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THREE PROBLEMS FOR SOLAR PONS
by Derleth, August
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of these three collected adventures of the sub-Sherlockian detective Solar Pons. This third Pontine collection, issued by an imprint of Derleth's own Arkham House, was prematurely advertised as "quite possibly the last Solar Pons pastiches I shall write;" happily for his readers, the detective persisted for another twenty years and more. This volume's stories include: The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers, The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm, and The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty. 7.5'' x 5''. Original black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. 112 pages. Colophon states edition of 2000 copies, but actually one of 996 (see Jaffery). Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Jacket sunned at spine with moderate toning and edgewear. Offsetting to endpapers.
Synopsis
Three Problems for Solar Pons is a collection of detective fiction short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1952 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 996 copies. It was the third collection of Derleth's Solar Pons stories which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. The book was intended as an interim collection and all the stories are reprinted in The Return of Solar Pons. Because of the low print run, it is the scarcest Mycroft & Moran book.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46460
- Title
- THREE PROBLEMS FOR SOLAR PONS
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Mycroft & Moran
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, WI
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Mystery,Sherlockiana,20th century,1950s
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