“Way Beyond Monochrome Edition 2” ISBN: 9780240816258 by Ralph Lambrecht and Chris Woodhouse – Advanced Techniques for Traditional Black & White photography. This book has 560 pages and over 1000 illustrations, it provides all the important requirements of the craft of photography (it even has a bit on digital!).
This is not a beginner’s book: but for those requiring in depth information about the use of traditional materials used in the production of film based images, it is probably one of the best available.