A book that looks like nothing.

[satnrose]

There are quite a few books that don't look like anything special. Here's one: Security Analysis

[satnrose]

bszafranski1: I've been in this business for 22 years, and yet still, one out of four books that I buy is a mistake.

But read this thread and you'll have a head start:
What not to buy at booksales

[littlewindansea]

Just found this one at an FOL bookstore, I don't even know why I picked it up... bright red jacket, mixed in with the Danielle Steele's... I guess I'm developing the radar?

Phantom by Susan Kay 0385302967

Not a huge sum, but worthy, the lowest price on the River is $79

[ozziev]

Phantom is a goodie. Get it listed you will sell it within a day or two. Of course now that the word is out more copies will probably show up. The race to the bottom will begin............

[kbscollectibles247]

Auction# 6547147984 - ed mcbain "the heckler" - someone GAVE" it to my husband. Not bad for a give-away!

[littlewindansea]

I mentioned Recuerdos de Santa Fe by Willard Clark in the garage sale thread, just finished watching another up for auction, I had no idea it was that valuable, bid up to $142 (reserve not met) there's very little info to google. SO maybe it DOESN'T look like nothing... but it isn't a "fancy" book, very plain but heavy 100# paper and beautiful typeset. I listed mine based on the completed auction results, hoping for a quick sale. This is one of those books you're sorry to find out has value, because I wanted to keep it!

[hopetruthfaith]

What a great thread! Thanks for the information and keep it coming!:-)

[satnrose]

SINGING FAMILY OF THE CUMBERLANDS by Jean Ritchie

The true first edition is illustrated by Maurice Sendak,
and has music on the rear of the dustjacket.

[ibesheshe]

Vintage concrete books especially those that target the home owner and demonstrate making containers, planters, stepping stones, walk ways, patios and fences. Mid century does especially well.

[kkars]

I bought a third Edition AA book today at a thrift store for $0.25. I know it not worth alot but I figured for a quarter it didn't matter. My question is, when I do a search on this I find many say Third Edition but it will say First printing or fourth printing and so on. How do I now what printing it is. Mine has a DJ and it say "This is the Third Edition of the Big Book, New and Revised. The Basic Text for Alcoholics Anonymous". Thanks for any help.

[kkars]

I found it in the book. Yippee it's the second printing 1977 and it's in great shape. I think it will be worth more than I thought. I'm just learning sorry for the excitement. Thanks kkars

[red_wings_428]

Here's a book that I wouldn't have thought would be worth much....Alcoholics Anonymous....there is one that is over $3,000.

[indexerkevin]

I had an interesting experience tonight. I found two similar books illustrating the same pattern.

I've seen these before and not paid any attention to them: USDA Yearbook of Agriculture. The first one I found was from 1957, and inside was a stamp showing it was from the office of a US senator from Delaware, though not signed.

Later on I found another one. This one was 1970, the same Yearbook of Agriculture, except this one had a pasted down letter on the stationary of US Representative P.S. (Pete) DuPont, and included a nice hand written signed letter, though it didn't name the recipient. However the previous owner had a name stamp on the first inside page.

I'm guessing this may be a general thing, that these USDA copies were sent out to constituents. I'm wondering what other sort of Government publications this may occur with.

Anyway it was neat since I know a collector who is hot for DuPont related items and they might be quite interested in this one!

[dependabledennis]

Here's a list of all the books mentioned from the beginning of the discussion that could be found in the last couple of days (the links to auctions are only good for a short time so those aren't included). Hope some of you will print the list and take it with you when you go book hunting... happy hunting!

A Book that Looks Like Nothing... 11Aug2005

Title:

