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
300	[Turner (Thomas)]	The case of the bankers and their creditors stated and examined		1674	GBP -	Unknown
301	[Turner (Thomas)]	The case of the bankers and their creditors more fully stated and examined; and a second time printed		1675	GBP -	Unknown
302	[Verney (Robert)]	Englands interest or the great benefit to trade by banks or offices of credit in London		1682	GBP -	Unknown
303	W. (I.) [ ?JOHN WHEELER]	The merchants hand-maide, with the blank A1, waterstained		1622	GBP -	Unknown
304		Wharfage, etc. A book containing the several rates for wharfage and cranage		1676	GBP -	Unknown
305	WHEELER (JOHN)	A TREATISE OF COMMERCE. Wherein are showed the commodities arising by a well ordered and ruled trade		1601	GBP -	Unknown
306		Workhouses. Anno regni Georgii II. .. vicesimo primo ... An act for erecting workhouses		1748	GBP -	Unknown
307		Abridgement of the charter of the City of London		1680	GBP -	Unknown
308		Account (An) of the Bank of Credit in the City of London		n.d. [c. 1685]	GBP -	Unknown
309		Act (An) of Common Council for preventing the seacoal and corn-meeters alienation of their offices		1703	GBP -	Unknown
310		Aldermen. A true list of the Aldermen and Common-Council-Men of the several wards of the honourable City of London		1682	GBP -	Unknown
311		Apprentices. A poem upon the prentices feast at Merchant-Taylors-Hall		1682	GBP -	Unknown
312		Apprentices. The case of the apprentices of London		[?1702]	GBP -	Unknown
313		Brief memorial (A) wherein the case of the antient leasees		1674	GBP -	Unknown
314	Butter (Nathaniel)	A letter with a narrative . . . concerning a strange sight which appeared over this city of London		1659	GBP -	Unknown
315		By the Major. The right honourable the Lord Major having taken into his serious consideration the many dreadful afflictions which this city hath of late years suffered		1679	GBP -	Unknown
316	Calthrop (Sir Henry)	The liberties, usages and customes of the City of London		1642	GBP -	Unknown
317	Carmen	Case of the ancient Free Carmen of London		[c. 1690]	GBP -	Unknown
318	Carmen	Whereas the Woodmongers and retailers in fuel do pretend		1694	GBP -	Unknown
319	Charles I. By the king	His majestie taking into his princely consideration the manifold inconveniences and mischiefs that may arise from the riotous and tumultuous assemblies		1641	GBP -	Unknown
320		Citizen (The) and tradesman's guide. Setting forth the new act of the Lord-Mayor and Common-Council		1712	GBP -	Unknown
321		Clockmaking. Reasons humbly offered against the passing of the Clockmakers Bill now depending in Common-Council		1698	GBP -	Unknown
322		Clockmaking. The case of the Blacksmiths Company with respect to the Clockmakers Bill		1698	GBP -	Unknown
323		Complaint and address (The) of the under-coal-meeters of the City of London		1714	GBP -	Unknown
324	[Curll (Edmund, Editor)]	An impartial history of the life		1741	GBP -	Unknown
325	E. (E.)	London's choice of citizens to represent them in the ensuing parliament		1679	GBP -	Unknown
326		Engagement (The) and remonstrance of the City of London subscribed by 23500 hands		[1659]	GBP -	Unknown
327	Fell (Margaret, Quakeress)	To the General Council of Officers. The representation of divers citizens of London		1659	GBP -	Unknown
328	Lofting (John)	Firefighting. The answer of John Lofting of London		[c. 1692]	GBP -	Unknown
329		Fires. An act for preventing and suppressing of fires within the City of London		1677	GBP -	Unknown
330		Forfeitures (The) of Londons charter		1682	GBP -	Unknown
331		Garbling. A table of rates for garbling		1687	GBP -	Unknown
332	[Gardiner (Sir Thomas)]	Mr. Recorders speech to the Lord Protector . . . being the day of His Highnesse entertainment in London		1653	GBP -	Unknown
333	Gresham (Sir Thomas)	An exact copy of the last will and testament of Sir Thomas Gresham		1724	GBP -	Unknown
334	[Ravenhill (William)]	Grocers. The case of the Company of Grocers stated		1682	GBP -	Unknown
335	[Ravenshill (William)]	Grocers. The case of the Company of Grocers stated		1686	GBP -	Unknown
336	Hackney Coachmen	Reasons humbly offer'd by the one hundred hackney coachman for encreasing the number		[?1672]	GBP -	Unknown
337		History (The) of the sheriffdom of the City of London and county of Middlesex		1723	GBP -	Unknown
338		Honest cryer (The) of London, broadside		1660	GBP -	Unknown
339		Humble address (The) of the Lord Mayor...			GBP -	Unknown
340		Humble petition (The) of the Lord Mayor...			GBP -	Unknown
341	Hunt (Thomas)	A defence of the charter and municipal rights of the City of London		[1683?]	GBP -	Unknown
342	Lawson (Admiral Sir John)	Two letters from Vice-Admiral John Lawson and the commanders of the fleet		1659	GBP -	Unknown
