Apostol's Calculus I-III: Is It Worth the Price?

[Jameson]

I've read here and on other sites that Apostol's Calculus I-III books are remarkable. Is this the general consensus? I want an extremely rigorous math book. I've been using Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards which is good, but not detailed enough for me. Apostol's books are extremely expensive. Where's the best place to buy books like this?

Thanks for your advice.

 

[dx]

if you want rigor, try spivak

 

[HallsofIvy]

Apostol is very difficult. More like an analysis text than you're standard calculus text.

 

[mathwonk]

apostol books are superb. here is vol one for you for $30.

Calculus. Volume 1: Introduction, with Vectors and Analytic Geometry
Apostol, Tom M. Bookseller: Zubal Books
(Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 30.00
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Book Description: NY: Blaisdell Publishing Company 1962, 1962. FIRST EDITION, 3rd printing, 515 pp., hardback, covers lightly worn, ex library, else text and binding clean, tight and bright. Bookseller Inventory # ZB475731

and they have a copy of courant and john for even less:

Introduction to Calculus and Analysis. Volume One (ISBN: 0470178604)
Courant, Richard, & Fritz John Bookseller: Zubal Books
(Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 24.44
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Book Description: NY: Interscience 1965, 1965. Volume 1; 661 pp., hardback, previous owner's name to front free endpaper else v.g. in good dustjacket. Bookseller Inventory # ZB472130