5 To Die by Jerry LeBlanc (pb)
Abba: The Complete Recording Sessions (1994)
A Brief Introduction to the Infinitesimal Calculus, Designed Especially to Aid in Reading Mathematical Economics and Statistics by Irving Fisher (1897)
A Dance in Blood Velvet by Freda Warrington
Adventures in Unhistory by Avram Davidson
Alaskan Tales by Russell Annabel
Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition (2nd Ed is becoming rare)
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators by Robert Arthur
Alice in Wonderland The Illustrated Modern Library edition
All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed by Neil Clark Warren (eharmony.com's founder)
A Mathematical Theory of Evidence by Glenn Shafer
American Homes To-day by Augusta Owen Patterson
And Miles to Go by Linell Smith
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Ernest Weekley (1921)
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, Pocket Books 1st printing
Aran Knitting by Alice Starmore
Art of the Comeback by Donald Trump
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (first edition only, zillions of others nothing)
A Stranger's Arms by Carla Laymon (aka Richard Laymon) A Dark Desire Romance (pb)
Atomics for the Millions by Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff and Hyman Ruchlis
Authorized Al by Weird Al Yankovic (pb)
A Wonderful Time by Slim Aarons
Bald As I Wanna Be by Tony Kornheiser
Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System by Edward Thorp (1st printing 1967)
Bed Number Ten by Mary Zimmeth Schomaker
Beginning The World by Karen Armstrong
Bells of Lowell Series by Tracie Peterson (even pb's)
Best Friends by Mary Bard
Best Friends at School by Mary Bard
Best Friends in Summer by Mary Bard
Beyond the PawPaw Trees: The Story of Anna Lavinia by Palmer Brown
Billionaire by Ivan Fallon
Billion Dollar Baby by Bob Greene (fair pb will go for good$$$s)
Black Jack Ketchum, Last Of The Hold-Up Kings by E Bartholomew
Black's Law Dictionary (1,2,3 editions bring the most)
Blinded by the Right by David Brock
Blood of her Ancestors by Lucy Agnes Hancock (Harlequin Romance)
Born of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon (a Kinley MacGregor fantasy romance) (pb)
Bubble Bubble by Mercer Mayer
Buford - True Story of Walking Tall Sheriff Buford Pusser
Bushwacked by Molly Ivans
Calico, Shall it be another Pandora's Box (1940's mining claims pamphlet)
Carney's House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace
Carnival Strippers by Susan Meiselas
Carola by Felix Forrest
Caroline books by Jane Carruth and Pierre Probst
Catalog Raisonne, although the book is in a foreign language, it's a keeper
Cherry Ames Nurse Series books circa 1940's (childrens)
Cherry Ames Student Nurse (1943)
Cherry Ames Veteran's Nurse (1946)
Childcraft Books
Chip Hilton (sports) books by Claire Bee
Choose Life or Death, The Reams Biological Theory of Ionization by A R Harrison (pb) (1978)
Clifford by Norman Bridwell and anything by the same author
Coal by Jason Grant (pb)
Collin's Black Hills History and Directory for 1878-9 Chas Collins, Dakota Territory (1878)
Columbia University Alumni Directory 2004
Cooperative Business Enterprise
Crimson Night by Trisha Baker
Curious George by Margaret and H A Rey and anything by the same authors
Curly by Frank Vandenberg
Cycles of the Werewolf by Stephen King (hb 1st ed)
Danger Below by John Blaine
Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns & Opening Range Breakout by Toby Crabel
Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell
Devils Guard by George Robert Elford (pb)
Dianetics by L Ron Hubbard
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Disco by Albert Goldman
Disco Bloodbath
Doc Savage double novels from the 80s by Bantam
Down the Colorado by John Wesley Powell
Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
Dune
Dynamic Judo Throwing Techniques by Kazuzo Kudo (1967)
Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule by Isaac Asimov
Economics of Stationary States, by A C Pigou, Macmillan. 1935
Eighteen Straight Whiskeys by Michael Easton
Emily Of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace (1950 First Printing)
Empty and Full The Language of Chinese Painting Francois Cheng 1994, Shambala Softcover
Enter Whining by Fran Drescher
Erin's Sons in America: The Ancient Order of Hibernians by John T Ridge (pb)
Everybody's Shakespeare by Roger Hill and Orson Welles
Exploring Creation With Biology (textbook) by Dr Jay L Wile
Eye of the World by Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, book 1 (pb)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High by Cameron Crowe (pb)
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
Fiction by Joseph Altsheler
Field Guide To Japanese Birds
Fighting For Life, Contest, Sexuality, & Consciousness by Walter J. Ong - sc, 1st pb ed 1989
Folium Reservatum by George Catlin
Frankenstein by Shelley (19th century editions)
Frogs Into Princes by Richard Bandler
Fused Salts (Chemistry/Electrochemistry)
Generalized Compliance Training by Siegrfired Engelmann
Goodnight Moon by Clifford and anything by the same author
Goose Fever by Douglas McDougall (Magnum Edition)
Gor (science fiction) by John Norman (usually pb)
Gordon Press - any technology title
Gray's Manual of Botany 8th Ed. Edited by M L Fernald
Green Bay Workhorses, The Nau Tug Line by George Nau Burridge
Greenberg's Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets Vol 2 1933-1962 by William Bean published in 1998
Gregg Press SF sets produced in 1975-1986 libraries are starting to deaccession
Handbook of Iron Meteorites by Vagn F. Buchwald
Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton
Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People by John or Alan Lomax (pb)
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
Hercule Poirot
High Time by Mary Lasswell (1944)
Hike and the Aeroplane by Tom Graham (pseud for Sinclair Lewis)
History of the Donner Party by C. F. McGlashan (plain pb)
Hooper Humperdink by Theo LeSieg