343		Letter (A) to the right honourable Thomas Alyn Lord Mayor		[1659]	GBP -	Unknown
344		List (A) of the rooms and offices bought and sold in the City of London one page		[?1696]	GBP -	Unknown
345		Lord Mayor of London's vindication...			GBP -	Unknown
346		MARKETS. A copy of an award referring to the publick markets of the City of London		1697	GBP -	Unknown
347		Markets. Oppressions of the market-people		1720	GBP -	Unknown
348		Militia. At the committee of the Militia of London the 3d of June 1648		[1648]	GBP -	Unknown
349		Modest Enquiry (A) concerning the election of the sheriffs of London		1682	GBP -	Unknown
350		Observations both historical and moral upon the burning of London		1667	GBP -	Unknown
351		Orphans. Reasons humbly offered	S. Roycroft	n.d. [c. 1670]	GBP -	Unknown
352		Pedlars. The case of the citizens and shop-keepers of London		1696	GBP -	Unknown
353		POOR. Severall propositions tendered by the Corporation for the imploying the poor of the City of London		1650	GBP -	Unknown
354		Presentment (The) of the grand jury at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly . . . we take notice of the inconveniences and many dismal consequences		1684	GBP -	Unknown
355		Priviledges (The) of the citizens of London		1682	GBP -	Unknown
356		Questmen. An act concerning the election of quest-men		1649	GBP -	Unknown
357		Quo Warranto and City Charter. N. (D.) A letter from an old Common-Council-man to one of the new Common-Council...			GBP -	Unknown
358		Records. Reasons for the preservation of the records in the Tower . . . without which no story of the nation can be written or proved		[c. 1680]	GBP -	Unknown
359		Remonstrance. To the peoples representatives the commons in parliament assembled		[c. 1660]	GBP -	Unknown
360	Sa (Pantaleon)	A narration of the late accident in the New-Exchange		1653	GBP -	Unknown
361		St. Paul's Cathedral. His majesties commission giving power to enqire of the decayes of the cathedral church of St. Paul in London		1631	GBP -	Unknown
362		Sheriffs. An account of the new sheriffs holding their office		1680	GBP -	Unknown
363	Atwood (William, Chief Justice of New York)	Sheriffs. The rights and authority of the Commons of the City of London		1695	GBP -	Unknown
364		Sheriffs. The Lord Mayor's right of electing a sheriff asserted against all pretensions [Wing L3051]...			GBP -	Unknown
365		Sheriffs. The priviledg and right of the free-men of London to chuse their own sheriffs		1682	GBP -	Unknown
366		Sheriffs. A brief collection out of the records of the city...			GBP -	Unknown
367		Sheriffs. The sheriffs of London for the time being...			GBP -	Unknown
368		Sheriffs. The proceedings of the Common-Hall of London the 24th of June...			GBP -	Unknown
369		Sheriffs. The proceedings at the Guild-Hall in London...			GBP -	Unknown
370		Sheriffs. The right of electing sheriffs of London and Middlesex briefly stated and declared...			GBP -	Unknown
371	Sherman (Edmond)	The birth and burning of the image called S. Michael. Containing the substance of a narrative given into the vestry of All Saints Barkin London		1681	GBP -	Unknown
372		STREET LIGHTING		1691	GBP -	Unknown
373		Street lighting. Brief reasons humbly offered		1692	GBP -	Unknown
374		Street lighting. To the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor [&c]		[?1693]	GBP -	Unknown
375		Street lighting. The breviate of the case of the convex-lights		[1694]	GBP -	Unknown
376		Street lighting. To the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor		[?1694]	GBP -	Unknown
377	Taubman (Matthew)	London's yearly jubilee: perform'd on Friday October XXIX 1686 for the entertainment of the right honourable Sir John Peake . .. with a description of the several pageants		1686	GBP -	Unknown
378		True account (A) of the invitation and entertainment of the D[uke] of Y[ork] at Merchant-Taylors-Hall		1679	GBP -	Unknown
379		WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN. Reasons for the Water-men and Lighter-mens Bill humbly submitted to the consideration of the whole House of Commons		[c. 1700]	GBP -	Unknown
380	Weston (Robert)	The case of Robert Weston		n.d. [1688-89]	GBP -	Unknown
381	Weston (Robert)	The case of Robert Weston		n.d. [c. 1688-89]	GBP -	Unknown
382		Williams, Mayor. A Common-Council held in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London on Wednesday the 14th day of July...			GBP -	Unknown
383		Woodmongers. Reasons offered by the Governours of Christ's-Hospital against the Woodmongers Bill		[c. 1690]	GBP -	Unknown

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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.