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

Auction Details

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
254 (LILIEN, E. M).

Brieger, Lothar.

Berlin-Vienna 1922 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 62.50
255

Shana Tova - Jewish New Year multi-fold 'postcard' featuring three large fold-out elements containing black-and-white photographic and pictorial portraits, landscapes and scenes relating to Eretz Israel, the Bible, Jewish history and culture. Each caption

 New York 1897 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
256 RABAN, ZE'EV.

Shir HaShirim - Song of Songs.

Berlin 1923 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
257 RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER.

Shtetl. Mein Choruver Heim: A Gedekenish ["My Destroyed Home: A Memorial."]

 Berlin 1923 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
258 (SHABTHAI TZVI).

Nathan of Gaza. Bust, profile. Titled below: "Le Vray Portraiet de Nathan Levi Nouveau Prophete des Juifs, ne en la ville de Gasa"

1679 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
259 THIELMANN, WILHELM.

Aus der Synagoge.

 (Frankfurt a/Main) c. 1900. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
260

Sepher Tehillim - The Book of Psalmes.

London 1688 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
261

Biblia en dos Colunas - Hebrayco y Espanol.

Amsterdam 1762 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
262

Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures.

Philadelphia 1878 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
263 BRANDON, BENJAMIN DIAS.

Oroth HaMitzvoth. [rationales for the 613 precepts].

Amsterdam, 1753 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
264 CHAIM SHABTHAI (MaHaRCHa"SH).

Torath Chaim [responsa]. Parts I, II and III (complete).

Salonika 1713, 1715 and 1722. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,000.00
265 FARISSOL, ABRAHAM.

Igereth Orchoth Olam - Itinera Mundi.

Oxford, 1691 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
266 DEINARD, EPHRAIM.

Milchamah LaShem Ba'Amalek

Newark 1892 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
267 DEINARD, EPHRAIM.

Crescas, Hasdai. Bitul Ikarei HaNotzrim [refutation of Christian Principles]. With introduction by Deinard.

Kearny 1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
268 DEINARD, EPHRAIM.

Cherev Lashem Ule'Yisrael [refutation of Prof. Yoseph Klausner's "Yeshu Hanotzri."]

St. Louis 1923 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 156.25
269 TZVI HIRSCH (MARCUS) OF ILFELD.

Divrei Negidim [history, especially of Batavia, Dutch East Indies].

Amsterdam 1799 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
269A

The New Jamaica Almanack and Register, Calculated to the Meridian of the Island for the Year of our Lord 1797.

Saint Jago de la Vega (Spanish Town, Jamaica) 1796 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
270 MONIS, JUDAH.

Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue. Being an Essay to Bring the Hebrew Grammar into English to Facilitate the Instruction of All Those who are Desirous of Acquiring a Clear Idea of this Primitive Tongue by their Own Studies...Published

 Boston 1735 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,750.00
271 PIKE, SAMUEL.

A Compendious Hebrew Lexicon. Adapted to the English Language.

Cambridge 1802 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
272 ROY, W. L.

A Complete Hebrew and English Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary... Containing all the Words in the Holy Bible... Together with Their Derivation Literal and Etymological Meaning... and Illustrated by Numerous Citations from the Targums, Talmud and Cognat

 New York 1837 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
273 GRATZ, REBECCA.

Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to her sister Rachel Gratz.

New York 1804 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,500.00
274 HOROWITZ, JONATHAN.

Mock and Absurd Philosophy, or A Word to the Reasonable. By One Who Salutes All.

Boston 1811 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
275 GOMEZ, ISAAC.

Selections of a Father for the Use of His Children.

New York 1820 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
276 DWIGHT, SERENO EDWARDS.

The Hebrew Wife: or The Law of Marriage Examined in Relation to the Lawfulness of Polygamy and to the Extent of the Law of Incest.

New York 1836 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
277 TWAIN, MARK.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XCIX.

New York 1899 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 750.00
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