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose by John McDonald
How I Turned $1,000.00 into (1,3,5) Million in Real Estate in My Spare Time by Wm Nickerson
Howl for Carl Solomon by Allen Ginsberg
How to Run a Pressure Group
How to Wrap Five Eggs
How to Wrap Five More Eggs
Humic, Fulvic, and Microbial Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning by William R. Jackson PhD
Iceberg by Clive Cussler 1996 BCE
I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues by Stephen Calt (1994)
Ilsa by Madeliene L'Engle
Impromptu In Moribundia by Patrick Hamilton
In God's Name
In The Hebrides by Alice Starmore
In the Wet by Nevil Shute
Introduction to Early American Masonry, Stone, Brick, Mortar, and Plaster by Harley J McKee
Israel Without Zionism by Uri Averny (Collier 1971) pocket book
James Joyce and Heraldry by Michael J. O'Shea
J D Salinger: A Writing Life by Ian Hamilton (The advance proof only)
Jim Thorpe: Tar Heel by Robert W Reising
Journey to Enchantment by Patricia Veryan
Kappa Sigma Book Semi Centennial Edition '20
Keep it Simple Stupid by Judge Judy
Keepsake Quilting (cookbook) ISBN 0970413009
Killy by Donald Westlake
Lakeside Press
Leadbelly by John or Alan Lomax (pb)
Legal Horn Books
Let's Tat
Liberace's Cookbook
Life and Times of S Glenn Young World Famous Law Enforcement Officer
Living Bible
Locomotive Cyclopedia
Lone Wolf 25: Trail of the Wolf, by Joe Dever, Adventure Gamebook
Los funerales de la Mamá Grande by García Márquez, Gabriel (1962 1st Ed)
Lure of the Bush by Arthur Upfield
Machinery Handbook any
Machinery's Handbook 1st ed 1914
Maida's Little Treasure Hunt by Inez Haynes Irwin
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison (1966) (basis for movie 'Soylent Green')
Man of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong by Lawrence Lessing
Manual of Flotation Processes
Manual to the Lutheran Book of Worship
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful by Seth A Klarman
Marihuana by William Irish (pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich) pb
Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion-Dollar Market by Maria T. Bailey
Marks of American Silversmith's by Belden
Maximizing Small Business Growth: Developing A Bank's Game Plan By Charles B Wendel
Men At Work by Lewis Hine 1st Edition
MIT Radiation Lab Series - any, especially Index vol.
Modeling the Earth for Oil Exploration : Final Report of the Cec's Geoscience I Program 1990-3
Monastery by Patrick Whalen (pb run of the mill brought $60)
Monkeys by Susan Minot
Mr. Piper and His Cubs by Devon Francis, copyright 1973, stated 1st edition
Murray's Handbook in Japan
My First Sixty Years in Advertising by Maxwell Sackheim
New Weather by Paul Muldoon
Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos: w/Applications in Physics,Biology,Chemistry by Steven Strogatz
No Third Path by Joseph Novak [Jerzy Kosinski] (1962)
Now and on Earth by Jim Thompson
Number Knitting: The New All-Way Stretch Method by Virginia Woods Bellamy
Oddkins by Dean Koontz lst Edition
On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors by J Patrick Wright (1979) (re: John DeLorean)
Only A Dog by Bertha Smith
Open House Cookbook by Rachael Ray
Origen by Jean Danielou translated by Walter Mitchell
Pacific Coast Highway by Alice Starmore
Papa Married a Mormon by Fitzgerald
Phantom by Susan Kay
Pictures by Garth Williams (?Published 1951 Simon and Schuster?)
Poems of Childhood illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
Pooh's Library
Portrait of a Capitalist by Henry Huttleston Rogers (Railroadiana)
Prince Caspian by C S Lewis
Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor
Questions for My Father: Finding the Man behind your Dad by Vincent Staniforth (1998)
Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington DC by Nelson Kofie
Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook
Radiotron Designers Handbook (4th ed only)
Real Estate Opportunities by Edward Ruscha
Rebecca's World by Terry Nation (creator of Dr. Who)
Recuerdos de Santa Fe by Willard Clark
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer (Audiobook)
Religions, Values by Maslow
Researching the Family by Child Trends, Inc (Soft Cover)
Ria by Felix Forrest
Rick Brant Science
Rivers of Memory by Harry Middleton
Robison's Manual of Radio Telegraphy and Telephony 1919 Navy
Robotman cartoon books
Runaway Bunny by Clifford and anything by the same author
Sales Closing Techniques by Les Dane
Schooners in Peril: True & Exciting Stories About Tall Ships/Great Lakes by James L. Donahue
Security Analysis (1st Editions)
Seduction Of The Innocent by Fredric Wertham
Seed Identification Manual by Alexander C. Martin and Wm D Barkely
Selected by Jane Werner (?Published 1951 Simon and Schuster?)
Shadow Ghost Makers by Little Big Book (1942, 1943)
Shadowmancer by G P Taylor
Shaggy B.E.M. Stories Edited by Mike Resnick
Sheet Metal Pattern Layouts Book (1957)
Shell Guide to Devon (the 1939 edition is 4 figures)
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Sinden on Mushrooms
Singing Family of the Cumberlands by Jean Ritchie (1st Ed has music on rear of dj)
Sisters by Lynne Cheney (pb) (a lesbian tale of the old West)
Skipping Village by Lois Lenski
Sky Soldier by Lawrence D Okendo (pb)
Smalltalk 80 - Addison Wesley programming books
Smart Trust Deed Investment in California by George Coats (1988)
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan [first edition]
Spanish Poetry by Manuel Machado
Spelling Bees by Albert Deane (1937) Illustrated by Dr Suess
Spencer Brown - Laws of Form
Sporting and Club House Guides
Steel Construction, American Institute of Steel Construction by Lee H. Miller (1928)
Stillwater by Alice Starmore
Stock Trading Wizard by Tony Oz
Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman
Sugarplum by Johanna Johnston
Sunset on Design (from the 50's and 60's (some 70's), keywords 'eames', or mod or retro)
Supplementary Volume A, Volume 3 chemistry of double-bonded fuctional groups by Saul Patai
Sweet Life by Barry Manilow
Tarzan paperbacks
