Three Problems Solar Pons by Derleth August (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limited edition one of 2000 copies.

very good, all 4 corners price clipped jacket only, NO BOOK.

Condition: Fair. 1952. First Edition. 112 pages. Patterned grey dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. From the library of Florence and Edward Kaye with their red calf book label to front pastedown. Contents page up to page 20 loose to bottom; remaining pages are firmly attached. Front free endpaper removed. Faint brown markings to pastedowns. Mild tanning throughout. Small brown marks to top edge of text block. Boards have slight edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint water markings to boards. Unclipped jacket in acetate jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Mild scuffing to edges. Minor blue staining to top edge of rear panel.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 996 copies printed. Collects three Solar Pons adventures. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 229-230]. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends, small closed tear to the upper front panel and mild toning to the spine panel. (33469).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 996 copies printed. Collects three Solar Pons adventures. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 229-230]. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild toning along upper edges and to the spine panel, a touch of rubbing to the spine ends and upper corner tips. (33203).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. In Derleth's introductory note, he says these may be the last Solar Pons stories he would write. That planned pause didn't last very long and these stories were republished in The Return of Solar Pons in 1958 along with other new installments in this Sherlock Holmes pastiche series. 996 copies (although the colophon says 2000). Joshi, Eighty Years of Arkham House, M&M 4. Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion, 44. First edition (first and only printing). A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a bit of tanning to the white spine lettering and along the top edge of the rear jacket panel. With the Lovecraft-inspired letterpress bookplate of the James Strand estate on the front pastedown. This copy came from the important Arkham House collection assembled by James Strand of Portland, Oregon. After his death, in August 2023, his house was looted and most of his books were stolen. Some were subsequently recovered by the FBI. This book was among those not taken by thieves.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 12mo., 281pp. Gorgeous First Printing of one of the rarer M&M/Arkham titles. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Remarkably well preserved. Sharp unclipped dust- jacket, ($2.50), has some mild toning to edges. Fresh and with no creases, chipping or tears. The 3rd of Derleth's collection of stories paying homage to Sherlock Holmes after "In Re: Sherlock Holmes" and "The Memoirs of Solar Pons". Though the colophon states that 2000 copies were printed, the number was almost certainly 996, (Thirty Years of Arkham House, Derleth, 1970 pg.81), making it one of the most uncommon Arkham titles and certainly the toughest Solar Pons title. A beautiful, collectable copy and scarce in such high-grade condition. (Hubin, p.115).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 996 copies printed. The third and scarcest Mycroft & Moran Pons book. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild tanning to spine panel and flap folds. (#174641).

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 996 copies printed. The third and scarcest Mycroft & Moran Pons book. Light foxing to upper page edges, a fine copy in fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to upper spine end and touch of rubbing to upper right front corner tip and lower spine end. (164318).

Hardcover. First Edition, 2000 copies. 8vo., 112pp.; VG/VG; spine black with black and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50; slight wear to head of spine, slight soling to rear cover; SIGNED on ffep, 'Sincerely / August Derleth'; interior clean; in excellent condition; LP consignment; shelved case 8. 1283015. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover; Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author August Derleth on first free endpaper. Limited printing of 2000 copies. Very nice black cloth boards with title in gold on spine. Light edge wear. Endpapers show glue residue shadows and tanning. Text pages are clean. Yellow and black dust jacket is chipped at corners and spine ends. Spine, creases and edges noticeably rubbed. Rear jacket shows tanning and light soil. Looks good in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; 8VO.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 996 copies printed. Collects three Solar Pons adventures. [Reference: Hubin, pp. 229-230]. Light foxing to upper page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to head of spine panel and a touch of rubbing to upper right front corner tip and base of spine panel. (22721).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by August Derleth on the front free end paper and inscribed to a previous owner. Musty odor to pages and jacket, else Near Fine with light toning to pages. In Near Fine un-clipped jacket, with a hint of rubbing to at spine ends and light toning to top edge of rear panel. A nice copy, signed by the author.

very good, - fine, spine fold rubbing, bumping jacket only, NO BOOK.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine titles lettered in gilt. Near Fine, with trace wear to cloth along bottom edges, pages lightly toned. In a Near Fine un-clipped dust jacket, with rubbing at the extremities, and a small faint stain to the bottom corner of the rear panel.