Elementary Matrix Algebra by Franz E. Hohn, 1960 Third Printing, Red Cloth Hardcover
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The Book A 1960 third printing of Elementary Matrix Algebra by Franz E. Hohn, first published in 1958 by The Macmillan Company, New York. It is bound in bold red cloth over board with a silver stam...
The Book
A 1960 third printing of Elementary Matrix Algebra by Franz E. Hohn, first published in 1958 by The Macmillan Company, New York.
It is bound in bold red cloth over board with a silver stamped title and a stitched binding. The cover treatment is minimalist and modern, clean type in a structured layout, characteristic of university press design of the 1950s and 1960s.
Inside, cream paper stock and crisp interior typography. A Library of Congress catalog number is present. Compact in format yet conceptually weighty, the volume carries the intellectual momentum of the late 1950s.
History & Provenance
The book was published at the height of Cold War scientific acceleration, when matrix algebra was rapidly becoming essential to engineering design, control theory, physics research, early computer science and aerospace systems.
By 1960 matrix methods were no longer a niche concern. They were becoming core to modern technological development, and this text reflects that turning point in applied mathematics. It is mathematics from just before silicon became personal.
Dating here is straightforward rather than attributed. The copyright is 1958 and the printing statement reads third printing, 1960, with Macmillan's New York imprint.
Product Details
| Title | Elementary Matrix Algebra |
| Author | Franz E. Hohn |
| Era | Copyright 1958, third printing 1960 |
| Publisher | The Macmillan Company, New York |
| Origin | Printed in the United States |
| Materials | Red cloth over board hardcover, stitched binding, cream paper stock |
| Marks | Silver stamped title to cloth. Library of Congress catalog number present |
| Condition | Good vintage condition. Red cloth retains strong color saturation with minor edge softening. Interior pages clean and structurally sound. Binding intact. No dust jacket present |
| Dimensions | To be confirmed |
Why It Belongs in Your Home
Mid century intellectual objects carry weight on a shelf in a way that decorative books do not. This one suggests rigor, structure and systems thinking, and it earns that reading honestly.
It works on a study desk, layered into a modernist shelf, paired with industrial interiors, in a library vignette, or in an office that values design and discipline.
The red cloth alone is visually striking, and the subject matter adds quiet authority. Matrix algebra helped build the modern world, and the book that taught it looks the part.
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