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My collection. Mostly cobbled from ebay sellers and local charity shops.
My favourites are:
East End by John Claridge. Moody B&W photography of grimy London.
Paris by Night by Brassai. Basically the Bible of low light photography. He timed his long exposures by the time it took him to smoke a cig, amazing stuff. It still amazes me what he accomplished considering most of /p/ can't work out how to take pleasing low light photography to this day.
Facing the World: Great Moments in Photojournalism. An absolute brick of a book but so underrated. Basically the most impressive and comprehensive book on photojournalism I've ever seen. I got mine cheap locally but it's worth full price for the quality of the prints and amount of content.
And Daido Moriyama's Record. It was the book that made me fall in love with photography and I still return to it often. The prints are so textured it looks like you can reach right into the grain, an effect you don't get looking at Daido's work on a phone or monitor.
