Van de Hulst `Light Scattering by Small Particles', Wiley, also
Dover 1981
Contains a clear and concise introduction
to Stokes parameters.
Gehrels (ed) `Planets, Stars and Nebulae, studied with
photopolarimetry',
Univ.of Arizona 1974
Still the best applications overview; no spectral or
imaging polarimetry worth speaking of, though.
Serkowski `Polarization Techniques', chapter 8 of `Methods of
Experimental Physics',
vol 12 `Astrophysics' (Carleton ed.),
Academic Press 1974
The classic on astronomical polarimetry
Shurcliff `Polarized Light, production and Use', Harvard/Oxford
1962
The classic on instruments, components and polarization
calculus.
Simmons and Guttmann `States, Waves and Photons: a modern
introduction to light',
Addison-Wesley 1970
Quantum-mechanical formalism for polarization.
Clarke and Grainger `Polarized Light and Optical Measurement',
Pergamon 1971
Very useful companion to Shurcliff.
Azzam and Bashara `Ellipsometry and Polarized Light',
North-Holland 1977 (paperback
1987)
Polarization calculus.
Kliger, Lewis and Randall `Polarized Light in Optics and
Spectroscopy', Academic Press
1990
Excellent modern treatment of polarization calculus; best
single buy.