Well, it seems this sub-forum didn't have a thread on best texts for Analytical Chemistry. So we'll make this post sticky and post them here. To start with, the people I used to work with considered a good overall introduction to analytical chemistry to be:
Instrumental Methods of Analysis, by Willard, Merritt and Dean.
http://www.amazon.com/Instrumental-Methods-Analysis-Chemistry-Willard/dp/0534081428 I'm very glad to have my fifth edition as a reference, although, I used to have an older revision, maybe third, and while the instruments were more old fashioned, I did like hearing about older, more manual methods.