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
127

Modaah – Jerusalem, Ca. 1869 – Printed Letter, Signed by Rabbis of Jerusalem and Kollel Officials of Eretz Israel

Jerusalem c. 1869 Not Available USD 475.00
128

Mashmia Shalom – Jerusalem, 1871 – Letters of the Imrei Binah and Officials of the Kollels of Jerusalem, Safed and Tiberias – Split of Kollel Chabad from the Kollels of the Four Holy Cities

Jerusalem 1871 Not Available USD 625.00
129

Emet VeShalom Shiftu BeShaareichem – 1871 – Two Printed Posters – Letters of Rabbis of Tiberias and Safed – Split of Kollel Chabad from the Kollels of the Four Holy Cities

1871 Not Available USD 500.00
130

Mizrach and Amulet "By Two Leaders of the Generation" – Jerusalem, 1870s – Bibliographically Unknown

Jerusalem 1870s Not Available USD 350.00
131 Yaakov Shaul Elyashar

Shir Tehillah – Jerusalem, 1887 – Poem in Praise of Italian Crown Prince Victor Emmanuel III on His Visit to Jerusalem, By Rishon LeTzion Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elyashar

Jerusalem 1887 Not Available USD 375.00
132

Large Assorted Collection of Posters and Notices – Rabbis and Public Institutions in Jerusalem – 1889-1940 – Including Lithographs of Handwritten Letters

Jerusalem 1889-1940 Not Available USD 687.50
133

Collection of Posters and Printed Leaves – Yiddish – Eretz Israel, Europe and United States, 1900s-1950s

Eretz Israel; Europe; United States 1900s-1950s Not Available USD 2,375.00
134

Collection of Posters and Polemics – Rabbi Kook – Jerusalem, 1919-1927

Jerusalem 1919-1927 Not Available USD 575.00
135

Collection of Posters – Public Prayer Services, Public Gatherings, Sermons and Eulogies – Jerusalem, 1920s-1940s

Jerusalem 1920s-1940s Not Available USD 312.50
136

Collection of Books and Booklets – Public Institutions in Jerusalem and Eretz Israel – 1903-1947 – Some Bibliographically Unknown

Jerusalem; Eretz Israel 1903-1947 Not Available USD 500.00
137

Chovat HaDar Ledger in Batei Neitin – Signatures of Prominent Figures of Jerusalem – Jerusalem, 1904-1913

Jerusalem 1904-1913 Not Available USD 875.00
138

Collection of Letters from Around the World – Addressed to Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of Jerusalem – Ca. 1880s-1910s

c. 1880s-1910s Not Available USD 2,375.00
139

Collection of Letters from Around the World – Addressed to the Vaad HaKlali in Jerusalem – Ca. 1920s-1950s

Jerusalem c. 1920s-1950s Not Available USD 2,750.00
140

Large Collection of Letters and Documents – Kollel Officials in Jerusalem – Ca. 1910s-1940s

Jerusalem c. 1910s-1940s Not Available USD 1,375.00
141

Large Collection of Letters and Paper Items – Etz Chaim and Bikur Cholim Institutions in Jerusalem – 1900s-1960s

Jerusalem 1900s-1960s Not Available USD 1,062.50
142

Collection of Letters from the United States and Eretz Israel – Chayei Olam Yeshiva in Jerusalem – Ca. 1920s-1960s

Jerusalem c. 1920s-1960s Not Available USD 625.00
143 Avraham Tzvi Schorr

Collection of Letters and Documents from Archive of Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Schorr, Head of the Beit Din Chassidim in Jerusalem – 1920s-1940s

Jerusalem 1920s-1940s Not Available USD 750.00
144

Collection of Letters, Receipts and Documents – Sephardic Community of Jerusalem – Ca. 1890s-1950s

Jerusalem c. 1890s-1950s Not Available USD 2,125.00
145 Chaim Maman

Manuscript – Ledger of Emissary Rabbi Chaim Maman – Signatures of Rabbis and Important Individuals – Jerusalem and Communities of Greece, Yugoslavia and the Balkans – 1929-1930

Jerusalem; Greece; Yugoslavia; Balkans 1929-1930 Not Available Not Sold
146 Menachem Mendel of Shklow

Kabbalistic Commentary Handwritten by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklow, Disciple of the Vilna Gaon – The Secret of the Ten Days of Repentance

N/A Not Available USD 2,000.00
147

Collection of Documents and Letters – Family of Rabbi Yaakov Posen, Dayan in Frankfurt – 1805-1939

1805-1939 Not Available USD 687.50
148

Collection of Letters – Germany, Central and Western Europe – 1844-1961

Germany; Central Europe; Western Europe 1844-1961 Not Available USD 750.00
149

Collection of Letters – Poland, Lithuania, Galicia and Eastern Europe – 1870s-1930s

Poland; Lithuania; Galicia; Eastern Europe 1870s-1930s Not Available USD 812.50
150 Refael Natan Nata Rabinowitz

Dikdukei Sofrim – Complete Set of All Parts / Two Letters Handwritten and Signed by Author, Rabbi Refael Natan Nata Rabinowitz / Maamar Al Hadpasat HaTalmud / Moreh HaMoreh – Munich-Przemyśl-Mainz, 1868-1897

Munich; Przemyśl; Mainz 1868-1897 Not Available USD 750.00
151 Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz

Shanah Tovah Letter of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – Kamenets, Tishrei 1933

Kamenets 1933 Not Available USD 2,375.00
  • 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.