Description
The Oliver and Boyd “University Mathematical Texts” series was a landmark in 20th-century academic publishing, specifically designed to provide undergraduates with affordable, compact, and rigorous introductions to higher mathematics. Edited by Edinburgh professors Alexander Aitken and Daniel Rutherford, these “little blue books” transitioned complex topics-such as tensor calculus, topology, and matrix theory-into accessible formats that could fit in a student’s pocket. Their signature blue cloth bindings and clear, concise prose made them the gold standard for university teaching from the 1930s through the 1970s, bridging the gap between introductory lectures and heavy, specialist treatises. This collection has general wear and tear, with markings on some of the boards and page edges, some foxing, and the occasional loose binding. There are no dust jackets on these books and some have a name written on the first few pages. The 24 books are: Aitken’s Statistical Mathematics; Spain’s Tensor Calculus; Coulson’s Electricity; Aitken’s Determinants and Matrices; Phillip’s Functions of a Complex Variable; Ledermann’s Theory of Finite Groups; Rutherford’s Vector Methods; Ince’s Integration of Ordinary Differential Equations; Turnbull’s Theory of Equations; Rutherford’s Classical Mechanics; Burkill’s Theory of ODEs; Sneddon’s Special Functions of Mathematical Physics and Chemistry; Rutherford’s Fluid Dynamics; Coulson’s Waves; Patterson’s Topology; Hyslop’s Real Variable; Gillespie’s Integration; Rindler’s Special Relativity; Gillespie’s Partial Differentiation; McCrea’s Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions; Adamson’s Introduction to Field Theory; Rogosinski’s Volume and Integral; Hyslop’s Infinite Series; and Faulkner’s Projective Geometry.