Kestenbaum and Company: Auction of Hebraica & Judaica Rare Printed Books and Manuscripts Including the Eretz Israel / Holy Land Collection of the late Dr. Gershon Hait., 114, Brooklyn

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025
Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
330

Devoted to the Opening Day of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on the 1st of April 1925, the Eighth Year of the Declaration of Balfour. Ten Drawings by N. Paley.

Tel-Aviv 1925 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
331 L.H. Vincent, E.J.H. Mackay and F.M. Abel.

Hebron - Le Haram El-Khalil: Sepulture des Patriarches.

Paris 1923 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
332 HEIDMAN, CHRISTOPH.

Palaestina, sive Terra Sancta, paucis capitibus distinct ordineque congruo explicata.

Guelppherbytum (Wolfenbuttel) 1689 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
333 HEYMAN, JOHANNES WILHELMUS.

Reizen door een Gedeelte van Europa, Klein Asien, Verscheide Eilanden van de Archipel, Syrien, Palestina of het H. Land, Aegypten, den Berg Sinai.

Leiden 1758 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
334 HOTTINGER, JOHANN HEINRICH.

Cippi Hebraici ["Tombs of the Hebrews].

Heidelberg 1662 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
335

The Palestine Directory: Commercial, Industrial, Administrative and Private Addresses.

Cairo 1920 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00
336 Amikam (Masseoff), Yisrael.

Memorandum on the Violation by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs of the Government of Palestine of the Right of the Hebrew Language to Equality with the Other Official Languages of Palestine.

Haifa 1931 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
337

Palestine Royal Commission Report. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of His Majesty July 1937.

London 1937 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
338

Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry Regarding the problem of European Jewry and Palestine.

London 1946 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
339

Palestine: Termination of the Mandate, 15th May, 1948. Statement prepared for public information by the Colonial Office and Foreign Office.

London 1948 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,062.50
341

LeTovat HaYishuv!

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
342 JESSEY, HENRY.

A Description and Explanation of 268 Places in Jerusalem.

London 1653 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
343 KAHANOV, MOSHE NECHEMIAH.

Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim [guide to Jerusalem].

Odessa 1867 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 75.00
344 KING, JONAS.

Extraits d'un Ouvrage... Coup d'Oeil sur la Palestine et la Syrie.

Athens 1859 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
345 KORTEN, JONAS.

Reise nach dem weiland gelobten...Lande: Wie auch nach Egypten, dem Berg Libanon, Syrien und Mesopotamien.

Halle 1743 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
346 LUNCZ, AVRAHAM MOSHE.

Yerushalayim / Jerusalem, Jahrbuch zur Beforderung einer wissenschaftlich genauen Kenntniss des jetzigen und des alten Palastinas

Vienna / Jerusalem 1882 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
347 MADOX, JOHN.

Excursions in the Holy Land, Egypt, Nubia, Syria, &c. Including a Visit to the Unfrequented District of the Haouran.

London 1834 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
348

Keller's Map of Palestine, Syria and Jerusalem.

New York 1910 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
349 MYLLER, ANGELICUS MARIA.

Peregrinus in Jerusalem. Fremdling zu Jerusalem, oder Ausfuehrliche Reiss-Beschreibungen...seine fuenff Haupt-Reissen die er in Europa, Asia und Africa.

Vienna and Nuremberg 1735 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
350 NEWBERRY, JOHN.

Twee Reysen van Johan Newberie, De eene na het Heylig Land; en de andere na Balsara, Ormus, Persien, en weder na huys door Turkyen. Ao. 1579. en vervolgens. Mitsgaders de Scheeps Togt van Petro Sarmiento, Naar de Straat van Magellaan, van Lima door de Zuy

Ledien 1706 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
351 NOE, BIANCO.

Viaggio da Venetia al Santo Sepolchro et al Monte Sinai.

Venice 1648 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
352

Kaddish Yehuda Leib Silman.

Tel Aviv (1935). USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
353 ROQUE, JEAN DE LA.

Voyage dans la Palestine, Vers le Grand Emir, Chef des Princes Arabes du desert, connus sous le nom de Bedouins, ou d'Arabes Scenites, qui se disent la vraie posterite d'Ismael, fils d'Abraham.

Amsterdam 1718 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
354 ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE.

Della Lingua Propria di Cristo a degli Ebrei Nazionali della Palestina.

Parma 1772 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
355 SAMUEL, EDWIN.

Handbook of the Jewish Communal Villages in Palestine.

Jerusalem 1945 USD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
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