Survey Books and Texts for Sale..auction

> Here is the list of books that I said I would post last week.
> I received some emails from posters who did not have a chance to participate in the last offering that I made here. So..
> Here are the terms and conditions for this sale..
> 1.No offers accepted posted to the thread. Only by email through the profile here.
> Place your bid by email only
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> 2.This will be an auction sale. It begins today and ends on Saturday 12-22-12 at 6 pm CENTRAL time.
> I will send out by email BCC to bidders a pdf of current high bid for each item. I will send 3 daily, (morning, noon and nigh)t but at no specific time.
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> 3.The books are separated into 4 Lots. You can instantly buy a Lot for the price listed.
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> 4.You can bid on an individual book but if the Lot sells then that single book auction ends. So there is a cost advantage to buying the lot if the individual book bid rises.
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> 5. All books have been priced in relation to other online sites (Alibris, Amazon, B7N, Abes, Google etc) and by a New Orleans professional book appraiser with 40+ year experience including technical books
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> 6.If you want to see photos of the book or books of your interest. Please email and I will send photos
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> 7.Buyer pays shipping, I pay handling. Terms to be discussed at end of sale.
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> 8. I have the right to terminate any sale.
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> 9. percntage of sale goes to Surveyconnect fund
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> Thanks.. Any questions , please email at arpenteur (dot) la (at) gmail (dot) com
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> Happy Bidding or buying.

Lot 1. -$385.00
A.Surveying Manual – Howard Chapin Ives $60.00
First edition (6,000 printed)
John Wiley and Sons, NY- 1914
Desc. : Near Fine, Blue cloth5” x7”, gilt pages, owners ink name printed on front endpaper with light pencil markings on end papers, endpaper insets are missing – pp296

B. The Farmers’ Land Measurer- James Pedder $75.00
First edition – 1850
Crissy & Markley - Philadelphia
Desc. : Near Fine, Green cloth embossed, 4”x6”, tight binding, no markings, paper lightly foxed- pp144

C. Topographer – His Instruments and Methods – Lewis M. Haupt $150.00
Second edition – 1891
Henry Carey Baird & Co. – Philadelphia
Desc. : Near Fine, Brown cloth embossed cover, 6”x9”, tight binding, owners stamp front and rear endpaper, no other markings, numerous illustrations – pp247

D. Precise Surveying and Geodesy – Mansfield Merriman $100.00
Copyright 1899
John Wiley and Sons, NY- 1907
Desc. : Very Good, Brown Cloth, 6”x9”, bottom slightly bumped, some very light staining on cover, Owner name in ink front end paper, no other markings – pp261

Lot 2- $375.00
A Skelton Boundaries and Adjacent Properties – Ray Hamilton Skelton $200.00
Copyright 1930
Bobbs- Merrill Co. Indianapolis, In
Desc. : Fine -Dark maroon leatherette cloth binding, gold stamping. Owner name/address on front leaf, clean, tight, unmarked. – pp579

B.True Meridian And Law for Surveyors – Samuel G. Barton & Frank Emerson Clark $75.00
Copyright 1936, 1939
International Textbook Co. – Scranton, PA
Desc: Near Fine, Blue Cloth embossed, marble endpapers, no markings – pp120

C.Treatise on the Laws of Surveying and Boundaries – Frank Emerson Clark $100.00
Copyright 1922
Bobbs- Merrill Co. Indianapolis
Desc. : Very Good, Brown Cloth, rubbed and a corners bumped, Cover has some stains- pp631
Owners stamp on front endpaper and small label on spine. Binding slightly loose, no markings

Lot 3- $75.00
A.Surveying - Henry Bouchard $15.00
Third edition (1956)
Copyright 1947, 1940, 1935
International Textbook Co. – Scranton, PA
Desc. : Good, No DJ, green cloth faded and rubbed, 5”x8”, fold out isogonic chart
Owners ink signature on front leaf, rear endpaper split, and no other markings- pp647

B. Survey Measurements and their Analysis – R.B. Buckner $60.00
First edition 1983
Landmark Enterprises, Rancho Cordova, CA
Desc. : Fine, Blue cloth 6”x9”, DJ is slightly chipped, no markings, tight binding pp275

Lot 4 - $250.00
A. PA Report on the Resurvey of the Mason-Dixon Line
Mason –Dixon Line Commission – $100.00
Authorized by the Legislatures of Pennsylvania and Maryland
O.H Tittman, Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wm. Bullock Clark, State Geodesist of Maryland
W.C. Hodgkins, Chief of resurvey
1909 Harrison Publishing Co. – Harrisburg, PA (Government Printers)
Desc. : Good, Black Cloth 6”x9” rubbed, stain on rear cover, endpapers front and rear split
No markings, numerous plates of line and photos, illustrations - pp412

B. History of the Rectangular Survey System – C. Albert White $100.00
Department of the Interior – BLM 1983
Desc: Near Fine, Brown board 9“x12” No markings pp774
Purchased by me in 1986 at the Strand in East Village, NYC

C. Handbook for Arkansas Land Surveyors = Arkansas Geological Commission - $50.00
Second Edition 1981

Best of luck to you Robert. I got a total of ZERO bids for mine on here, and I had no reserve prices on mine.

All of those in my auction and the rest in my library will now be listed at eBay.

Here a few pictues ..

First two are of the Haupy Topographr book showing cover and front plate of the Alleghany- Cheat River
Third of the Pedder The Farmers' Land Measurer
Fourth of the inset map of the Mason- Dixon line book
and finally the cover of the Buckner measurement... book.
I have had some email ask if they could bid on a lot... so why not?
Thanks,

Survey Books and Texts for Sale..auction.Emails

Emails were sent to bidders this morning notifying them of curent bids on items that they placed bids.
Thanks,

auction ends today 12-22-12 at 6pm Central

There have only been a few bids but the auction will end today. No bids have changed in the last 24 hours. If there are new bids, emails will be sent to notify bidders.
Thanks and have a Merry Merry

R