THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR

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SCARCE NEW YORK SURVEY

Final Results of the Triangulation of the New York State Survey, Together with a Description of the Methods Employed, Also, the Eleventh Annual Report of the Commissioners of the State Survey, (Albany, 1887), 9.3” x 11.6”, leather binding with gilt pages, 214 pages, 7 folded map plates, 6 full-page instrument plates on heavy cardstock, complete with the interior appearing to be unused. Some mild darkening to paper and moderate scuffing to edges of leather exterior. The spine is imprinted in gold letters New York State Survey. $300

CHARLES DAVIES

Davies' Surveying was written for the Military Academy. It became the most popular school text and professional handbook during the mid-19th century. The U.S. General Land Office extracted information from Davies' text directly into its 1855 Manual of Surveying Instructions. The book was first published in 1830. There are six versions of the book with changing titles. These different versions appeared in 1830, 1835, 1841, 1851, 1870, and 1883. There were several intervening reprints.
DAVIES, Charles, Elements of Surveying and Navigation, revised ed., (New York, 1847), 5.2" x 8.2", 188 pages of text plus 171 pages of tables and 6 folding plates; original calf binding showing cracking to rear hinge and front cover is re-attached by old glue; text and plates in good condition except for foxing and light moisture staining. $SOLD

INSTRUMENT MANUALS AND CATALOGS

AMERICAN BLUEPRINT PAPER CO., Catalog, (Chicago, 1921), 6” x 9”, 384 pages, fully illustrated catalog of surveying and drafting items, cardboard covers, good condition. This supply house was owned by Jacob and Charles Bruning who later had similar businesses under other names. SOLD

BERGER, C.L. & SONS, Hand-Book and Illustrated Catalogue of the Engineers’ and Surveyors’ Instruments of Precision made by C.L. Berger & Sons, (Boston, 1907), 6” x 9”, 212 pages plus advertising, complete as to text which is in pretty decent shape and the cover boards are attached although badly deteriorated with creases and portions missing. This has all the information about Berger instruments but is considered a reader copy only. SOLD

BERGER, C.L. & SONS, Catalog B, Berger Engineering, Surveying and Mining Instruments of Precision, (Boston, 1928), 6.2" x 9.5", 140 pages, color litho of transit instrument on frontispiece; b&w illustrations throughout; generally good condition or better although the front end paper shows 2 folds and there is light foxing to some pages. SOLD

BRUNSON, Catalog Number 1, (Kansas City, n.d., c. 1980’s), 8.5” x 11.0”, 55 pages, cardstock covers, good condition, indicating 50 years of service. Shows surveying instruments and tools made by Lietz & Sokkisha, Gurley, David White, Nikon, and Brunson. $25

CARL ZEISS, Level Ni2 with Automatic Levelling Compensator, Instructions for Use, (Germany, n.d.), 5.4” x 4.1”, 19 pages, good condition. SOLD

CUBIC CORPORATION, Instruction Manual for Electrotape Model DM-20 Distance Measuring Equipment (Electronic), (San Diego, n.d., c. 1960’s), 11.4” x 9.2”, about 93 pages including some that are oversized and folded. Cardstock covers with plastic tab strip binding. $25

DAVID WHITE CO., Bulletin No. 1050 Instruments for Engineers, Surveyors and Builders, (Milwaukee, n.d., c. 1950), 6” x 9”, 40 pages, cardstock covers, good condition. $20

EUGENE DIETZGEN CO., Catalogue of Eugene Dietzgen Co. Drawing Materials and Surveying Instruments, 9th ed., (Chicago & other cities, 1912), 4.4” x 6.3”, 555 pages fully illustrated, one page has a couple of 1” tears resulting from someone’s efforts to separate two joined pages, otherwise good. SOLD

EUGENE DIETZGEN CO., A Catalog of Drafting and Surveying Supplies, 17th ed., (Chicago, 1955), 592 pages plus separate price list. Nice condition. SOLD

GURLEY, W. & L.E.., A Manual of the Principal Instruments used in American Engineering and Surveying, 39th edition, (Troy, N.Y. 1905-1906), 4.6" X 6.8", 446 pages including 251 pages of text and a detailed 195 page price list. Nice condition although noting that the inside of the covers shows cracking to the paper indicating it was once bent too far. SOLD

