Stars and Planets by Ian Ridpath will have much of what you are after. It goes a little less deep than The S. Sky Guide (mag 6 stars), but it has separate notes and charts for all the constellations, and a few extra entries on especially rich areas of the sky. Quite a lot of colour photos of DSOs too. And it's a bargain. I picked the 2nd edition at a bookshop sale for $8. I saw the 3rd edition at Bintel Melbourne for ??.
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