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The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e (pdf), by Tobias Oetiker, Hubert Partl, Irene Hyna and Elisabeth Schlegl.
This link is for the English version, but it is available as well in a number of other languages and some other formats.
Formatting Information, by Peter Flynn.
This manual, first published in TUGboat, is for the true beginner, and provides information about installation and editing as well as about LaTeX. A PDF file is provided for printing, as well as an HTML version, the source, and a comprehensive README file.
LaTeX Tutorials: A Primer(pdf) (Indian TeX Users Group, 2003).
Additional topic-specific tutorials by the same group are available formatted for both screen and print.

The PracTeX Journal, an electronic journal of the TeX Users Group, dedicated to the exchange of practical experience and instruction in the use of TeX and related systems.

Part of the second edition of this book is available as a PDF file from CTAN, as "Math into LaTeX, A Short Course". (pdf) Instructions are in the file mil.txt. An alternate source is the author's Web page.
The 1996 (first) edition of Math into LaTeX is also available from the author's site as a PDF file.

Mathematical TeX by Example, by Arvind Borde (Academic Press, 1993; ISBN 0-12-117645-2)
Files of examples are available from CTAN.

TeX Starting from Square 1, by Michael Doob (Springer Verlag, 1993)
This book is an expansion of A Gentle Introduction to TeX, which is still available from CTAN, in Greek as well as English.
TeX for the Impatient, by Paul W. Abrahams with Karl Berry and Kathryn Hargreaves (Addison-Wesley, 1990) - This book is out of print from the publisher, but the rights have reverted to the authors, who have made both a PDF file (in French) and the sources (in French).
Making TeX Work, by Norman Walsh (O'Reilly & Associates, 1994)
The book itself is out of print, but an HTML version is available for reference on Sourceforge, or as a tarred, gzip'ped file from CTAN.

Computers & Typesetting, by Donald E. Knuth, all five volumes in a Millennium Boxed Set (Addison Wesley, 2001)
- Volume A, The TeXbook,
- Volume B, TeX: The Program,
- Volume C, The METAFONTbook,
- Volume D, METAFONT: The Program,
- Volume E, Computer Modern Typefaces
Digital Typography, by Donald E. Knuth (CSLI Publications, Stanford University, 1999)
For a more complete description of the contents, see DEK's Web pages; this includes a complete list of errata so far, along with the usual promise of US$2.56 to the first finder of any bug.
The LaTeX Companions Boxed Set, by Goossens, Mittelbach, Rahtz, Samarin, Kopka and Daly: A Complete Guide and Reference for Preparing, Illustrating and Publishing Technical Documents, 2nd edition (Addison Wesley, 2004)
- A Guide to LaTeX
- The LaTeX Companion
- The LaTeX Graphics Companion
- The LaTeX Web Companion