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Cover	Title - Author - Publisher	Comments	ISBN
Repair Manuals
	Road Baron Service Repair Handbook for Volkswagen Clymer Publications	Older general repair manual
	Chilton's Volkswagen 1949-1971 Chilton Book Company	Good general repair manual	0-8019-5796-6
	Chilton's Volkswagen 2 Chilton Book Company Second Edition Copyright 1975	Good general repair manual	0-8019-6314-1
	Volkswagen Chilton's Repair and Tune-up guide Chilton Book Company	Good general repair manual	0-8019-5624-2
	Fix Your Volkswagen Jud Purvis The Goodheart-Wilcox Co., Inc.	1960 edition
	How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive John Muir John Muir Publications	The Classic repair manual geared towards a non-technical reader
	How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive John Muir John Muir Publications	17th edition The Classic repair manual geared towards a non-technical reader	1-56261-343-X
	How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive John Muir John Muir Publications	18th edition The Classic repair manual geared towards a non-technical reader	1-56261-480-0
	How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive John Muir John Muir Publications	1981 edition, 25th printing The Classic repair manual geared towards a non-technical reader	0-912528-16-8
	Glenn's Volkswagen Repair and Tune-up Guide Harold T. Glenn Chilton Books 3rd printing - 1965	Good general repair manual
	Simplified Tune Up Instructions 1965 - 1971 Volkswagens XYZYX Information Corporation	Good tune up guide
	Peterson's Complete Volkswagen 3rd Book	Peterson Publishing Company Copyright 1973	0-8227-0023-9
	Fix Your VW by Larry Johnson	Copyright 1978	0-87006-253-0
Picture/Reference/History
	Volkswagen, Then, Now, and Forever Terry Shuler Beeman Jorgenson, Inc.		0-929758-12-9
	Small Wonder Walter Henry Nelson Little, Brown, and Co.	Good historical information
	Small Wonder Walter Henry Nelson Little, Brown, and Co.	Good historical information	65-10899
	Small Wonder Walter Henry Nelson Little, Brown, and Co.	Good historical information	67-21052
	Small Wonder Walter Henry Nelson Robert Bentley	Good historical information	0-8376-0147-9
	Think small Various authors Volkswagen of America	Cartoons	36-00-05371
	Volkswagen Customs and Classics David A. Fetherston Motor Books, Intl.	Picture book	0-87938-984-2
	Volkswagen: A week at the Factory Peter Keetman Chronicle Books	Artwork based on Volkswagen factory - neat!	0-8118-0268-X
	Vintage Volkswagens Flat 4 Project Chronicle Books	Picture book, good information for "correct" vehicles	0-87701-357-8
	Volkswagen Chronicle Graham Robson Publications, International Ltd.	Good all-around Volkswagen history book, somewhat brief on specifics but a lot of photos and information.	0-7853-1599-3
	Classic Volkswagens Colin Burnham Osprey Publishing	Picture book	0-85045-812-9
	The Porsche and VW Companion Kenneth Ullyett Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd.	1962 edition. Part history, part service information.
	Volkswagen Cars & Trucks Keith Seume MBI Publishing Co.	Fairly low quality black & white photo book.	0-7603-0982-5
	How to Drive a Volkswagen Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications
	Nine Lives Later Dan Post Motor Era Books	Historical book about VW	0-911160-42-6
	California Look VW Keith Seume	A picture type of book with tons of photos.
	A Brief Illustrated History Volkswagenwerk AG	1979	972.821.031.20
	Jokeswagen Book Charles Preston, editor Random House	Humorous
	The Jolly Green Volkswagen	1969 Dealer giveaway book
	Just the Facts Bob Cropsey
	Road & Track on Volkswagen 1951-1968 Brooklands Books, England, 1986	This paperback book is a 96 page collection of reprints of 35 Road & Track articles over a 17 year period.	0-948207-60-4
	Mud, Sweat and Tears - Tales from a Country Vet By Bud Ings Acorn Press, 2008	Tales of a veterinarian in the 1950's as one of Prince Edward Island's first professionally trained veterinarians. It is not so much of a VW book although the author's main source of transportation and 1955 right-hand-drive VW bug is featured on the cover and in several pages of the book.	1-894838-38-6
	Vintage Volkswagen Beetle Accessories Softbound book by Stephan Szantai Publisher: CarTech, 2022 English, 144 pages	Excellent, well-documented book that details many of the original and sought-after rare accessories available for the VW bug, bus, squareback, fastbacks, KG, single and double cabs, coachbuilts, etc. Includes dozens of color pictures, original advertisements and historical information. Great reference book.	978-1-61325-750-0
Technical
	Volkswagen Piet Olyslager The Sunday Times, 1961	Cars from 1954, Utility Vehicles from 1955, Karmann Ghia from 1955
	Standard Catalog of VW, 1946-2004 John Gunnell KP Books	Technical info by year.	0-87349-761-9
	VW Body Work Dave Tabler Clymer Publications	1978 edition, does not contain any modern body work techniques	0-89287-228-4
	Volkswagen Model Documentation Joachim Kuch Robert Bentley Publishers	Beetle to 412, including Transporter (Boxer engine models). Black & white photos.	0-8376-0078-2
	Tuning Volkswagens Peter Noad Interauto Book Company	Engine tuning	85113 075 5
	Simplified Tune-up Instructions 1968 Volkswagen XYZYX Information Corporation	Good tune-up information
	Simplified Tune-up Instructions 1970 Volkswagen XYZYX Information Corporation	Good tune-up information
	How to Rebuild your Volkswagen Air-cooled Engine Tom Wilson H. P. Books	Good engine information, including rebuild	0-89586-225-5
	How to Hotrod Volkswagen Engines H. P. Books	Older book on how to build a big VW engine. Good for overall techniques
	The Complete VW Book, No. 2 Miles Schofield, editor Petersen Publishing Co.	1971 edition, compilation of tech articles, history, and editorial.
	How to Make an Old Porsche Fly Craig Richter 1982 by PORCO Enterprises	200 page performance handbook for 356/912 and air-cooled VWs.
	How to Restore your Volkswagen Beetle Eric LeClair 2019 by CarTech 168 pages	Restoration	9781613254271