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends by Robert D. Edwards and John Magee First Edition 1948
The Alaska Railroad by Bernadine Prince
The American Family Series by Jack Cavanaugh
The American Quarter Horse In Pictures (1969)
The Americans by Robert Frank
The Ashley Book of Knots
The Bed Book by Sylvia Plath
The Better Homes and Gardens (design, 50's,60's,some 70's, keywords 'eames' or mod or retro)
The Big Bender by Charles Clapp Jr
The Big U by Neal Stephenson
The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon
The Boy Who Drew Cats by Lafcadio Hearn (1963)
The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson
The Caroline books by Jane Carruth and Pierre Probst
The Catcher In The Rye (book club edition has photo of author on back on dustjacket)
The Catchers of Heaven by Michael Wolf - UFOs and government investigations
The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis
The City Lies Four-Square by Edith Pargeter
The City Under the Back Steps by Evelyn Sidney Lampman (children's fantasy)
The Clansman by Thomas Dixon (1905) (basis for "Birth of a Nation" by D W Griffith)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1st Ed HB/DJ)
The Cycles of The Werewolf (pb)
The Devil's Jug/The Crying Tree & Me by Ken Wayne Kite
The Duality Mystery
The Evergreen Tree by Gladys Taber (1937)
The Executioners by John D MacDonald
The FBI Pyramid from the Inside by W Mark Felt
The Future Is Ours, Comrade: Conversations with Russians by Joseph Novak [Jerzy Kosinski]
The Ghost of Opalina or Nine Lives by Peggy Bacon (library book brought almost $200)
The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies by Jane Werner
The Great Blueness by Arnold Lobel (including Ex-Lib and library bindings)
The Gunslinger by Stephen King (1st HB w/D)
The Hate Factory, the Story of the New Mexico Penitentary Riot
The Heckler by Ed McBain
The Horse and His Boy by C S Lewis
The Horse is Dead by Robert Klane
The Hot-Wired Dodo
The Inheritance of Coat Color in Dogs by Clarence Little
The Intelligent Man's Guide To Science: Vol 1 The Physical Sciences by Isaac Asimov
The Intelligent Man's Guide To Science: Vol 2 The Biological Sciences by Isaac Asimov
The Keepers of Light by William Crawford (subject is photography)
The Last Battle by C S Lewis
The Library of Golf by Joseph S F Murdock
The Life of Washington the Great by Mason Locke (Parson) Weems 1806 Fifth Edition
The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis
The Little Prince Reynal & Hitchcock clothbound edition
The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis
The Man in the Manhole by Juniper Sage (aka Margaret Wise Brown) (HB children's book)
The Memoirs of William Jennings Bryan, co-authored by his wife (1925)
The Most Powerful Man In The World by Glyn Roberts
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by A W Upfield
The Mystery of the Deadly Double (Three Investigators ex-library book)
The North American Indians by Ernest Berke
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John Von Neuman
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Photomultiplier Handbook
The Pilates Method of Physical and Mental Conditioning by Philip Friedman and Gail Eisen
The Pink Dress by Anne Alexander
The Pink Maple House by Christine Noble Govan (children's)
The Real Romanovs by Gleb Botkin
The Rhodesian Ridgeback: The Origin, History and Standard of the Breed by T C Hawley
The Rice Diet
The Rise of Silas Lapham by W R Howells
The Road to the Somme, The Ulster Division by Philip Orr
The Secret Man by Frank Dux
The Secret of the Roan Inish by Rosalie Fry small Junior series (Hyperion pb for Children 1995)
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton (1st Ed is white cloth binding ONLY)
The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford (pb or hb) (Stanley Kubrick 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket)
The Silver Chair by C S Lewis
The Sonneberg Run by George Robert Elford
The Stock Trader by Tony Oz
The Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman
The Teacher of Greeting Cards of All Kinds by D M Campana (pb)
The Theory Of The Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
The Three Investigators (various titles)
The Three Princes of Serendip by Elizabeth Jamison Hodges
The Turbulent Years: History of the American Worker by Bernstein
The Untold Story by Evelyn Nesbit 1934
The Violin Hunter by William Alexander Silverman
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C S Lewis
The Washingtons and Their Homes by John W. Wayland
The Woman's Bible in two volumes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat by George Randolph Chester
The Wonderful Fashion Doll by Laura Bannon (1953)
This Is Karate by Masutatsu Oyama
Thread Magic by Ellen Ann Eddy
Through the Eyes of Number Two by Mickey Guidry
Tilings and Patterns by Branko Grunbaum
Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture by Charles W Harris, Nicholas T Dines
Too Funny To Be President by Mo Udall
Trail To Nowhere By Jack Ketchum (small western hb)
Trixie Belden (anything related)
Tropical Storm by Melissa Good (pb)
Trouble for Trumpets by Peter Dallas-Smith, illustrated by Peter Cross
Troubleshooting and Repairing Electronic Music Synthesizers (pb)
Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (c 1853)
Underwater Dance Photography
V by Pynchon Thomas
Vogue's Book of Houses,Gardens,People photographed by HORST/text by Valentine Lawford
Wagner the Wehr-Wolf by GW Reynolds, Dover 1975
Walking Tall by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
What Is Karate? by Masutatsu Oyama
What You Ought to Know About Your Baby
Winesburg Ohio
Winter Song
Wiped Out. How I Lost a Fortune in the Stock Market while the Averages were Making New Highs by An Anonymous Investor 1966
Wonderland Gambit: Hot Wired Dodo by Jack Chalker
Yo Yo Instructional Booklet published by Duncan Yo Yo Company
You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger by Roger Hall
You Should Have Been Here an Hour Ago by Phil Edwards (1967)

