill (Mr John)	Asgill (Mr John) his plagiarism detected; and his several assertions		1696	GBP -	Unknown
243		Bank-credit: or the usefulness & security of the Bank of Credit examined		1683	GBP -	Unknown
244		Bank of England. Some useful reflections upon a pamphlet called A brief account of the intended Bank of England		1694	GBP -	Unknown
245		Bank of England. Some observations upon the Bank of England		1695	GBP -	Unknown
246		Bank of England. A short view of the apparent dangers and mischiefs from the Bank of England		1707	GBP -	Unknown
247		Bank of England. Some considerations offered against the continuance of the Bank of England	n.p. [?London]	n.d. [?1707]	GBP -	Unknown
248		Bank of England. Reasons offer'd against the continuance of the Bank		1707	GBP -	Unknown
249		Bank of England. A vindication of the Bank of England from the misrepresentations		1707	GBP -	Unknown
250	BELLERS (JOHN)	PROPOSALS FOR RAISING A COLLEDGE OF INDUSTRY of all useful trades and husbandry		1696	GBP -	Unknown
251	[Briscoe (John)]	An abstract of the discourse on the late funds of the Million-Act		1694	GBP -	Unknown
252	Briscoe (John)	An explanatory dialogue of a late treatise intituled		1694	GBP -	Unknown
253	Briscoe (John)	An answer to a late pamphlet		[1696]	GBP -	Unknown
254	[Broughton (John)]	Remarks upon the Bank of England		1707	GBP -	Unknown
255	Chamberlen (Hugh)	A collection of some papers writ upon several occasions		1696	GBP -	Unknown
256	Chamberlen (Hugh)	A few proposals humbly recommending . . . the establishing of a land-credit in this kingdom	Edinburgh	1700	GBP -	Unknown
257		Clothmaking. Commune concilium tentum in camera Guild-hall		1665	GBP -	Unknown
258		Coin. Memorial to the lords of his majesties Privy Council	[?Edinburgh]	[1695]	GBP -	Unknown
259		Computation (A): shewing		[?1697]	GBP -	Unknown
260		Considerations on the necessity of taxing the annuities granted by parliament in the reigns of King William and Queen Anne		1734	GBP -	Unknown
261	CRADOCK (FRANCIS)	AN EXPEDIENT FOR REGULATING THE CUSTOMES AND EXCISE. Approved by divers well affected marchants		1659	GBP -	Unknown
262	D. (P.)	A Letter from an English merchant at Amsterdam		1695	GBP -	Unknown
263		Essay (An) for lowering the gold, and raising the silver coin		1696	GBP -	Unknown
264	Godfrey (Michael)	A short account of the Bank of England		[c. 1695-1700]	GBP -	Unknown
265		Grenfell (John) A defence of bank notes...			GBP -	Unknown
266	H. (P.)	The Bank of England and their present method of paying		1694	GBP -	Unknown
267	Holland (John, Director of the Bank of Scotland)	The directors of the Bank of England		[1715]	GBP -	Unknown
268	Holland (John)	Some letters relating to the Bank of Scotland		1723	GBP -	Unknown
269		Honest scheme (An) for improving the trade and credit of the nation		1727	GBP -	Unknown
270	Law (John)	Money and trade consider'd		1720	GBP -	Unknown
271		Letter (A) to a conscientious man: concerning the use and abuse of riches		1720	GBP -	Unknown
272	Lewis (Mark)	Proposals to increase trade		1677	GBP -	Unknown
273	Lewis (Mark)	Proposals to the king and parliament		1678	GBP -	Unknown
274	Mackworth (Sir Humphrey)	A proposal for payment of the publick debts		n.d. [c. 1720]	GBP -	Unknown
275	Massie (J.)	Observations relating to the coin of Great Britain . . . whereunto is added Sir William Petty's Quantulumcunque concerning money		1760	GBP -	Unknown
276	Maxwell (Henry)	Reasons offer'd for erecting a bank in Ireland	Dublin	1721	GBP -	Unknown
277	[MURRAY (ROBERT)]	AN ACCOUNT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND SECURITY OF THE GENERAL BANK OF CREDIT		1683	GBP -	Unknown
278	Murray (Robert)	A proposal for a national bank consisting of land		[?1696]	GBP -	Unknown
279	[North (Sir Dudley)]	Discourses upon trade; principally directed to the cases of the interest		1691	GBP -	Unknown
280		Observations concerning money and coin, especially those of England		1697	GBP -	Unknown
281	[Paterson (William)]	A brief account of the intended Bank of England		1694	GBP -	Unknown
282	[PETERS (HUGH)]	A WAY PROPOUNDED TO MAKE THE POOR IN THESE AND OTHER NATIONS HAPPY. By bringing together a fit suitable and well qualified people into one household-government		[1659]	GBP -	Unknown
283		Proposals for a national bank		1697	GBP -	Unknown
284		Proposals for national banks, whereby the profits on usury		1696	GBP -	Unknown
285		Proposals for restoring credit; for making the Bank of England more useful and profitable		1721	GBP -	Unknown
286		Remarks on a scandalous libel, entitil'd A letter from a member of parliament &c. relating to the Bill of Commerce		1713	GBP -	Unknown
287	Roe (Sir Thomas)	Sir Thomas Roe his speech in Parliament: wherein he sheweth the cause of the decay of coine and trade in this land		1641	GBP -	Unknown
288	Roe (Sir Thomas)	Sir Thomas Rowe's speech at the councel table about the alteration of the coyn, in July 1640			GBP -	Unknown
289		Scots Corporation. The original design		1730	GBP -	Unknown
290		Some further observations on the Treaty of Navigation and Commerce		1713	GBP -	Unknown
291		Special report (The) from the committee appointed to inquire into		1720	GBP -	Unknown
292		State (The) of the silk and woollen manufacture considered		1713	GBP -	Unknown
293		STOCKJOBBING. A proposal for putting some stop to the extravagant humour of stock-jobbing		[1697]	GBP -	Unknown
294		Stockjobbing. Truth: a letter to the gentlemen of Exchange-alley		1733	GBP -	Unknown
295		Taxes no charge .. . shewing the nature		1690	GBP -	Unknown
296	Temple (Sir Richard)	Some short remarks upon Mr Lock's book in answer to Mr Lounds		1696	GBP -	Unknown
297		Torism and Trade can never agree		n.d. [c. 1720]	GBP -	Unknown
298		Trade (The) with France, Italy, Spain and Portugal		[1713]	GBP -	Unknown
299		Trade (The) with France, Italy, Spain and Portugal		1713	GBP -	Unknown

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.