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Three Problems for Solar Pons
by Derleth, August
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180115002
- Title
- Three Problems for Solar Pons
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mycroft & Moran
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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