[dependabledennis]

11Aug2005... happy hunting...
Author:
Abrash - Zen of Assembly Language
Altsheler, Joseph (fiction)
Beranek - Acoustics books
Capra, Frank (autobiography)
Carle, Eric - Any kids book
Chow - Hydrology & Hydraulics titles
Colvin/Stanley - Machine shop titles
Connelly - Machine Tool Reconditioning
Fox, Virgil - organ book
Glasstone - Effects of Nuclear Weapons, 3rd Edition
Grunbaum - Tilings & Patterns
Hoerner - Fluid Dynamic Drag & Fluid Dynamic Lift
Hool - Movable and Long Span Steel Bridges
Hubbard, L Ron - reference books about grammar and spelling (1990)
Hudson - Engineers manuals any
Kant (philosophy)
Kent's Mechanical Engineers Handbook - 12ed
King - Geared To the Stars
LeSieg, Theo
Lewis, Sinclair
Linebarger, P M A (Paul Myron Anthony) (Smith, Cordwainer was his pseudonym)
Luckiesh - Light and lighting titles
Maritain (philosophy)
Martinez, Matt - cookbooks
McCarthy, Cormac
Meader, Stephen W
Meyer, Joyce
Monin & Yaglom - Statistical Fluid Mechanics
Morse & Feshbach - Methods of Theoretical Physics (2 volumes)
Niles & Newell - Airplane Structures
Norman, John - GOR pb books
Oke, Janette (Even PB's)
Olson, H - Any acoustics and audio titles
Peckner - Handbook of Stainless Steels
Peele - Mining Engineers' Handbook - any
Peery - Aircraft Structures
Peterson, Tracie - Bells of Lowell Series (Even PB's)
Pina - Dead Mac Scrolls
Radford, William - Architecture books
Raisin, Agatha - mystery stories
Roark - Formulas For Stress and Strain - any edition
Rose, Joshua - Machine shop titles
Scarry, Richard
Schopenhauer (philosophy)
Seuss, Dr - children books 1st edition
Shand - Glass engineering handbook
Sienkiewicz, Elly - Embroidery
Skinner (philosophy)
Smith, Cordwainer (Pseudonym for Dr. Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger)
Sparks, Nicholas - romance
Spinoza (philosophy)
Starmore, Alice - knitting books
Steinmetz - Electrical Engineering titles
Taggart, A - Handbook of Mineral Dressing
Taggart, R - Ship design and construction
Terhune, Albert Payson
Timoshenko - All titles and editions of engineering books
Townsend - Dudley's Gear Handbook
Tremaine - Audio Encyclopedia (2nd edition only)
Tudor, Tasha
Waddell - Bridge Titles
Warren, Neil Clark (eharmony.com's founder)
Zimmerman - PGP Source Code & Internals

