My list of inspiring astronomy books has something in common with Denis Buczyinski’s.
Also, like Graham Winstanley, I spent far too long in the Picton & Brown Libraries in Liverpool browsing the astronomy and science section!
The Starry Heavens Ellison Hawks 1950
Suns, Myths and Men Patrick Moore 1954
The Boy’s Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore 1959
The Amateur Astronomer Patrick Moore 1959
Norton’s Star Atlas Norton & Inglis 1959
Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy L Rudeaux & G de Vaulcouleurs 1962
Making & Using a Telescope H P Wilkins & Patrick Moore 1956
The Sun and the Amateur Astronomer W M Baxter 1963
Radio Astronomy for Amateurs Frank Hyde 1963
Survey of the Moon Patrick Moore 1963
etc, etc…
Robert