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

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025
Page Size: 378 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201

Collection of Booklets -- Prayer Services for the Installation Ceremonies of the Chief Rabbis of Great Britain -- London, 20th Century

London 20th Century Not Available USD 350.00
202

Two Responsa Booklets by Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky -- World War II -- London, 1940 / 1944 -- Divorce from Husband Suffering from Depression / Woman whose Husband was Killed in War at Sea

London 1940 / 1944 Not Available USD 137.50
203

Collection of Books Printed in the United States -- Chassidic and Homiletic Books -- Ca. 1906-1944

Ca. 1906-1944 Not Available USD 187.50
204

Statutes of the Ashkenazic Chevra Kadisha -- Amsterdam, 1776

Amsterdam 1776 Not Available USD 812.50
205

Two Prayer Booklets -- Amsterdam, 1755 -- After Lisbon Earthquake -- Portuguese Community in Amsterdam

Amsterdam 1755 Not Available USD 525.00
206

Order of Study for Night of Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba -- Spanish -- Amsterdam, 1734 -- Printed for Descendants of Marranos

Amsterdam 1734 Not Available USD 400.00
207

Shir HaShirim and Pirkei Avot, With Ladino and Spanish Translation -- Amsterdam, 1766

Amsterdam 1766 Not Available USD 300.00
208

Shir HaShirim and Pirkei Avot -- French Translation by Rabbi Mardochee Venture -- Nice, 1774 -- Early Leather Binding

Nice 1774 Not Available USD 237.50
209

Bikurei Chinuch -- Textbook for Teaching Hebrew and Fundamentals of Judaism -- Amsterdam, 1809 -- Hebrew and Dutch

Amsterdam 1809 Not Available USD 100.00
210

Sermao Heroico -- Amsterdam, 1809 -- Portuguese Sermon by Rabbi Daniel Cohen d'Azevedo-- Includes Part with Dutch Translation

Amsterdam 1809 Not Available USD 250.00
211

Two Prayer Books for Jewish Soldiers in the French Army in the World Wars -- Paris 1915 / 1939

Paris 1915 / 1939 Not Available USD 475.00
212

Three Talmudic Tractates Printed During the Holocaust -- Budapest-Miskolc, 1941 -- Decorated Title Pages

Budapest-Miskolc 1941 Not Available USD 1,375.00
213

Divrei Yitzchak -- Oradea, 1943 -- First Book of the Minchat Yitzchak, Printed during the Holocaust

Oradea 1943 Not Available USD 125.00
214

Machaneh Avraham -- Munkacs, 1943 -- Original Elaborate Leather Binding with Gilt Dedication from Author Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Unger Who Perished in the Holocaust

Munkacs 1943 Not Available USD 625.00
215

Tractate Nedarim -- Munich, 1946 -- First Post-Holocaust Printing of the Talmud

Munich 1946 Not Available USD 162.50
216

Tehillim -- Vaad Hatzalah -- Munich, 1947 -- Rare Edition -- Pocket Format

Munich 1947 Not Available USD 187.50
217

Collection of Passover Haggadot -- Printed for Holocaust Survivors and American Soldiers

Not Available USD 550.00
218

Five Passover Haggadot -- Printed for She'erit HaPletah in Germany -- Fohrenwald, Ca. 1946

Printed for She'erit HaPletah in Germany Fohrenwald Ca. 1946 Not Available USD 1,375.00
219

Pictorial Review -- Rescue Committee (Vaad Hatzala) in the Displaced Persons Camps, Germany, 1948 -- Handwritten Dedication by R. Nathan Baruch, Head of Vaad Hatzala

Handwritten Dedication by R. Nathan Baruch Head of Vaad Hatzala Not Available USD 350.00
220

Collection of Letters from Students of Novardok and Mir Yeshivas in Exile in Shanghai -- 1945-1946

1945-1946 Not Available USD 525.00
221

Collection of Letters -- Rescue and Immigration to Israel of Novardok Yeshiva Students -- Europe and Eretz Israel, 1940-1956

Europe and Eretz Israel 1940-1956 Not Available USD 400.00
222

Fragment of Manuscript -- Spain, 15th Century

Spain 15th Century Not Available USD 450.00
223

Manuscript, Sermon for Inauguration of Torah School -- Jerusalem, 1851

Jerusalem 1851 Not Available USD 400.00
224

Manuscript -- Divrei Eliyahu, Sermons -- Jerusalem, 19th/20th Century

Jerusalem 19th/20th Century Not Available USD 1,500.00
225

Manuscript, Sermons of Rabbi Shimon Aharon Pesach -- Larissa (Greece), 1864-1866

Larissa (Greece) 1864-1866 Not Available USD 1,000.00
  • 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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