Reference Works on Collectible Non-Fiction
Includes price guides, bibliographies, and collector's guides.
Adamiak, Richard The Law Book Price Guide : a market value reference for antiquarian, out-of-print and rare law books and documents and other law-related materials Self published. 390 pages
Adams, Ramon F. The Rampaging Herd : A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry Out-of-print
Adams, Ramon F. More Burs Under the Saddle : Books and Histories of the West 1989 University of Oklahoma Press
Adams, Ramon F. Burs Under the Saddle : A Second Look at Books and Histories of the West 1989 University of Oklahoma Press
Adams, Ramon F. Six-Guns and Saddle Leather : A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen 1998 Dover Publications.
Adams, Ramon F. The Adams One-Fifty, A Check-list of the 150 Most Important Books on Western Outlaws and Lawmen 1976 Jenkins Publishing Co. Austin Out-of-print
Allen, Colonel Bob A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks : A History of People, Companies and Cooking 1998 Collector Books. 213 pages.
Amtmann, Bernard Contributions to a Short-Title Catalogue of Canadiana 1971
Amtmann, Bernard (Complier) Montreal Book Auction Records Canadiana, Americana, Artica, Books & Pamphlets, Autograph The complete set covers 1967 to 1982. While the prices are badly outdated, these records are still quite widely used.
Anna Marie Guiheen, Marie-Reine A. Pafik The Sheet Music Reference & Price Guide 1995 Collector Books. 320 pages. Contains over 13,000 listings.
Barile, Mary Cookbooks Worth Collecting 1993 Wallace-Homestead Book Co. 232 pages
Barlow, Ronald S., Ray Reynolds, Ron Barlow The Insiders Guide to Old Books Magazines Newspapers and Trade Catalogs : 21000 Items Priced by Dealers and Collectors 1995 Windmill Pub Co; 455 pages
Barnett, Carol Botanical and Horticultural Books A Price Guide 1991 Spoon River Press
Boyle, Gertrude M. and Colbeck, Marjorie A Bibliography of Canadiana: First Supplement. Being Items in the Public Library of Toronto, Canada 1959
Broadfoot, Tom and Julia Nichols Civil War Books: A Priced Checklist with Advice 1996 Broadfoot Pub Co
Brundin, Robert Price Guide to Books on Canada and The Canadian Arctic Out-of-print
Canick, Michael Price Guide to Magic Books : 1639-1990 1997 NY. Volcanick Press
Cole, Michael (Editor) Voyages, Travel & Exploration (Annual Register of Book Values) Annual Published in England by the Clique, this series is a good source of information on British imprints. No longer available in book form, but you can get the CD compilation of the entire ARBV series.
Cole, Michael (editor) Science & Medicine (Annual Register of Book Values) Annual Published in England by the Clique, this series is a good source of information on British imprints. No longer available in book form, but you can get the CD compilation of the entire ARBV series.
Cole, Michael (Editor) Arts & Architecture (Annual Register of Book Values) Annual Published in England by the Clique, this series is a good source of information on British imprints. No longer available in book form, but you can get the CD compilation of the entire ARBV series.
Coleby, R.J.W Regional Angling Literature. A Checklist of Books on Angling & the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland, Northern England, Wales & Ireland 1979 London
Collins, Richard L. (Editor) Mandeville's Used Book Price Guide : An Aid in Ascertaining Current Prices : Retail Prices of Rare, Scarce, Used and Out-Of-Print Books Regular revisions
Dickinson, Linda J. Price Guide to Cookbooks and Recipe Leaflets 1990 Collector Books. 190 pages. Looks to have between 1500 and 2000 listings. Prices updated in 1997.
Dusablon, Mary Anna America's Collectible Cookbooks : The History, the Politics, the Recipes 1994 Ohio Univ Press. 229 pages
Flanagan, Maurice Paperbacks USA & UK Vol 1 1997 Zardoz Books. 44 pages
George A. Zimmermann Price Guide to Methodist Books 1976-1981 1982 Lists about 2,000 titles.
George, Mark A. Price Guide of World War I and World War II Books and Manuals 19,000 price entries on more than 13,000 books.