Subject:
Airplane manuals from the 40's
Alcohol Distillation
Architectural Graphic Standards - any edition
Asbestos (in any reference title) (wealthy injury-settlement lawyers collecting on this subject?)
Automobiles - The Owner's Manual for the Datsun 280Z
Baseball - Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia - Sotheby's auction preview books
Bell System Books & Journals
Belly Dancing
Biography of Joan Crawford, John Denver, Nelson Eddie, Jeannette McDonald, Audie Murphy
Bondage themes and/or cover art sell extremely well
Bridge design & construction
College School Yearbooks
Cookbooks by Matt Martinez
Cookbooks, southern living
Cosmetics formulation & manufacturing
Dams design & construction
Decorating books from the 50's, 60's and 70's (keywords: retro, atomic, eames, decorating)
Diet - Dr. Phil's weight loss books
Electric Motors
Electroplating
Embroidery
Engineering handbooks
Explosives & Pyrotechnics
Firearms
Forth Language & programming
Glass manufacturing & scientific glassblowing
Gold mining & ore processing
Homeowner - vintage concrete containers/planters/stepping stones/patios/fences (Mid century)
Horse breeding and racing (especially 1960's and older)
Horse racing/betting (pb)
Infertility & parenting after infertility
Lathes (old pb sold for over $50)
Manufacturing
Maps from encyclopedias (pre-1919) and 'breaking-out' state and city maps
Mathematics Graduate & research level
Meteorites
Mine Safety Equip. 1953 catalog ASBESTOS
Needle craft books by Better Homes
Operators Manuals from the Military...
Optical Telescopes
Organ book - Virgil Fox
Perfume
Peruvian novels of the 1920s
Pest Control Industry - Mallis Handbook of Pest Control, written for the pest control industry
Popular Fiction in Large Print
Precious Metals, mining & ore processing - any
Puppetry books
Railroad books (surveys, map books from 1850 to 1900)
Road maps by Michelin and others, many newer ones have ISBN's (see (old) Maps above)
Rock climbing - 50 Classic Climbs of North America by Steve Roper and Allen Steck
Scuba diving - vintage 1960 manuals
Sewing Machines - How to Repair Sewing Machines
Sheet Metal Patterns
Signal Processing any from 1970-present
Software Quality Assurance which the combined three last sold for $280
Solar Heating that last sold for $85
Spanish sell very well and are often overlooked, basically any book, too
Speaker Construction
Spiritualism, spirit mediums, ghosts, psychic phenomena, life after death (1890's +)
Sports books (especially those issued by the navy during WWII)
Telescope Making
Tesla - any books about
Tube Amplifier construction & reference

[indexerkevin]

In the general field of telescope making the key classic is How to Make a Telescope by Jean Texereau. Another classic work is by Allyn J. Thompson.