Common LISP: The Language

Guy Steele; Digital Press, first edition 1984, second edition 1990, .

In this greatly expanded edition of the defacto standard, you'll learn about the nearly 200 changes already made since original publication - and find out about gray areas likely to be revised later. Written by the Vice- Chairman of X3J13 (the ANSI committee responsible for the standardization of Common Lisp) and co-developer of the language itself, the new edition contains the entire text of the first edition plus six completely new chapters.

This book has been mentioned in the following pages of the Jargon File: Aluminum Book.