Sauk City WI: Mycroft & Moran. Good in Very Good+ dj. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. [ex-library book with related markings (including "withdrawn" stamp on title page), remnants/scarring to both pastedowns from formerly glued-down dust jacket flaps, printed catalog card glued to recto of rear endpaper, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper, tiny check-marks next to several titles in the table of contents; the jacket is much nicer than the book, with only light wear, although the lower two inches of the spine are somewhat discolored (probably from the removal of a library label), and there is some browning along the top and bottom edges of both flaps and the rear panel]. The fifth collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches, by an acknowledged master of the genre. In addition to the eight stories, this volume also contains "A Chronology of Solar Pons," by Robert Pattrick. The printing on this volume was limited to 2,000 copies. .

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Seller: ReadInk (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 28025
Title: The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
Author: Derleth, August; foreword by Anthony Boucher
Illustrator: (dj) Frank Utpatel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Very Good+ dj
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Mycroft & Moran
Place of Publication: Sauk City WI
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: Detective Fiction, Short Stories, Sherlock Holmes

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