And to add to the list - here is a large collection of links to various albums and folders, which could be helpful to you.
Dan Heller has mentioned a portofolio in his series of articles on Business Sense. The article tells why you need a portfolio and how it affects your business.
At Art-Support.com I found an article about artist portfolio guidelines, which cover most of the issues related to portfolio design and presentation.
Another web page I encounter in the Internet is a list of books on Art Portfolios, which you may want to consider when looking for a book about portfolios.

And here is the advice on ordering the pieces of your portfolio:
To arrange a portfolio here is a technique you may want to use. Print a contact sheet in Photoshop or proofs from Photo Mechanic with images from the portfolio. Then take every image you've printed out and scatter them across the floor. Then start arranging. You're looking at flow and making sure you don't have two similar looking images in a row. Sometimes flow can be helped just by looking at your subject matter and seeing where it is in relation to the frame. If you have an image, which is heavy on the right and bottom, so find a frame that is heavy on the left to put right after it. Even look at things like silhouettes, colors, lenses, shapes, etc., and make sure you don't have things like two 'blue' photos or two really wide angle photos right next to each other. If one has a very confusing composition and takes a little longer to read, make sure the next frame is simple and easy to read. It could go on and on, but just watch how each image plays off each other. Having two similar frames together kills both, where one could have worked nicely on its own. Every new frame should bring something different to the table to continually "wow" them.

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