GURLEY, W. & L.E., CO., Manual of Gurley Hydraulic Engineering Instruments, 1st ed., (Troy, NY, 1918), 139 pages plus separate price list; includes sections on the construction and use of current meters and water stage registers, and selection and location of gauging stations; numerous illustrations. SOLD

HILGER & WATTS LIMITED, Watts Vernier and Micrometer Theodolites, Instructions for Use, Publication CS 3/2, (London, n.d., c. early 1950’s), 4.7” x 7.2”, 12 pages, green cardstock covers, together with a Hilger & Watts company letter dated July 25, 1955 to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture advising on the date of a particular vernier theodolite. The booklet has some visible folding and tearing damage plus tape residue but it complete to text. $10

KERN & CO., LTD., A 15-page brochure giving details of the DKM 1 Small Triangulation Theodolite and KD 1 Small Construction Theodolite. SOLD.

KEUFFEL & ESSER CO., Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co., Manufacturers and Importers, Drawing Materials, Surveying Instruments, Measuring Tapes, 36 ed. (New York, 1921), 5.9" x 8.8", 482 pages with many illustrations; good condition although when the book is laying flat the spine is somewhat angled and a little wear and light discoloration shows to the plain endpapers; no price list. SOLD

KEUFFEL & ESSER CO., Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co. 40th ed., (New York, 1944), 6.0" x 9.0", 379 pages, full of illustrations and descriptions of surveying and drafting instruments, slide rules, etc. Good condition and includes separate price list dated December 1944. SOLD

KEUFFEL & ESSER CO., Catalog, 42nd ed., (New York, 1954), 6.0" x 9;.0", 475 pages, great catalog full of illustrations. Spine has stick-on label with the name The Ferd. Warner Co. Particularly nice condition with separate price list dated February 1, 1954. Also included is a folded K&E announcement presenting the Zeiss Ni2 Level. SOLD

KEUFFEL & ESSER CO., Solar Ephemeris and Surveying Instrument Manual, editions of 1973 & 1974 (SOLD), 3.3" x 6.0" with approximately 190 pages each. Illustrated with instruments & parts diagrams. $5.50 each inc. shipping

KEUFFEL & ESSER CO., Solar Ephemeris, similar to above except no longer including the instrument manual portion, editions of 1975, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83 and 84; 3.3" x 6.0" with approximately 80 pages each. SOLD

KOLESCH & CO., Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, (New York, 1899), 6.8” x 10”, 64 pages, cardstock covers, good condition. This catalog is primarily drafting items although it does show 2 surveyors transits and 2 levels. SOLD

KOLESCH & CO., Catalogue of Kolesch & Co.,(New York, 1917), 6.2” x 9.2”, 336 pages, the complete line of drafting and surveying instruments and accessories, fully illustrated and in good condition, hardbound with cloth. SOLD

LIETZ COMPANY, A., (San Francisco, 1919), edition not indicated but possibly the 13th, 6.2” x 9.2”, 612 pages with hundreds of illustrations of surveying and drafting instruments and tools. There is a 2” x 4” cutout on the page showing pantographs, otherwise text is in good condition. Front cloth cover has soiling and a few noticeable moisture spots. $SOLD

LIETZ - SOKKIA, The Lietz Catalog/The Sokkia Catalog, No. 109, (1991), 8.4” x 10.9”, cardstock cover with added extra half-cover to bring attention to the dual maker’s names. This catalog is unique in that it was published just as the company name changed from Lietz to Sokkia, hence the dual reference. Surveying and drafting instruments and accessories are pictured with various names including Lietz, Sokkisha, Sokkia, Tamaya, Rabone, Schonstedt, and others.SOLD

NIKON, Surveying Instruments, (Tullahoma, TN, n.d., c. late-1970’s), 8.5” x 11.0”, 15 pages, cardstock covers, good condition, shows theodolites and levels. $10

