[Rarebooks] FS: INSCRIBED First of the TOWER COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COLONIAL LAWS & a price guide

[Charles Agvent]

THE CHARLEMAGNE TOWER COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COLONIAL LAWS. 
[Philadelphia]: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania [J. B. Lippincott 
Company], 1890. First Edition. Pebbled black cloth. Quarto; 298 pages. 
Contains a biography of Tower as well as a detailed catalog of American 
Laws. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Tower on the front endpaper and scarce as 
such: "To/D. Mc N. Stauffer Esqre/with the compliments of/Charlemagne 
Tower [?]/9 January 1891./Philadelphia." With the recipient's (David 
McNeely Stauffer) bookplate on the front pastedown. Uncut and largely 
unopened. Near Fine.

David McNeely Stauffer (1845-1913) was an American civil engineer, 
editor, artist, and collector. He worked for several railroads including 
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad until 1876 when he went into 
private practice. He wrote scholarly articles and edited the Engineering 
News. In addition to collecting autographs and illustrations, he 
designed book plates and did pen and ink drawings. (#019917)        $125

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ADAMIAK, Richard. THE LAW BOOK PRICE GUIDE: A Market Value Reference for 
Antiquarian, Out-of-Print and Rare Law Boks and Documents and Other 
Law-Related Materials. Chicago: Richard Adamiak, (1983). First Edition. 
Cloth. Quarto; xvi, 376 pages with index and bibliography. Page-by-page 
reproductions of various catalogs dated 1975 - 1982 from leading 
antiquarian booksellers specializing in the legal field. While the 
prices, of course, are dated, the detailed descriptions are quite 
valuable. The type is often very small but readable. Fine, issued 
without dustwrapper. (#019916)        $75

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