Textbooks on permutation groups?

Question

I need good texts on group theory that cover the theory of permutation groups. I think there is a book called Wielandt. Is it good? are there newer alternatives? Can I find books that are not specifically about representation groups that cover thoroughly the most important results? Also, when browsing Amazon I kept getting sent to books on representation theory of finite groups, would this be a good way to approach the topic? I got interested in the topic thanks to this question I asked recently.

Thank you very much in advance.

Regards.

Answer 1

You might appreciate Sagan's book The symmetric group; it covers, well, its namesake. It is largely focused on the representation theory of $S_n$, but covers other topics as well.

Answer 2

A very good book is Donald S. Passman, Permutation Groups. And yes, Helmut Wielandt's book Finite Permutation Groups.

Answer 3

Wielandt's book is quite old now, but still good. If you are looking for more recent books, at the beginning postgraduate level, then there is "Permutation groups" by Peter J. Cameron, and (believe it or not) "Permutation groups" by J.D. Dixon abnd B. Mortimer.