Thanks Roberta. I was hoping this thread would've taken off better than it did. Making it a sticky should help a lot.
One series of books I can't believe that I forgot to include originally is from a publisher that went defunct in the 1980's. Bookman Publishing (through Motorbooks International) published a series of small books that reproduced period literature with a slant towards technical data and authentic illustration. The "
Source Book" series was only available briefly, not more that 3-5 years (in some cases 1), and are
highly sought after and collected today. Depending on rarity they can go for between $20 and $200, and sometimes more.
I saved up a bunch of these over the years. I just sold a duplicate I had of the Jaguar XKE book to an Italian buyer for $62, and it's not even one of the rare ones. Don't ask me for my Z-28 book still in the protective wrapping!
The only Buick book in the series that I have is
Big Buicks A Source Book, R. Perry Zavitz ed. Unfortunately this book covers a huge range for this series, 1936-1973 in just 144 pages. It's one of the least informative of the series, but is still a good one to have if only for enjoyment sake. Their are also
Buick Gran Sports A Source Book &
Riviera A Classic Source Book published in the series, but I've yet to see one in 20 years of collecting the series. If they're comparable to the GTO/442/Mustang/etc. books I have (and I'm sure they are) they'd be invaluable, especially to people who collect similar models accross model years.
The same publisher in 1985 (again briefly) published
Muscle Buicks, by Thomas Bonsall. This was part of small
"Muscle" series that covered most American muscle cars. Part introduction/part literature reproduction, this 96 pager is more an entertaining read than a technical guide.
Finally, for diecast model & literature fans, there's
A Guide to Buick Diecast and Collectibles by Joey O'Connor. This is almost exclusively a (single) photo guide to different kinds of Buick collectibles. For someone new to the hobby it'd be useful to present the range of material available out there, but there's virtually no text and no values ascribed to the illustrations. Also it's heavily slanted to 1980's and later material (i.e. the oldest 1/24th scale model illustrated is from 1983, and the oldest item in the book is the brochure from 1970).
March 16th, 2005
I've got 29 from that series, the highest numbered volume I have is #41. After #33 they stopped listing the rest of the books inside, so I don't know how many they eventually made. 
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