E.R. WATTS & SON, LTD., Watts Surveying and Engineering Instruments and Drawing Supplies, (London, c. 1927), 5.7” x 8.5”, 150 pages, brown cardstock covers. This is a great factory catalog from a major English maker of scientific instruments. It describes and contains illustrations of various types of surveying and engineering instruments, together with instructions for adjusting them. There are hundreds of illustrations and photographs, many of rarely seen specialized instruments. Included are illustrations of 23 different theodolites, baseline apparatus, mining instruments, 10 compasses, 14 varieties of levels including self-adjusting types, unique plummets, sextants, aneroid barometers, anemometers, current meters, heliograph, range finder, spectrometers, tapes, chains and more. The company dates to 1857 and continued until about the mid-20th century. In about 1946 they merged with Adam Hilger and James Swift & Son, thereafter doing business as Hilger & Watts Ltd. Good condition. The catalog is undated although it contains references to items patented in 1925 and contains an updated factory price notice of 1927. SOLD

WILD HEERBRUGG, Automatic Level Wild NA2, Instructions for Use, (Switzerland, n.d.), 4.7” x 7.1”, 19 pages, green flexible cover, good condition. $15 including shipping in USA.


U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY

EIMBECK, William, Report on the Measurement of the Salt Lake Base Line, (Washington, 1898), Appendix No. 12, Annual Report for 1897, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey; 9.2" x 11.5", salmon-colored printed paper wrappers, 20 pages of text and diagrams plus 6 full-page photographic plates showing elements of the measurement, and one folding plate showing baseline plan and profile; this separately bound paper is inscribed on the cover, "With the Compliments of the Author" and then underneath in different handwriting appears the personal signature of the recipient, "George Davidson, Aug 22, 00." A number of pencil notations and corrections appear in the text, presumably in Davidson's hand and noting the similarity with other known examples of his notations. For a time Eimbeck worked under Davidson in the San Francisco office of the U.S. Coast Survey, then later performed the lion's share of theodolite observations for the transcontinental triangulation. Eimbeck also designed the highest form of baseline measuring when using metal rods. This Eimbeck/Davidson document is a classic, historic work in geodetic control surveying history. $110

JONES, E. LESTER, Elements of Chart Making, USC&GS Special Publication No. 38, (Washington, GPO, 1916), 6.0” x 9.2”, 15 pages of text plus numerous photographs and illustrative plates. This is a significant and valuable book for anyone involved in the old topographic and hydrographic surveys conducted by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic, particularly for someone who is involved in coastal boundary determination. A handy item to have for courtroom work on the subject. Good condition except the cardstock cover shows chipping and other damage along the outer spine, including the loss of some stitching. SOLD

Tables for a Polyconic Projection of Maps, based upon Clarke's Reference Spheroid of 1866, 2nd ed., USC&GS Special Publication No. 5, (Washington, 1900), 9.4" x 11.8", 189 pages, hardbound, including a 1912 letter from the USC&GS to the original owner giving an explanation of different datums used on charts. SOLD

The Figure of the Earth and Isostasy from Measurements in the United States, by John F. Hayford, (Washington, 1909), 9.3" x 11.6", 178 pages, 16 illustrations including 6 folding; hardbound. SOLD

Supplementary Investigation in 1909 of the Figure of the Earth and Isostasy, by John F. Hayford, (Washington, 1910), 9.2" x 11.5", 80 pgs, 6 illustrations including 5 folding; ex lib., hardbound. SOLD

Investigations of Gravity and Isostasy, USC&GS Special Publication No. 40, by William Bowie, (Washington, 1917), 9.2" x 11.5", 196 pages, 18 illustrations including 9; ex lib., paper cover w/coating. SOLD

PUBLIC LANDS SURVEYS

DAGGETT, ELSWORTH, U.S. Surveyor General for Utah, Instructions to U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors and Circular to Claimants and Others for the District of Utah,, (Salt Lake City, 1890), 5.0” x 7.2”, two circulars in one binding. The instructions to mineral surveyors is 38 pages plus a folded map that has a 3” tear. The circular to claimants is 11 pages. This is an extremely rare item. Condition of the leather binding is poor with the front cover quite worn and scuffed and almost detached. The rear cover is comparatively good. Text is good although there is some moisture staining. SOLD

