In reply to George1924:
> I am more interested in a book which describes how best to tell the conditions of the ice apart.
Apart from some very basic stuff, that is what you really only get through experience - and getting experience is really hard for most of us in the UK. Even for Highlanders, its still super rare to get the big water ice features that you get in Norway for example.
Ice differs hugely with temperature, with aspect, and lots of other things. Good luck - getting out there and giving it a go is the only way really!