Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books company logo
Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • About Us
  • Browse
  • Catalogues
  • Events
  • Contact
Cart
0 items $
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu

19th Century and Earlier

  • All
  • Bindings
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • Book Arts
    • Recent Acquisitions
    • Artist's Books
    • Books About Books
    • Papermaking
    • Typography
  • Children's Materials
    • Recent Acquisitions
    • 19th Century and Earlier
    • 20th Century and Later
    • Chapbooks
    • Pop Ups and Movables
  • Fine Press
    • Recent Acquisitions
    • The Americas
    • Britain and Ireland
    • Continental Europe
  • Illustration
    • Recent Acquisitions
    • 19th Century and Earlier
    • 20th Century and Later
    • Edward Gorey
    • Original Art
    • Posters and Prints
  • Literature
    • Recent Acquisitions
    • 19th Century and Earlier
    • 20th Century and Later
    • Signed
  • Miniature Books
    • Recent Acquisitions
    • 19th Century and Earlier
    • 20th Century and Later
    • Micro-miniatures
  • Social Justice
    • Recent Acquisitions
  • A Political Ode with ALS by which it was attributed, text by Lord Byron. Letter in Byron's hand
    Lord Byron
    A Political Ode. With the ALS by which the poem is attributed to Byron, 1812, 1880
    London: John Pearson
    The only copy printed in quarto, with original Byron ALS.
    $ 18,500.00 Sold
    View more details
    Lord Byron, A Political Ode. With the ALS by which the poem is attributed to Byron, 1812, 1880
    Sold
    $ 18,500.00
  • Autograph manuscript for a book review by George Sand. Signed page
    George Sand
    Autograph Manuscript for a Book Review, (c. 1863-1878)
    $ 8,500.00 Sold
    View more details
    George Sand, Autograph Manuscript for a Book Review, (c. 1863-1878)
    Sold
    $ 8,500.00
  • Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Inscription
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, 1848
    Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company
    Inscribed by Longfellow. One of fifty copies of the large paper edition.
    $ 4,500.00 Sold
    View more details
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, 1848
    Sold
    $ 4,500.00
  • Heures Nouvelles: Gros Caractères Ornées de Gravure. Interior page.
    Heures Nouvelles: Gros Caractères Ornées de Gravure, (1816)
    Paris: Janet
    First edition, deluxe issue.
    $ 750.00 Sold
    View more details
    Heures Nouvelles: Gros Caractères Ornées de Gravure, (1816)
    Sold
    $ 750.00
  • Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux by L'Abbe Prevost. Interior page.
    L'Abbe Prevost
    Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux, (1840)
    Paris: C. Marpon et E. Flammarion
    $ 200.00 Sold
    View more details
    L'Abbe Prevost, Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux, (1840)
    Sold
    $ 200.00
  • Le Gentil-Bernard. Front glass bound cover.
    Le Gentil-Bernard, (c. 1830)
    Paris: Louis Janet
    View more details
  • Merit. A Poem by Henry Jones. Title page
    Henry Jones
    Merit. A Poem, 1753
    London: R. and J. Dodsley
    First edition.
    $ 950.00 Sold
    View more details
    Henry Jones, Merit. A Poem, 1753
    Sold
    $ 950.00
  • Paul et Virginie by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Binding
    Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
    Paul et Virginie, 1816
    Paris: Deterville
    $ 200.00 Sold
    View more details
    Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie, 1816
    Sold
    $ 200.00
  • Wilde, Oscar, Poems in Prose & the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1974
    Wilde, Oscar
    Poems in Prose & the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1974
    (Pownal, VT) Mason Hill Press
    One of 120 copies.
    $ 850.00 Sold
    View more details
    Wilde, Oscar, Poems in Prose & the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1974
    Sold
    $ 850.00
  • Reynard the Fox in South Africa; or, Hottentot Fables and Tales by W. H. I. Bleek. Binding
    W. H. I. Bleek
    Reynard the Fox in South Africa; or, Hottentot Fables and Tales, 1864
    London: Trübner and Co.
    $ 300.00 Sold
    View more details
    W. H. I. Bleek, Reynard the Fox in South Africa; or, Hottentot Fables and Tales, 1864
    Sold
    $ 300.00
  • The Complete Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Title-page spread
    Izaak Walton
    The Complete Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation., 1825
    London: William Pickering
    $ 300.00 Sold
    View more details
    Izaak Walton, The Complete Angler; or the Contemplative Man's Recreation., 1825
    Sold
    $ 300.00
  • The Roots of the Mountain by William Morris. Cover boards.
    William Morris
    The Roots of the Mountains, 1890
    London: Reeves & Turner
    First edition. One of 250 copies on Whatman paper.
    $ 2,500.00 Sold
    View more details
    William Morris, The Roots of the Mountains, 1890
    Sold
    $ 2,500.00
  • The Social Monitor. Title page
    David Hitchcock
    The Social Monitor; or, A Series of Poems on Some of the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 1812
    Stockbridge, MA: H. Willard
    $ 300.00 Sold
    View more details
    David Hitchcock, The Social Monitor; or, A Series of Poems on Some of the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 1812
    Sold
    $ 300.00
  • The Stranger in Lowell by John Greenleaf Whittier. Front cover
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    The Stranger in Lowell, 1845
    Boston: Waite, Peirce and Company
    First edition. Accompanied by an ALS from Whittier's brother, dated September 3, 1845.
    $ 650.00 Sold
    View more details
    John Greenleaf Whittier, The Stranger in Lowell, 1845
    Sold
    $ 650.00
  • Vocabulaire Français-Arabe (Dialecte Vulgaire de l'Egypte) by H. de Vaujany, edited by Moustapha-Bey Radouan. Title page.
    H. De Vaujany; Moustapha-Bey Radouan (ed.)
    Vocabulaire Français-Arabe (Dialecte Vulgaire de l'Egypte), 1884
    Le Caire: Imprimerie Nationale de Boulaq
    Second edition.
    $ 175.00 Sold
    View more details
    H. De Vaujany; Moustapha-Bey Radouan (ed.), Vocabulaire Français-Arabe (Dialecte Vulgaire de l'Egypte), 1884
    Sold
    $ 175.00
  • [Poems] by Sir Walter Scott. Spines of all six volumes.
    Sir Walter Scott
    [Poems], c. 1900
    NY: Frederick A. Stokes
    $ 275.00 Sold
    View more details
    Sir Walter Scott, [Poems], c. 1900
    Sold
    $ 275.00

Terms of Sale

Privacy Policy

Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books

607 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116

617-247-2818 | connect@salmonrarebooks.com

Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Send an email
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences