@NickiesNest - If you start off by using Categories, first go to books. When the page updates, click on the photo 'books'. Next go to the All Filters link. Do not use the search bar or as you've found it basically brings you right back to the starting line.
The all filters option will then give you an array of sub-categories to choose from. Once you opt for one of those hit 'apply'.
After the page updates the all filters options will change & you can select vintage, location, sort by price, etc.
However, there is no way to enter a book title &/or author. This is where you can try the search bar.
I tried & yes, the book title shows me as many skillets as books.
You can try to get really specific & enter the book title & author. However, this could also lead to even more irrelevant results besides the listings that somehow relate to "iron", "mountains" or "reports" since there's more individual words that search can pick up on.
Etsy's search cannot take words typed into the search bar into context nor will it look at your term as the one thing you are looking for.
As a side note, when searching for stuff, you can try using the search bar.
Or you can select Categories & then go into all filters. No, it doesn't seem to make sense that filters are available when you haven't entered a search term into the search bar, but.....
Either way, there is never a guarantee that you will get a full array of filters - sub categories, etc. - to use. One word in a typed in search term can change the filter options you see. Example "brooch" versus "pin" when thinking about jewelry.
