Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art, 108, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026
Page Size: 241 items in 10 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27

Large-Format Esther Scroll – Israel, 20th Century

Israel 20th Century Not Available USD 1,125.00
28

Esther Scroll – Israel, 20th Century

Israel 20th Century Not Available USD 1,125.00
29

Parchment Scroll – The Book of Ruth – Jerusalem, Early 20th Century

Jerusalem Early 20th Century Not Available USD 1,500.00
30

Parchment Scroll – Kohelet – Jerusalem, Early 20th Century

Jerusalem Early 20th Century Not Available USD 937.50
31

Mishlei with Latin Translation – Basel, 1524 – Old Leather Binding

Basel 1524 Not Available USD 1,875.00
32

Trei Asar – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1595 – Interleaved Copy with Many Handwritten Inscriptions – Early Parchment Binding from Latin Liturgical Music Manuscript

Frankfurt an der Oder 1595 Not Available USD 1,062.50
33

Torah, Neviim Rishonim and Divrei HaYamim – Geneva, 1617-1618 – Pocket Format

Geneva 1617-1618 Not Available USD 937.50
34

Two Miniature Chumashim – Venice, 16th/17th Century – Original Leather Binding

Venice 16th/17th Century Not Available USD 375.00
35

Tehillim – Leiden, 1637 – Early Leather Binding

Leiden 1637 Not Available USD 812.50
36

Five Books of the Torah, Tikun Sofrim – Amsterdam, 1666 – Illustrated Title Page – Special Copy with Printed Dedication to Rabbi and Printer R. Avraham Yitzchak Castilo

Amsterdam 1666 Not Available USD 3,500.00
37

Five Books of the Torah – Amsterdam, 1700-1701 – Original Decorated Leather Binding – Small Format

Amsterdam 1700-1701 Not Available USD 1,625.00
38

Magishei Minchah – Neviim Rishonim and Acharonim – Amsterdam, 1726 – Elaborate Copy with Especially Wide Margins and Original Wood and Leather Binding

Amsterdam 1726 Not Available USD 875.00
39

Tikun Sofrim with Haftarot – Amsterdam, 1726 – Illustrated Title Pages, With Engravings by Bernard Picart – Fine Copy in Elaborate Original Leather Binding, Adorned with Silver Clasps

Amsterdam 1726 Not Available USD 2,750.00
40

Tikun Sofrim – Five Books of the Torah with Haftarot – Amsterdam, 1751 – Fine Set with Original Leather Bindings – Copy of Asher Goldsmid of London, Father of Sir Isaac Goldsmid (First Jewish Baronet of England)

Amsterdam 1751 Not Available USD 2,750.00
41

Five Books of the Torah – Published by Soncino Society – Berlin, 1930s

Berlin 1930s Not Available USD 1,625.00
42

Yiddish Bible – Printed by Uri Phoebus – Amsterdam, 1676-1679 – Includes Leaf with Censor's Apologia and Haftarah Chart – One of First Yiddish Bible Translations

Amsterdam 1676-1679 Not Available USD 1,500.00
43

Yiddish Bible – Printed by Yosef Athias – Amsterdam, 1679 – Rare First Edition, Unavailable to Modern Bibliographers

Amsterdam 1679 Not Available USD 4,250.00
44

Tzenah URenah – With Woodcuts – Amsterdam, 1782 – With Shacharit and Musaf Prayers for Shabbat

Amsterdam 1782 Not Available USD 937.50
45

Tzenah URenah – Amsterdam, 1711 – Notable Inscriptions on Death and Burial of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Amsterdam (Son-in-Law of the Chacham Tzvi) and Interesting Story of Miraculous Incident on a Ship

Amsterdam 1711 Not Available USD 687.50
46

Seder Tefillot LeYoshev Tehillot – Siddur with Tehillim and Kinot – Amsterdam, 1705 – Illustrated Title Pages – Early Leather Binding

Amsterdam 1705 Not Available USD 2,750.00
47

Order of Five Fast Days – Amsterdam, 1712 – Miniature Format – Early Leather Binding

Amsterdam 1712 Not Available USD 475.00
48

Tefillat Yesharim – Arizal Siddur (Sephardic Rite) – Amsterdam, 1740 – Original Leather Binding

Amsterdam 1740 Not Available USD 625.00
49

Festival Machzor – Amsterdam, 1740 – Miniature Format – Poem by Ramchal – Original Leather Binding

Amsterdam 1740 Not Available USD 1,750.00
50

Year-Round Selichot According to the Polish Rite – Amsterdam, 1751 – Copy Belonging to Mary Keyser of London and Her Son-in-Law Asher Goldsmid, Father of Sir Isaac Goldsmid (First Jewish Baronet of England)

Amsterdam 1751 Not Available USD 1,500.00
51

Elul and High Holidays Machzor Set – Carpentras and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Rite – Amsterdam, 1763-1766 – With Handwritten Sermons – Early Bindings

Amsterdam 1763-1766 Not Available USD 1,625.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000