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

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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
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.