Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Jewish Ceremonial Art and Photographs, 60, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025

Page Size: 378 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	HaKtav VehaKabbalah -- First Edition -- Leipzig, 1839	Leipzig	1839	Not Available	USD 87.50
177	Collection of Halachic and Homiletical Books -- 1829-1947		1829-1947	Not Available	USD 125.00
178	Large Collection of Books -- Printed in Galicia and Poland -- 1862-1936	Printed in Galicia and Poland 1862-1936		Not Available	USD 625.00
179	Large Collection of Books Printed in Hungary and Galicia -- Distinguished Copies			Not Available	USD 3,000.00
180	Large Collection of Books Printed in Hungary and Other European Countries -- 1865-1943		1865-1943	Not Available	USD 1,625.00
181	Collection of Books of the Chatam Sofer and his Descendants -- 1889-1942		1889-1942	Not Available	USD 175.00
182	Collection of Books By and About the Ramchal -- 1843-1937		1843-1937	Not Available	USD 750.00
183	Three Books by Rabbi Yaakov Sapir -- Even Sapir / Igeret Teiman HaShenit -- 1866-1973		1866-1973	Not Available	USD 187.50
184	Petach Einayim -- Livorno, 1878-1880 -- Seven-Volume Set	Livorno	1878-1880	Not Available	USD 175.00
185	Collection of Books and Periodicals Printed in Germany -- 1806-1947		1806-1947	Not Available	USD 275.00
186	Mishnah Berurah -- Six-Volume Set -- Warsaw, 1920s -- Original Bindings	Warsaw	1920s	Not Available	USD 125.00
187	Chazon Ish -- Vilna, 1911 -- First Book of the Chazon Ish in First Edition	Vilna	1911	Not Available	USD 325.00
188	Mei Naftoach / Divrei David -- St. Petersburg-Leningrad, 1923-1928 -- Dedication of Author -- Two Books Printed by the Rabbi of Leningrad Under the Bolshevik Regime	St. Petersburg-Leningrad	1923-1928	Not Available	USD 125.00
189	HaOreach -- Moses Montefiore's Visit to Vilna -- Konigsberg, 1846	Konigsberg	1846	Not Available	USD 350.00
190	Eizeh Halachot MiYad HaChazakah -- Censored Rambam Published by the Ministry of Education in Tsarist Russia -- St. Petersburg, 1850-1852 -- Four Parts in Six Volumes	St. Petersburg	1850-1852	Not Available	USD 137.50
191	Kesher Amitz -- Instruction for a Shochet -- Cairo, 1945	Cairo	1945	Not Available	USD 75.00
192	Collection of Books by Rabbi Yaakov Emden on the Sabbatean Controversy			Not Available	USD 225.00
193	The Nineteen Letters of Ben Uziel -- Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch -- Altona, 1838 -- Polemics against Reform Judaism	Altona	1838	Not Available	USD 137.50
194	Three Works by German Rabbis, Bound Together -- Addresses Given by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Breuer and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach Rabbi of Lubeck, Including Speech in Memory of Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch -- 1889-1894		1889-1894	Not Available	USD 87.50
195	Hilcheta Rabta LeShabta -- Frampol, 1913 -- Polemical Work Opposing Wigs and Halachic Rulings of the Gaon of Sochatchov -- Only Edition, Rare	Frampol	1913	Not Available	USD 137.50
196	Calendario Hebraico -- Calendar for 1740-1762 -- London, 1740 -- Spanish			Not Available	USD 225.00
197	Toldot Yaakov -- London, 1770 -- Memoir of Tribulations Wandering from Poland to England	London	1770	Not Available	USD 150.00
198	Pnei Aryeh -- Amsterdam, 1790 -- First Edition -- Responsa About a Philanthropist from Philadelphia, United States -- Early Leather Binding, with an Important Signature	Amsterdam	1790	Not Available	USD 225.00
199	Ascamot, or Laws and Regulations of the Jewish Congregation Entitled Shaar HaShamayim -- London, 1831 -- Stamp of Moses Montefiore's Rabbi	London	1831	Not Available	USD 162.50
200	Shirei Tehillah -- London, 1845 -- "Form of Service" at the Installation of Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler	London	1845	Not Available	USD 275.00

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.
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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