Pre-War book (Fallout: New Vegas)

A pre-War book is a miscellaneous item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Pre-War books are books that has not been destroyed, burned, or otherwise rendered unreadable and are a common item within the Mojave Wasteland, and can be found inside most occupied dwellings. These books are relatively common by comparison to its destroyed/burned/ruined counterparts, and come in a variety of colors and sizes. There are nine varieties of pre-War books, with four different color patterns and two different sizes. Although most varieties of pre-War books are worth one bottle cap, a "relatively" rare variety of blue pre-War book is worth five.

In the add-on, Old World Blues the Courier can take them to the Book Chute and have them turned to blank books used for making skill books.

Locations
The rare blue variety is only known to reliably appear in these locations:
 * 1 book in the Mining office of Sloan.
 * 1 book in the entrance hall of Vault 22.
 * 3 books in an unoccupied motel room in Novac.

Other generic pre-War books can be found here:
 * 118 books can be found on a shelf in the Lucky 38 penthouse.
 * 28 of them are located inside Doc Mitchell's house.
 * 19 can be found in the NCR Embassy
 * 16 are found in the Nellis schoolhouse at Nellis Air Force Base.
 * Vault 3 and Vault 21 have many books in the living quarters.
 * An entire bookshelf of pre-War books can be found in the barracks of the Mojave Outpost.
 * there is two in the sink in Old World Blues