U.S. GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Circular from the General Land Office containing Regulations...to Facilitate the Adjustment...of Conflicting Claims to Lands within the Limits of the Grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, (Washington,1899), 5.7" x 9.2", 19 pages, pink printed wrappers. $40

U.S. GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, April 25, 1888, ...relating to land matters involving the California Redwood Company and the Humboldt Redwood Company (Washington, 1888), 21 pages, 5.8" x 8.9", dis-bound and removed from govt. volume; questions methods of land acquisition by companies. SOLD

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Manual for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States, (Washington, GPO, 1973), 8.0” x 10.5”, 333 pages, 2 folding specimen plats plus 3 other paper inserts inside rear envelope. About 30 pages have a sentence or paragraph highlighted in yellow, otherwise good condition. SOLD

U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

GANNETT & BALDWIN, Results of Spirit Leveling in Ohio, 1898-1908, Bull. 411 (Wash, 1909), paperback, 147 pages. $10

SEMPER, C.H., Results of Spirit Leveling in California, 1896-1907, Bull. 342 (Wash, 1908), paperback w/chips, 172 pages. $10

Note: Early USGS Leveling results are also available for Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. They are all $10 each.

BIRDSEYE, C.H., Results of Spirit Leveling in California 1896-1923, Bull. 766 (Wash, 1925), minor chip damage to paper covers, 747 pages, a monumental work with much historical data on early government bench marks. A valuable resource for subsidence and other geological studies. $35

U.S. NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE

LITTLEHALES, G.W., The Methods and Results of the Survey of the West Coast of Lower California by the Officers of the U.S.S. "RANGER" during the Season of 1889 and 1890. (Washington, 1892), 6.1" x 9.2", 237 pages, this report covers the reconnaissance, main and secondary triangulation, instruments, hydrography, magnetic work, chronometers, determination of geographic positions, astronomic work for latitude and longitude, base measurement, tidal observations, and chart construction. Reports that cover the entire operation of coast chart surveying in one volume are rare. This book has numerous illustrations and folding maps in addition to 21 medium-resolution photographs showing instruments being used in the field surveying operations; the cover has scuffing and some cracking to the outer edges of binding, otherwise good condition. $60

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Capt. A.A. HUMPHREYS & Lt. H.L. ABBOT, Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River, (Washington, 1876), Professional Papers of the Corps of Engineers No. 13, U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers; this is a reprint with additions of an 1861 report; it contains detailed river surveys and presents a parabolic velocity curve; 691 pages plus 25 folding plates; 10.0" x 12.1"; bearing the signature of original owner George Davidson, May 30, 1881; Davidson was himself a noted scientist and an Assistant in the San Francisco office of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Included with the report is an 8-page separately published article with printed wrappers by Humphreys and Abbot relating to the report titled, Reply to Criticisms made by Dr. Hagen, Director General of Public Works, Prussia, (New York, 1878), reprinted from Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, January, 1878, also bearing Davidson's signature of the same date. Both documents are in nice condition. SOLD

MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS

BREED & HOSMER, The Principles and Practice of Surveying, Volume I, Elementary Surveying, 3rd edition, (New York, 1912), 5.7” x 8.2”, 552 pages, good condition . This is one of the earlier editions of B&H that has the blue covers. This book was updated and revised over several decades and was one of the leading American texts of the 20th century. SOLD

BREED & HOSMER, The Principles and Practice of Surveying, Volume II, Higher Surveying, 1st edition, (New York, 1908), 5.9” x 9.3”, 440 pages, good condition noting light scuffing to the outer edges and a one-inch spot on the rear hinge where the cloth is worn through. This is one of the B&H editions published with blue covers. Rare in this edition. SOLD

BREED & HOSMER, The Principles and Practice of Surveying, Volume I. Elementary Surveying, 8th ed., (New York and London, 1951), 5.1” x 7.3”, 717 pages, good condition, flexible red covers. $15

BURGOYNE, GEN. SIR JOHN F., Rudiments of the Art of Constructing and Repairing Common Roads, and a General Survey of the Metropolitan Roads; with Remarks on the Maintenance of Macadamised Roads, 3rd ed., (London, 1861-62), 4.3” x 7.1”, 192 pages, good condition. $35

CLARK, DAVID, Plane and Geodetic Surveying for Beginners, Volume One, Plane Surveying, 5th edition revised and enlarged by James Clendinning, (New York, 1957), 5.6” x 8.5”, 673 pagjes, good condition noting an interior paper binding separation at the title page. SOLD

CRANDALL, C.L., The Transition Curve, 2nd ed., (New York & London, 1907), 4.4” x 6.7”, 99 pages with both text and tables, some minor margin marks to text and scuffing to the spine and outer edges of the leather binding. $20

DURHAM, EDWARD B., Mine Surveying, 1st ed., (New York & London, 1913), 5.1” x 7.3”, 391 pages, good condition, the inside front cover bears the name and is from the personal library of the late W.W. Staley, author of the 1930’s book: Introduction to Mine Surveying. SOLD

HICKERSON, THOMAS F., Route Surveys and Design, 4th ed., (New York, Toronto & London, 1959), 5.1” x 7.2”, 568 pages, good condition except for a few pages at the front with small & minor moisture staining. $12

HOPTON, ARTHUR, Speculum Topographicum, or the Topographicall Glasse, (London, 1611, reprinted 1974, (Norwood, N.J., 1974), 6.1” x 9.1”, 203 pages plus 2 folding plates. This is a quality reprint of one of the first surveying books that would likely have been used by American surveyors. It is hardbound with a bright red cloth binding. SOLD

HUTTON, WILLIAM RICH, Glances at California, 1847-1853, Diaries and Letters of William Rich Hutton, Surveyor, (San Marino, CA 1942), 6.3” x 9.2”, 81 pages, good condition, no dust jacket. SOLD

IVES, HOWARD CHAPIN, Highway Curves, 4th ed. by Philip Kissam, (New York & London, 1952), 4.5” x 7.2”, 389 pages, good condition. SOLD

JADOWSTI, MAX, Leitfaden der Vermeffungstudde, (Hannover, 1927), 6.3” x 9.0”, 112 pages, good condition noting some marginal notes. I can’t make out what appears to be German text but it is nicely illustrated including a few colored plates. $15

JOHNSON, J.B., The Theory and Practice of Surveying, Designed for the Use of Surveyors and Engineers Generally but Especially for the Use of Students in Engineering, 16th ed. revised, (New York & London, 1902), 5.1” x 8.2”, 838 pages, this is one of the better surveying texts of the period although this copy is a bit loose and sort of beat up a bit although complete as to all text and plates and a good reader copy. $20

KIELY, EDMOND R., Surveying Instruments, Their History and Classroom Use, (New York, 1947), 6.2” x 9.3”, 411 pages, this is the original printing for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, no dust jacket, good condition noting the word Asmuth is written inside both front and back covers. This is a classic historical resource for the collector of surveying instruments and books. SOLD

KISSAM, PHILIP, Surveying for Civil Engineers, (New York, Toronto & London, 1956), 6.4” x 9.3”, 716 pages, good condition. This is one of the better surveying texts of the period. $20

LEWIS, OSCAR, George Davidson, Pioneer West Coast Scientist, (Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1954), 6.3” x 9.3”, 146 pages, good condition complete with dust jacket. A superb biography about one of the nation’s pioneer surveyors in the field of scientific measure and coastal mapping. SOLD

PEARSALL, RONALD, Collecting and Restoring Scientific Instruments, (New York, 1974), 5.9” x 8.9”, 278 pages, almost unused condition with illustrated dust jacket. This is the comprehensive work on the subject and contains much valuable information. SOLD

PHELPS, HARRY, Practical Marine Surveying, 1st ed., (New York & London, 1907), 6.1” x 9.2”, 217 pages, good condition noting it is ex-lib and shows evidence of removed envelopes and due-date papers inside both covers. This Annapolis textbook includes coverage on instruments, signals, planning, base-lines, triangulation, map projection, plotting, topography, soundings, records, leveling, tidal observations, astronomical work, magnetic observations and more. Much of the content has application to other surveying specialties. SOLD

PITCHER, JAMES, Outlines of Surveying and Navigation, for Public Schools and Private Study, to which is Appended Washington’s Farewell Address, with 100 Questions by J.P., (Syracuse, 1893), 5.1” x 7.1”, 121 pages, good condition except for edge scuffing to the cloth boards, moisture staining, and some worm holes along the rear spine. SOLD

