This book was written by the Managing Director of the "Unique" company. It only describes "Unique" rules but, as they produced a wide range, it is a very comprehensive book on slide rule use. A copy of   most of the book is on line here. Copies of this book come up from time to time on ebay (the Internet auction). Their price varies a lot but they are mainly in the $10 to $25 range.

The slide rule collectors "bible". Has masses of information on makers, models, dates of production, catalogues, clues to dating etc. etc. It covers rules right from the start of manufacture up to the end of regular production. If you are interested in slide rule collecting this book is a must.

The Amazon list price is $35.00.

Written by an early slide rule author (c1900). Describes the use of A, B, C, D, S, ST and T scales. See another of his books mentioned below.

Covers the basic scales and uses an interesting tabulated way of showing the how operations to be performed. Copies of this book come up from time to time on ebay (the Internet auction). Their price varies a lot but they are mainly in the $10 to $20 range.

Starts with a fairly brief description of a "Coggeshall" rule made by Belcher of New York. The bilk of the book is made up of mathematical formulae for areas and volumes of plane and solid shapes including some unusual things like Tonnage of Ships and Piling of Balls and Shells.

Although this covers similar ground to Peter Hopp's book it does so in a different way and complements rather than competes with it.

The Amazon list price is $23.50.

This came nearest to being a complete manual of slide rule use. Whilst it used specific slide rules as examples with the permission of the manufacturer it was not tied to any single make of rule. As new rules or types of rules were introduced new editions contained succinct description of how to use them. There have been a few sold on ebay, usually around $30 to $40.

A slightly unusual book in that it starts with the principle of slide rules, moves on to the principle of logarithms and then back to using the slide rule. A few have been sold on ebay for around $30.

After a brief introduction to the components of a slide rule, the author goes into a long dissertation about mathematical methods including not only logarithms but also abacuses, long division and other matters. It does however cover all the basics of slide rule use.

To aid the student this book includes a cardboard slide rule. This rule however is not completely standard in that the B and C scales are on separate sliders. The author gives a very short explanation of the slide rule and most of the book is taken up with examples drawn from different technical spheres.

One copy was sold on ebay for $25.00.

The author presents what he refers to as "contracted arithmetic methods" which save time when doing multiplication by hand as only as many significant figure as necessary retained.  The relevance of this to slide rules is not clear.) There then follows an introduction to logarithms. Quite soon however the author starts to explain how to use a slide rule for a range of calculations.

A few copies have been sold on ebay in the $10 to $25 price range.

This book is different to any other slide rule book I have ever seen. Whilst the pages are numbered consecutively that is not how they are referenced. The book starts on page 1 but at the foot of the page there is a question on what has been presented on that page. Two alternative answers are presented. If one answer is selected the student goes to page 6, otherwise to page 11. Page 2 starts with the message "You did not follow the instructions.". Page 3 is accessed from one of the answers on page 15, and so on.

The style of the book might have been an effective way of learning but it does mean you cannot browse through it. It does however have a good index so you can dip in to it for particular topics.

It covers the following scales, C & D: A, B and K: CI: L: S and T.

A few copies have been sold on ebay in  the $35 to $50 range.