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

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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
1 ALBARGELONI, YITZHAK.

Seder Azharoth [piyutim for Shavu'oth].

 Jerusalem 1842 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
2 (ALEPPO).

SHEM TOV IBN FALAQUERA.

Aleppo 1867 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
3 (ALEPPO).

Shivchei Ha'Ari [biography of R. Yitzhak Luria]. Edited with an introduction and notes by Shaul Dayan.

Aleppo 1872 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4 (ALEPPO).

Shalom Hedaya. Shalom La'Am.

Aleppo 1896 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
5 ALGAZI, YOM TOV.

Kedushath Yom Tov [commentary to Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, with sermons: Yom Tov DeRabanan].

Jerusalem 1843 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
6 ALMOSNINO, MOSHE.

Pirkei Moshe [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers].

Salonika 1563 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
7 ALSHEICH, MOSHE.

Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa].

Venice 1605 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
8 (AMULET).

Adam veChava Chutz Lilith ["Adam and Eve - excluding Lilith."]

Central/Eastern Europe c. 1750 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00
9 (AMULET).

Shemirah LeBayith U'Leyoledeth.

Jerusalem 1863 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
10 ARAMA, YITZCHAK.

Yad Avshalom [commentary to the Book of Proverbs - Mishlei, with text].

(Constantinople c. 1565). USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
11 ASCHKENAZI, ELIEZER BEN ELIYAHU HA'ROPHE.

Ma'asei Hashem [commentary to the Six Days of Creation, Ethics of the Fathers, the Passover Hagadah (with text) and various Biblical portions].

Venice 1583 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
12 AUSCHENBERG, SHIMON.

Devek Tov [super-commentary to Rashi on the Chumash].

Lublin (1600-07). USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
13 AVIEZER BEN YITZCHAK OF TITKIN.

Sha'arei Tzedek LeZera Yitzchak [Kabbalistic treatises].

Jerusalem 1843 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 343.75
14 (AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID). (The Chid'a).

Eliyahu ibn Chaim of Constantinople (RANa"CH). Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa].

Constantinople c. 1610. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
15 AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID.

(The Chid'a). Devash L'Fi [alphabetic, encyclopedic, mystical work].

Livorno 1801 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
16 AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEF DAVID.

(Chid'a). Ma'agal Tov HaShalem [travel diary].

Berlin & Jerusalem 1921 & 1934. USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 87.50
17 BENJAMIN OF TUDELA.

Masa'oth shel Rabi Benyamin [travel].

 Amsterdam 1698 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
18 BERMAN, YITZCHAK.

Sepher Chidushei Yitzchak ben Pinchas.

Koenigsberg 1856 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
19 (BIBLE).

Chumash - Five Megiloth - Haphtaroth.

Venice 1588-89. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
20 (BIBLE).

Psalterium Harmonicum.

Nuremberg 1602 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
21 (BIBLE).

Psalmis Davidis Hebraici [Tehilim].

Leiden 1615 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
22 (BIBLE).

Psalmi Davidis [Tehillim].

 Franeker (Friesland, the Netherlands) 1646 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
23 (BIBLE).

Esrim Ve'Arba - Biblia Testamenti Veteris.

Frankfurt a/Main 1677 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
24 (BIBLE).

Sepher Tehillim...Sepher Kinoth [Psalms and Lamentations].

 Cambridge (England) 1685 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 218.75
25 (BIBLE).

Sepher Tehillim - Liber Psalmorum.

 Utrecht 1688 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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