Ballou is a whole audio encyclopedia and covers several topics with great detail. very technical, IMO geared more towards designers than engineers.
Dickreiter - being german, i have the book in the original language; no idea what the english translation/edit is like. the german version is very detailed, but a bit old-fashioned (several obsolete topics) and little academic, too. the editors have a broadcast background, so most techniques are about recording classical music and speech. nevertheless a classic regarding those topics that don't go out-of-date.
Burroughs is about mics only and covers design & application with good detail, but never getting too technical as far as alectronics are concerned. IIRC burroughs was the one who first came up with the 3:1 rule...
Eargle is a little similar to burroughs but comes in more recent editions. appears a little more "hands-on" to me, with examples, fotos and all.
for individual miking, you might want to check out "professional microphone techniques" by david miles huber. comes with lots of examples of different instruments plus a cd.
HEY... while checking for the title at amazon, i just came across the "vintage microphone handbook" by - guess who - klaus himself...?!?
interesting! he might wanna tell us something about it?