• Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD

Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items, 99b, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 05, 2024 - November 05, 2024
Page Size: 95 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
181

Shaarei Teshuvah by Rabbeinu Yonah Gerondi -- Cracow, 1581 -- Fine Copy

Cracow 1581 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
182

Responsa Tashbetz -- Amsterdam, 1738-1739 -- Fine Copy with Original Decorated "Fish-Skin" Binding -- First Edition -- Variant with Seven Title Pages

Amsterdam 1738-1739 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
183 Rabbi Eliyahu ibn Chaim

Responsa of Rabbi Eliyahu ibn Chaim -- Constantinople, Ca. 1610 -- Copy of Rabbi Aryeh Leib, Rabbi of Amsterdam (Son-in-Law of the Chacham Tzvi) and His Son Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Berlin

Constantinople, Ca.1610 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,250.00
184

Ir Miklat (Liska) -- Ungvar, 1871 -- Copy of Rebbe Yeshayah of Kerestir

Ungvar 1871 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
185

Responsa Torat Chaim (Maharchash) -- Three Parts -- Thessaloniki, 1713-1722 -- Distinguished Copy: Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Heller, Rabbi Yehudah Grunwald Rabbi of Satmar, and Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar

Thessaloniki 1713-1722 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,000.00
186

Three Books Printed in Thessaloniki -- From the Library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar

Thessaloniki USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,250.00
187

Five Books from the Library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar -- With Original Bindings from the Rebbe's Library

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,375.00
188

Maavar Yabok / Chibat Yerushalayim / Kaftor VaFerach -- Three Books from the Library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,500.00
189

Or LaYesharim Sephardic-Rite Siddur -- Zhitomir, 1867/1869? -- Copy of Rabbi Moshe Wolfson, Rabbi of Emunat Yisrael -- Author of Emunat Itecha, VaAni Tefillah and Likutei Orot

Zhitomir 1867/1869? USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,875.00
190

Meor Einayim (Chernobyl) -- First Edition -- Slavita, 1798

Slavita 1798 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,500.00
191

Menachem Tzion (Rimanov) -- First Edition -- Segulah for Livelihood -- Czernowitz, 1851 -- Fine Copy

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,875.00
192

Divrei Chaim (Sanz) -- Zhovkva, 1864 -- First Edition, Printed Anonymously in Author's Lifetime -- Copy of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Weinberger, Rabbi of Kleinwardein

Zhovkva 1864 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
193

Tehillim -- Safed, 1833 -- Printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak

Safed 1833 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
194

Avodat HaKodesh -- Jerusalem, 1841 -- First Book Printed in Jerusalem -- Fine Copy

Jerusalem 1841 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
195

Alot HaBrit -- Jerusalem, 1878 -- Poster of Maharil Diskin's Ban Against the Haskalah Schools -- Rare First Edition of Poster -- With Over 270 Signatures of Jerusalem Rabbis

Jerusalem 1878 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,250.00
196

Hebron Community Pinkas -- 1884-1915 -- With Signatures of Leading Rabbis of the City -- Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, Rabbi Rachamim Yosef Franco, the Sedei Chemed and Others -- Important Manuscript for the History of the Jewish Community in Hebron

1884-1915 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
197 Rabbi David Tevele

Manuscript Booklet -- Halachic Responsa of Rabbi David Tevele, the Nachalat David -- Stowbtsy, 1849 -- With His Signature

Stowbtsy 1849 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,625.00
198 the Chafetz Chaim

Letter of Blessings from the Chafetz Chaim -- To Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky -- Radin, 1932

Radin 1932 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
199 the Rogatchover, Rabbi Yosef Rosen

Interesting Letter from the Rogatchover, Rabbi Yosef Rosen -- Russia, Tamuz 1920

Russia, Tamuz 1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
200 Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman

Responsa Letter from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman, Rabbi of Hlusk (Father-in-Law of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz) -- Hlusk, Ca. 1880s

Hlusk, Ca.1880s USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,750.00
201 Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz

Torah Letter from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz -- Hlusk, 1897 -- Response from His Uncle Rabbi Yisrael Yehonatan Yerushalimsky

Hlusk 1897 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
202 Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz

Lengthy Letter and Shanah Tovah Blessings from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz -- Kamenets, Elul 1933

Kamenets, Elul 1933 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,000.00
203 Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Shkop

Letter of Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Shkop, Dean of Grodno Yeshiva -- Nisan, 1933 -- Blessings for the Pesach Holiday and Request to Rescue the Yeshiva During an International Financial Crisis -- "For One Who Lives Has Hope -- And G-d Has Salvation..."

Nisan 1933 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
204 Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Letter of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Druskininkai, 20th Elul 1932 -- On the Aid Packages to Russia and the Chafetz Chaim's Signing of a Relevant Announcement -- With Shanah Tovah Blessings

Druskininkai, 20th Elul 1932 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,375.00
205 Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Letter of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Vilna, 3rd Tishrei 1932 -- On the Proposal of the Rebbe Rayatz to Establish a Global Center for Aid Packages to Russia -- With Shanah Tovah Blessings

Vilna, 3rd Tishrei 1932 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
  • Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
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