Hancer, Kevin Hancer's Price Guide to Paperback Books Several editions were produced. Out-of-print
Hand, Richard A. A Bookman's Guide to Hunting, Shooting, Angling,and Related Subjects: A Compilation of over 13,450 Catalog Entries With Prices and Annotations
Hand, Richard A. A Bookman's Guide to the Indians of the Americas: A Compilation of over 10,000 Catalogue Entries With Prices and Annotations
Hand, Richard A. A Bookman's Guide to Archaeology: A Compilation of over 7,000 Books Pertaining to the Scientific Study of Prehistoric and Historic People
Howes, Wright U.S.iana 1650-1950
Howlett-West, Stephanie Whistles, Wing and Wheels: a price guide for transportation books
Howlett-West, Stephanie Behind the Lens: A price guide to books on photography
Howlett-West, Stephanie The Thrill of Victory: A Price guide to books on Sports
Huxford, Sharon and Bob Huxford Huxford's Paperback Value Guide 1994 Collector Books
Huxford, Sharon and Bob Huxford Huxford's Old Book Value Guide Annual Many lower priced items, which means that you will find prices for many of the more common titles.
Leab, Katharine and Daniel Leab (editors) American Book Prices Current Annual Bancroft-Parkman
McCarty, Dennis Western Americana: A Price Guide To 3000 Books Relating To The Trans-Mississippi West 1985 Clarendon Hills. The Willow Press. 120 pages.
McGrath, Anne and/or Daniel McGrath Bookman's Price Index Annual Gale Group
Morrison., Shelly Texana Catalogue Prices:12,000 Price entries on Texana offered for sale in 1996 Out-of-print
Morrison., Shelly Western Americana Catalogue Prices: 18,000 price entries for non-Texas Western Americana 1997 W M Morrison Books
Norman, Sandra J., Karrie K. Andes Vintage Cookbooks and Advertising Leaflets 1998 Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. A pictorial review and price guide which includes over 850 color photographs of cookery pamphlets and advertising memorabilia from the 1860s to the 1950s.
Oelgart, Isaac The Borzoi Books for Sportsmen. A Checklist & Price Guide 1982 Sunrise Pub Co.
Schwab, Orrin A Price Guide to Scarce and Rare Books and Pamphlets on Mormonism and Mormon History 1991 Orrin Schwab Books. 255 pages
Seagrave, Ronald Roy Civil War autographs & manuscripts prices current, 1992 : every Confederate general, confirmed and unconfirmed & every Union general confirmed during the Civil War, plus cabinet members, naval & enlisted personnel, artists, photographers, and related ephemera Out-of-print
Seagrave, Ronald Roy Civil War books, Confederate & Union including related titles ranging from historical archeological to slavery : a bibliography & price guide : over 150 modern titles reviewed 1995 Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, Fredericksburg, Va. ,
Sheets, K.A. American Fishing Books 1743 - 1993 1993
Shifflet, Lee A Bookman's Guide to Americana 1991 Scarecrow Press. 524 pages
Spencer, Loraine and Holland, Susan (compiled by) Northern Ontario: A Bibliography 1968
Staton, Frances M. and MarieTremaine A Bibliography Of Canadiana: Being Items in the Public Library of Toronto, Canada, Relating To The Early History and Development of Canada
Stevens, Norman D. A Guide to Collecting Librariana 1986 Scarecrow Press. On related items such as bookmarks, bookplates etc.
Tedford, Marie The Official Price Guide to Old Books 1999 Ballantine Books. 480 pages. More than 10,000 prices.
Toledano, Henry The Modern Library Price Guide 1917 - 2000 1999
Tremaine, Marie A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints 1751-1800 1952
Wade, John Tomart's Price Guide to Twentieth Century Books 1994 Out-of-print
Watters, Reginald Eyre A Checklist Of Canadian Literature And Background Materials, 1628-1960 Out-of-print
Wright, Nancy Books : Identification and Price Guide (The Confident Collector) 1993 Avon Books. 299 pages.
Zempel, Edward N. (Editor) Book Prices : Used and Rare Annual Spoon River Press