For details on lots of openings, Seirawan's Winning Chess Openings is probably a lot more readable than other options from the last two decades. If I remember correctly, it was written around 1999. Here is a review:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
Another possibility is the large section on openings (with lots of sample games) in The Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093123/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review756.pdf
One might also consider Understanding the Chess Openings by IM Sam Collins,
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_the_Chess_Openings.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627031504/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen76.pdf
Back to Basics: Openings by FM Carsten Hansen, and
http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2010/1/30/a-brief-review-of-carsten-hansens-back-to-basics-openings.html
Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul van der Sterren (2009).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626173432/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen128.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/FCO_Fundamental_Chess_Openings.pdf
For a primary focus on principals, one might want to consider Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
and/or Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014).
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
The best opening's book for a 1300 elo player?