Pre-War book (Fallout: New Vegas)

A Pre-War Book is book that has not been destroyed. It is a fairly rare item, desired by the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel.

Despite its lack of value to most of the wasteland, one of the Brotherhood Scribes, Scribe Yearling, located within the Arlington Library, will reward you with 10 XP and 100 bottle caps per book for contributing these to their archives. See Yearning for Learning: Scribe Pre-War Books.

Locations

 * Several can be found in Minefield
 * Several can be found in the RobCo Facility
 * Several can be found in Vault 92
 * Four are found in Billy Creel's house in Megaton.
 * One in a scavenger's half-destroyed house, one square West of Fort Bannister. It is on a table along with a Sawed-Off Shotgun and ammo.
 * One can be found in an Abandoned Shack at Clifftop Shacks.
 * Two can be found in the Tepid Sewer: one in the locked storage room (opened via a terminal or Rocksalt's key) underneath some other books in a box, and one in the raider's sleeping quarters on top of the bookshelves.
 * Two can be found in Republic of Dave in the Museum of Dave. Stealing them will result in karma loss.
 * One can be found in the Paradise Falls Slave house on a table.
 * Two can be found in Hubris Comics.
 * One can be found in Roosevelt Academy
 * Two can be found in the east wing of L.O.B Enterprises
 * Two can be found in CO Quaters In Fort Constantine
 * One can be found in The National Guard Depot Training Wing National Guard Depot
 * Five can be found in The National Archives Basement
 * One can be found on Caleb's bed in Temple of the Union
 * One can be found in the Drainage Chamber near Jury Street Metro Station (see Signal Oscar Tango)
 * Once you fully invest in Crazy Wolfgang, he will sell the "Junk" Pre-War Books for 5 caps (SEE NOTE BELOW)

Note
There are two types of Pre-War Books but only one type can be turned in for caps at the Arlington Library. Books that can be turned in have a value of 1, a green cover, and show a special "Book" icon, while books that cannot have a value of 5, a blue cover, and appear with the "Junk" icon in the inventory.