Good luck-- you're asking for a pretty tall order!
Let's say I was going to write a book about a half-dozen films from a
half-dozen manufacturers, using a half-dozen different developers, each of
which has 2 different dilutions. So after a year, I've completed my
research, and my publisher is ready to go to press. Then one manufacturer
reformulates a developer, another discontinues a film, and two others change
a film each. The book is now outdated!

Possibly your best bet would be to go to the film or developer
manudacturer's website and request or download their info. Obviously, Kodak
isn't going to compare their products to Ilford or Fuji or vice versa, but
each manufacturer knows how their film works in their developers. Kodak has
some really nice pdf files available online, I don't know what other
manufacturers have, since I don't use them.
Plus, the price for manufacturer's literature will probably be less than
Border's books!

"Black and White Photography: A Basic Manual" and "Beyond Basic
Photography" both by Henry Horenstein. His books have been used for
decades in photo schools. I learned from them thirty years ago and use
them when I teach. He covers chemistries, the differences between halide
and bromide emulsions etc., adjusting development for contrast, toning
prints for longevity and color, and many other subjects.

Adams's "The Negative" and "The Print" are very good for learning about
different silver salts' sensitivity and the relationship between
development time and contrast but like everything else he wrote are
geared almost entirely to large-format photography. Also,
variable-contrast papers didn't exist yet when he wrote them.

Hope this helps,

--k

AAvK schrieb:

Take a look at "The Darkrook Cookbook" http://tinyurl.com/yo6nd4 and
"The Film Developing Cookbook" http://tinyurl.com/26tkgu

Andreas

Okay all, thank you very much for the replies, I will save everything to a text.
Much appreciated.