[buescher]

For hobbyists:

The old Edmund Scientific books if you can find them. They didn’t bother with isbn numbers so now that they no longer sell them it’s not easy. Wildly out of date in some ways but good basic explanations of geometric optics and its applications.

Gordon McComb’s Laser Cookbook or the ray gun book. They are basically the same book, one just looks more embarrassing. Also now out of date, but not terribly.

There are a few good hobbyist-level books on holography but I don’t have names at hand.

[buescher]

Here's some Edmund application material - scroll down for the archive of old Edmund Scientific literature. I think "Graphical Ray Tracing" is what you are looking for. All About Telescopes also has lots of information on basic optical calculations and measurements. https://www.edmundoptics.com/knowledge-center/technical-lite...