• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000

Moreshet Auctions: Fall Auction, 87, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025
Page Size: 296 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Rabbeinu Baruch ben Rabbi Yitzchak -

Yesod - First Edition of Sefer Haterumah - by Rabbeinu Baruch ben Rabbi Yitzchak - Venice, 1523 - Interesting Chassidic Signature

Venice 1523 Not Available USD 500.00
2

Yesod! Rav Alfas on the Tractates of Yevamot and Ketubot - First Edition of the Tosefta and Second Edition of the Rif Bomberg Press Venice, 1522 - Incomplete Copy with Handwritten Glosses

Venice 1522 Not Available USD 875.00
3

The Treasures of Venice - Encient Masechet Tmurah - Printed by Daniel Bomberg - Venice, 1528 - Second Edition

Venice 1528 Not Available USD 6,875.00
4

Sefer Yesod: Rare Post-Incunabula Book: First Edition of the Commentary of Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi [the Re'em] on Rashi on the Torah - Venice, 1527

Venice 1527 Not Available USD 593.75
5

Collection of Volumes of the Miniature Edition of Torah Neviim and Ketuvim - Robertus Stephanus Press Paris, 1544-1546

Paris 1544-1546 Not Available Not Sold
6 Rabbi Bahya -

Bei'ur al HaTorah by Rabbi Bahya - Venice, 1544 Incomplete Copy

Venice 1544 Not Available USD 137.50
7 the Radak.

In a Fine Ancient Leather Binding: Sefer HaShorashim by the Radak. Bomberg Press Venice 1546.

Venice 1546 Not Available Not Sold
8

Sefer Yesod: Issur Veheiter - First Edition - Ferrara, 1555 Incomplete Copy with Handwritten Completions and Glosses

Ferrara 1555 Not Available Not Sold
9 Rabbi Yosef ben Gikatilla - Single Edition

Rare! Bei'ur Moreh Nevochim by Rabbi Yosef ben Gikatilla - Single Edition Venice, 1574 Incomplete Copy

Venice 1574 Not Available USD 75.00
10

Early and Rare Edition of the Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat - Juan de Gara - Venice, 1594

Venice 1594 Not Available Not Sold
11

Sefer Yesod! With the Rare Leaf of Approbations: SEfer Hayashar - First Edition Venice, 1625

Venice 1625 Not Available USD 125.00
12 Rabbi Avraham Azulai.

Kabbalistic Sefer Yesod: Chessed LeAvraham by Rabbi Avraham Azulai - First Edition. Amsterdam, 1685 Ancient Signatures

Amsterdam 1685 Not Available USD 625.00
13

Sefer Yesod! Signatures and a Lengthy Handwritten Gloss: Shut Avodat Hagershoni - First Edition Frankfurt am Main, 1699

Frankfurt am Main 1699 Not Available USD 250.00
14

Yesod and Pedigreed - Knesset Hagedolah Yoreh Deah - Kushta, 1716 - Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Elyakim Getshlik Av Beit Din of Menheim - and Rabbi Ben Zion Ettlinger the Aruch Laner's Son

Kushta 1716 Not Available USD 250.00
15 Rabbeinu Mano'ach

Fine Copy! Sefer Yesod: Sefer Hamenuchah by Rabbeinu Mano'ach - First Edition, 1718

1718 Not Available USD 406.25
16

Sefer Yesod! Orach Mishor - First Edition Berlin, 1723

1723 Not Available Not Sold
17 Rabbi Yonah Landsofer

Fine Copy with a Handwritten Gloss: Shut Me'il Tzeddakah by Rabbi Yonah Landsofer - First Edition Prague, 1756

Prague 1756 Not Available Not Sold
18

Sefer Yesod: Zichron Yosef with the Sharp Introduction against Chassidut - First Edition Furth 1773

Furth 1773 Not Available Not Sold
19

Sefer Yesod: Sidrei Tahara - First Edition Berlin, 1783

Berlin 1783 Not Available Not Sold
20

Pedigreed Sefer Yesod! First Edition of Sefer Ketzot Hachoshen - Signatures of the Admor Rabbi Moshe Deutsch of Sighet and the Mekubal Rabbi Chaim Sethon of Safed - Lemberg, 1788

Lemberg 1788 Not Available USD 500.00
21 Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida -

Yesod - Chida - Sefer Vaad Lachachamim and Tov Ayin - by Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida - Livorno, 1796 - First Edition in the Author's Lifetime!

Livorno 1796 Not Available USD 1,062.50
22 Rabbeinu Yaakov Loberbaum of Lisa -

Yesod - First Ediiton of Netivot Hamishpat - the Famed Work by Rabbeinu Yaakov Loberbaum of Lisa - Zholkva, 1809

Zholkva 1809 Not Available USD 250.00
23

Sefer Yesod! The Natziv's Commentary on the Torah: Complete Set of Chamisha Chumshei Torah Ha'amek Davar - First Edition Vilna, 1879 with the Siddur at Its End

Vilna 1879 Not Available USD 250.00
24

Partial Set of the First Edition of Sefer Aruch HaShulchan Printed in Its Author's Lifetime - Warsaw / Piotrkow, 1884-1908

Warsaw / Piotrkow 1884-1908 Not Available Not Sold
25

Complete Set of the First Edition of the Small-Format Vilna Shas: Talmud Bavli - Published by the Rom Widow and Brothers - Vilna, 1897

Vilna 1897 Not Available Not Sold
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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
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  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic