Many of the books recommended for study by the American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS) can be obtained from ACSM's eStore. For pricing information for those not carried by the eSstore, please contact the publisher.

Geodesy (introductory)

• Geodesy for the Layman, by R. K. Burkard (NOAA Reprint December1983
• Introduction to Geodesy, by James R. Smith (Wiley 1997)

Geodesy (general)

• Geodesy (2nd ed.), by Brigadier G. Bomford (Oxford University Press 1962)
• Geodesy - The Concepts, by Petr Vanicek and Edward J. Krakiwsky
  (North-Holland Publishing 1982)
• Geodesy (2nd ed.), by Wolfgang Torge (Walter de Gruyter 1991)
• Geoid and its Geophysical Interpretations, edited by Petr Vanicek
  and Nikolas T. Christou (CRC Press 1990)

Physical Geodesy

• Gravimetry, by Wolfgang Torge (Walter de Gruyter 1989)
• Physical Geodesy, by Weikko A. Heiskanen and Helmut Moritz
  (W.H. Freeman 1967)

Satellite Geodesy

• Satellite Geodesy: Foundations, Methods and Applications,
  by Gunter Seeber (Walter de Gruyter 1992)

Global Positioning System (GPS)

• GPS Satellite Surveying (3rd ed), by Alfred Leick (Wiley 2004)
• Guide to GPS Positioning, by David Wells et al. (Canadian GPS
  Associates year of publication unknown)
• Surveying with GPS, by R. W. King, E. G. Masters, C. Rigos, A. Stolg,
  and J. Collins (Monograph No. 9, School of Surveying, The University
  of New South Wales 1995)
• Technical Characteristics of the NAVSTAR GPS, by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (Navstar GPS Technical Support Group June 1991)
• NAVSTAR GPS User Equipment - Introduction, by NATO-TEAM,
  U. S. Air Force Space Systems Division (NAVSTAR-GPS Joint Program
  Office February 1991)
• Global Positioning System. Theory and Practice (revised 5th ed.),
  by B. Hofmann-Wellenhof, H. Lichtenegger, and J. Collins (Springer-Verlag
  Wien 2001)

Astronomy

• A Manual on Astronomic and Grid Azimuth, by R. B. Buckner
  (Landmark Enterprises year of publication unknown)
  
• The Elements of Astronomy for Surveyors, Mackie, J.B.,
  Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., year of publication unknown.

Least Squares

• Analysis and Adjustment of Survey Measurements, by Edward M. Mikhail
  and Gordon Gracie (Van Nostrand Reinhold 1981)
• Adjustment Computations: Practical Least Squares for Surveyors, by Paul
  R. Wolf (Wiley 1997)
• GPS Satellite Surveying (3rd ed.), by Alfred Leick (Wiley 2001)

Geodetic Surveying

• Introduction to Surveying, by Ivan I. Mueller and Karl H. Ramsayer
  (Frederick Unger 1979)
• Surveying (10th ed.), by Francis H. Moffitt and Harry Bouchard
  (Addison Wesley Longman 2001)

Geodetic Accuracy Standards and Specifications

• Standards and Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks, by Federal
  Geodetic Control Committee (FGCC September 1984)
• Geometric Geodetic Accuracy Standards and Specifications for Using GPS Relative Positioning Techniques, by Federal Geodetic Control Committee
  (FGCC August 1, 1989)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Multipurpose Land Information Systems: THE GUIDEBOOK, by Federal
  Geodetic Control Committee, edited by Patricia M. Brown and D. David Moyer, editors (FGCC 1989)

State Plane Coordinate System

• NOAA Manual NOS NGS 5, State Plane Coordinate System of 1983,
  by James E. Stem (NOAA January 1989)
• State Plane Coordinates in Modern Surveying Practice, by R. B. Buckner
  (1993)

Geodetic Datums

• DMA Technical Manual DMA TM 8358.1, Datums, Ellipsoids, Grids, and
  Grid Reference Systems, by John W. Hager et al. (DMA September 1990)
• NOAA Professional Paper NOS 2, North American Datum of 1983, edited
  by Charles R. Schwarz (NOAA December 1989)
• DMA Technical Report DMA TR 8350.2, Department of Defense World
  Geodetic System 1984 (2nd ed.), by DMA WGS 84 Development Committee
  (DMA September 1, 1991)
• The North American Datum of 1983 (AAGS/ACSM 1983)

Electronic Distance Measurement

• Electromagnetic Distance Measurement, by C. D. Burnside
  (Blackwell Scientific June 1991)

Map Projections

• C&GS Special Publication 251, Conformal Projections in Geodesy and Cartography, by Paul D. Thomas (C&GS February 1952)
• Geological Survey Bulletin 1532, Map Projections Used
  by the U. S. Geological Survey (2nd ed.) by John P. Snyder (USGS 1983)
• Introduction to Map Projections (2nd ed.), by Porter W. McDonnell
  (Paul Cuomo Press Inc. 1991)
• Map Projections: A Working Manual, by USGS (U.S. Government
  Printing Office 1997)
• Map Projection Transformations: Principles and Applications,
  by Q. Yang, J.P. Snyder, and W.R. Tobler (Taylor and Francis 2000)