There's a book from the 80's I have.
"All New" Complete Book Of Bicycling by Eugene A. Sloane.
I picked mine up for free minus the outer paper cover.
Here's one on eBay for like $13. It covers a lot of things, and considering its print date was 1980 it's old stuff
http://cgi.ebay.com/EUGENE-SLOANE-bo...-/380247116614
-Gene-