QUESTED, JOHN, The Art of Land Surveying, Explained by Short and Easy Rules; Particularly Adapted for the Use of Schools, (London, 1843), 4.5” x 7.4”, 96 pages, text in good condition although noting some surface wear to the decorative cloth-covered boards. Front blank fly leaf has a 2” corner section torn off. This is a cute old-timer and a nice collectible, dating prior to the California gold rush. SOLD

RAYNER, WILLIAM HORACE, Elementary Surveying, Volume I, 2nd edition, (New York, Toronto and London, 1954), 5.0” x 7.8”, 420 pages, good condition. This fly leaf bears the name and is from the personal library of the late W.W. Staley, author of Introduction to Mine Surveying. $20

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES, Part 1. on the Adoption of the Metric System of Weights and Measures, together with Documents and Statistics Relating to the Subject, and Part 2, on Metric Coinage, (Washington, GPO, 1879), 6.0” x 9.2”, 218 pages, good condition. $60

RUBY, LOMMEL & TODD, Engineering Surveys: Elementary and Applied, (New York, 1942), 5.1” x 7.7”, 664 pages of text plus 170 pages of tables and miscellaneous data, good conditon. $20

SCHUYLER, A., Surveying and Navigation, with a Preliminary Treatise on Trigonometry and Mensuration,, (Cincinnati & New York, 1864, 1873), 5.4” x 8.3”, 403 pages of text plus 87 pages of tables; good condition except the top of the spine has some material torn away and there is some fading to the cloth boards; the interior is in good condition except for a 1” worm hole in the paper inside the back cover not affecting text. SOLD

SIPE, F. HENRY, Compass Land Surveying, (West Virginia, 1974), 5.8” x 8.7”, 227 pages, like new condition except small black blemish on front cover. Sipe was the co-inventor of the Sipe-Sumner compass that is manufactured by the Warren-Knight Co. SOLD

THAYER, WILLIAM M., Surveyor Boy and President – Young People’s Life of George Washington, (New York, 1893), 5” x 7.1”, 466 pages, good condition noting some moisture lifting of cloth on back cover. SOLD

TRACY, JOHN CLAYTON, Plane Surveying, A Text-Book and Pocket Manual, 1st ed., (New York & London, 1911), 4.3” x 7.1”, 794 pages. Tracy’s book used to be called the Surveyor’s Bible because of the soft black leather cover and gilt edge pages. This copy is ex-lib and has seen much usage with a corner of the front binding torn off and some mis-folding to an interior plate. The content is complete and it would make a good reference for a beginning collector. $8

TRUMBULL, LOYAL WINGATE, A Manual of Underground Surveying, 1st ed., (New York & London, 1910), 251 pages, good condition. This volume is complete as to the subject matter and constitutes Vol. 7 of the 9 volume set comprising the McGraw-Hill Mining Library. SOLD

WENTWORTH, G.A., Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Surveying and Tables, 2nd ed., (Boston & other cities, 1903), 6.2” x 9.3”, 304 pages of text plus about 122 pages of tables & miscellaneous data; text is nice and clean and binding secure although the cloth spine has surface abrasion or moisture damage that makes it ugly to look at on the shelf. SOLD

INSTRUMENTS, TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS

CHATILLON TAPE TENSION HANDLE for making accurate measurements with a steel tape. This item is from old unused stock and is complete with original carton. The tension handle is attached to one end of the steel tape and the proper tension is applied when the measurement is taken. Rustproof brass construction with etched graduations. Range is 0 to 30 pounds by the half pound. There is a large handle at the fore end. $60 + $4.00 shipping.

KEUFFEL & ESSER PLAYING CARDS, K&E Denver, CO, Two Full Decks, This is a fabulous and very rare Keuffel & Esser advertising item in mint condition. There are two complete decks of playing cards and one deck is still sealed in the original cellophane. The other deck has a partial original cellophane wrapping although the cards still appear unused. The cards come in a red box that is in good condition except for scuffing to the edges. $30 + $4.00 shipping.