Moreshet Auctions: Winter Auction, 80, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 28, 2025 - January 28, 2025
Page Size: 160 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Facsimiles of the Hebrew Manuscripts of the Library of the Talmud Torah of Livorno -

Livorno 1914 Not Available Not Sold
52

Important and Special Facsimile: Worms Mahzor, Iluminated Manuscrip from the 13th Century -

Jerusalem 1986 Not Available USD 1,250.00
53

Numbered Golden Edition: Magnificent Passover Haggadah Designed by Yaakov Agam - 58 Signed Prints

Paris 1985 Not Available USD 4,500.00
54

Rare! Handwritten Signatue of the Leading Rabbis of Jerusalem, Rabbi Nachum Szadeker and Rabbi Meir Auerbach Author of the Imrei Binah with Reference to Rabbi Eliyahu of Greiditz -

Jerusalem 1862 Not Available USD 3,750.00
55

Polemic! Letter with the Handwritten Signature of Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook about the Explosive Issue of Women's Participation in the Elections -

Jerusalem 1920 Not Available USD 500.00
56

Letter Signed by the Rabbis of Hebron, the Chassid Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Slonim, the Rosh Yeshiva of Torat Emet and the Gaon Rabbi Meir Franco -

Hebron 1922 Not Available USD 250.00
57

Sharp Letter of Protest Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michl Tikuchinsky -

Jerusalem 1923 Not Available Not Sold
58

Lengthy and Special Historical Letter by Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis with References to Maran the Maharitz Dushinsky -

Kalwaria 1937 Not Available USD 593.75
59

Rare! Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv, the Son-in-Law of the Mekubal Baal Haleshem and the Father of the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv -

Not Available USD 406.25
60

Early and Lengthy Halachic Responsum on Matters of Choshen Mishpat Handwritten and Signed by Maran Posek Hador the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv -

1955 Not Available USD 1,875.00
61

Letter of Pure Ahavat Yisrael Handwritten by Rabbi Aryeh Levin -

Jerusalem 1963 Not Available USD 300.00
62

Polemic: Lengthy Halachic Responsum on Dinei Yisrael Mumar Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg to the Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Weltz - with Reference to the Gaon Av Beit Din Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch

Shlita Not Available USD 300.00
63

The Historical Letter with the Original Signatures of Gedolei Yisrael for the Center for Taharat Hamishpacha - Cheshvan

1958 Not Available USD 937.50
64

Sharp Protest against the Tzofar Weekly - with the Handwritten Signatures of the Leading Rabbis of HaEidah HaChareidit

Jerusalem 1980 Not Available USD 500.00
65

The Chazon Ish's Shi'ur for Pidyon Haben and Chilul Me'asrot Handwritten by Him on a Letter by His Disciple Rabbi Zerach Shapira, to a Question by Rabbi Avraham Farbstein the Rosh Yeshiva of Hebron -

Not Available USD 1,375.00
66

Treasure of Pure Daat Torah: Lot of Manuscripts Containing Divrei Torah, Medicine and Personal Matters - Handwritten by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Greinemann

Not Available USD 406.25
67

Lengthy Letter of Divrei Torah with a Story about an Amazing Dream about Maran the Chazon Ish - Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Neimark Author of the Eshel Avraham

Not Available USD 406.25
68

Many Additions and Glosses Handwritten by Maran the Steipler on HIs Book Kehilot Yaakov -

Bnei Brak 1965 Not Available USD 687.50
69

Dedication with Many Blessings Handwritten by Maran the Steipler on His Book Kehilat Yaakov -

Bnei Berak 1966 Not Available USD 375.00
70

The Gedolei Torah In-Laws and Regards from the Great Son-in-Law: Letter with Divrei Torah by Maran the Steipler Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky to His In-Law the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv -

Bnei Brak 1956 Not Available USD 2,000.00
71

The Son-in-Law Sar HaTorah to His Father-in-Law Posek Hador: Letter with Divrei Torah by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky to His Father-in-Law the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv -

Not Available USD 2,750.00
72

Microfilm with the Full First Edition of Sefer Raziel Hamalach, which was Used by Maran Sar HaTorah the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky -

Not Available USD 1,625.00
73

Two Notations of "Mugeh". Shemirat HaLashon First Edition and Additional First and Important Editions of Books by the Chafetz Chaim which he Published in His Lifetime -

Not Available USD 375.00
74

Notation of Mugeh and the Price of the Book Handwritten by Rabbeinu the Chofetz Chaim on His Book Shem Olam - First Edition Warsaw

1895-1897 Not Available Not Sold
75

Bibliographically Unknown: a Coiple of Issued of the HaChaim Monthly Journal -

Published by Students of the Beit Yosef Novhardok Yeshiva. Ostrovtza 1932 Not Available USD 500.00
  • Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: The New-England Primer Improved. For the more easy attaining the true reading of English. Boston: Printed and Sold by John Boyles, 1770. EXTREMELY RARE AMERICAN PRIMER.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Lansford W. Hastings. The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California. Cincinnati. George Conclin, 1845. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, 1951. first edition, a fine copy, in an unrestored first issue dust jacket.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. THE VERY FINE A.E NEWTON COPY.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. K. Rowling. Only known complete set of full unbound imposed sheets for the First Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility: A Novel in Three Volumes. By a Lady. London: for the author by C. Roworth and published by T. Egerton, 1811. FIRST EDITION IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. First Editions, First Impressions. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954-1955. A VERY FINE SET.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Declaration of Independence. In: The Pennsylvania Ledger: Or the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey Weekly Advertiser. Philadelphia: James Humphreys, No. LXXVII, 13 July 1776.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: William Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO.
    Heritage Auctions, May 8-9: Frank Herbert. Dune. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, 1965. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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