Well you could check out lees Action figure news £5 in UK (forbidden planet) back in 92/93 I came across issue 9 and I went into a collecting frenzy- managed to assemble a real mixed bag of vint. carded figures; ken, pal, mecc, t/l
german, clipper, Japanese, Argentine, Brazilian and Italian. Guides I use are Star heroes collector- excellent german guide, Tomarts 97 guide- still useful, star wars super collectors wishbook- excellent 4 vols so far! From trilogo to meccano S fancourt- nice pictures! House of collectables guide to SW- out of date
Collectables from a galaxy far far away...Becket toys- lacks depth, Virgin published the Uk version of THE STAR WARS FIGURE ARCHIVE- STEVE SANSWEET ET AL. This only covers vintage and POTF2 upto 98.
The price guide in Lees is excellent, Tomart also have a magazine but it usually does not have a guide- these days I tend to just browse them in FP- look for trends etc
Warman's has a Star Wars field guide- small but useful?
Hope this is of some use Also The Kellerman book which is very comphrehensive- totally about action figures-
though only Kenner US carded figures... new book by Lopes et al. expensive and only one part devoted to toys. See if you can get your hands on the Star heros collector- not pricey and covers a good range of vintage with both euro and US prices.