Tuttle
Tuttle Publishing is a mainstream publisher who commonly publishes books on Japan and related topics... including Go books. As they are a mainstream publisher, their books can commonly be found at Amazon.com and many bookstores throughout the U.S.
Their web site: http://www.tuttlepublishing.com/ .
Books published by Tuttle:
- The Game of Go by Arthur Smith
- Go Basics -- Concepts And Strategies for New Players by Peter Shotwell
- Go -- More Than a Game by Peter Shotwell
- Steppingstones to Go? by Kishikawa Shigemi
- The Theory and Practice of Go by Oscar Korschelt
There is much history involved in some of the books published by Tuttle. The Theory and Practice of Go is a translation of a book originally published in German in 1880. The Game of Go was actually the very first Go book available in English, originally published in 1908 by Moffat, Yard & Company and then reprinted by Tuttle.
The Tuttle Go books have long been known for being... primarily of historical interest. Since while the books were good at the time (they were the only game in town, so to speak) they'd been largely supplanted by much better books published by Ishi Press, Kiseido, and other publishers. This reputation changed for the better however when Go -- More Than a Game by Peter Shotwell was published, as it is commonly held to be a genuinely good introductory book.