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DERLETH, AUGUST. IN RE SHERLOCK HOLMES.. mycroft & moran, 1945, first edition ,,, 1945.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: good - very good jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. IN RE SHERLOCK HOLMES.. mycroft & moran, 1945 first edition, ,,, 1945.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Description: very good fold and spine darkening, chipped spine ends jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. IN RE SHERLOCK HOLMES.. mycroft & moran, 1945 first edition, ,,, 1945.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Description: very good - fine price clipped, piece of clear tape at the top of the spine, corner chip jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. IN RE SHERLOCK HOLMES.. mycroft & moran, 1945 first edition, ,,, 1945.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Description: very good - fine fold darkening, bumped spine, some age darkening jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
August Derleth. In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft and Moran, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of 3000cc. Covers have mild edgewear. Dust jacket worn and chipped.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. IN RE SHERLOCK HOLMES.. mycroft & moran, 1945 first edition, ,,, 1945.
Price: US$53.00 + shipping
Description: near fine, price clipped jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Description: 1st printing of this collection. 7.5x5", xv+238 pp. VG, clean & tight, in VG price-clipped dj with very light chipping at spine ends.
Seller: Aardvark Book Depot, Shorewood, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: NF/VG+, lower corners of book bumped, otherwise fine. The DJ has minor chipping head/foot of spine and corners. Spine darkened. Protected in mylar. ; 12mo, black cloth, red lettering spine, DJ, 238pp. Introduction by Vincent Starrett.
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jacket has strip of tape running the entire length of the jacket at top and bottom edges; this has discolored the jacket on back panel and flaps. Jacket has a few small chips and tears, foxing and/or soil on flaps and back panel, worn along folds. Three numerals are written on the jacket spine. Endpapers of book are slightly foxed, pages are slightly yellowed. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Front cover and spine of jacket are still bright and attractive, now protected by polyester film cover. Tight, square, pages clean and bright. Solar Pons is a worthy successor to Sherlock Holmes. This is his first appearance, and is one of 3000 copies in the first printing. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. S2
Seller: Sweet Beagle Books, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. IN RE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Arkham House, 1945.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First ed. Very good/very good condition, moderate overall wear to book and dustjacket, spine of book has rough spots, front flap of dustjacket clipped.
Seller: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HB Forward by Vincent Starrett Introducing Mr. Solar Pons. Quite a nice copy.
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$76.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unclipped ($2.50), mylar protected dust jacket. Clean text. Solid binding. Sharp corners. The spine ends are nudged with the foot showing just a hint of wear. Beginnings of age toning to the textblock edges. A small, transparent soil mark on the top of the textblock. The DJ has a 1" closed tear to the top/front. Small chips to the spine's heel. A rub mark near the head. Small chips to three flap corners. A 1/2" closed tear to the top/back edge. One of only 3000 copies printed.
Seller: Zach the Ripper Books, Gillette, WY, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.80 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy in its first printing; Unmarked, tight and square. Text tanned but still supple. Price intact jacket a bit tanned to white portions with light edgewear but virtually no paper loss. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pub by Mycroft and Moran, 1945, inscribed & SIGNED by author on ffep. G+ cond. hardcover now in archival Brodart, no dj. Black bds w/ muted red dec & lettering on spine. ExLib w/ most of the usual stamps, stickers, scars, marks & distinctions. Dustjacket flaps trimmed & pasted to rfep & inside rear cover. Binding slightly tender in a couple places but holding well. 238pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall G+ cond. We have a number of signed Derleth titles in stock, & we'd be happy to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. IN RE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Mycroft & Moran (Arkham House), Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first of the Solar Pons collections. 3604 copies printed. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., 238pp. Sharp First Edition. One of 3000 copies printed, though it has been estimated that there were actually 3604 copies were actually published, (Jaffrey p.23). Square tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild bumping to spine ends. Very attractive clipped wrapper has minor wear at the spine and fold ends. Rear panel and folds toning. Still fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Contains 12 stories that comprise the first Solar Pons collection; a Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Foreword by Vincent Starrett. A pretty collectable copy at a great price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Derleth, August (SIGNED). In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: typed letter signed by Derleth laid inside
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
DERLETH,AUGUST. In Re: Sherlock Holmes". MYCROFT AND MORAN, 1945.
Price: US$154.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1945 hardcover with dust jacket. 1st edition. book is in very good condition+++, clean, square and tight. prev owners name inside front cover. otherwise nearly mint. dust jacket is very good, clean and bright. with small chips and bumps to extremities. see photos.
Seller: edward syndercombe, Pretoria, GAUTE, South Africa
Derleth, August (SIGNED). In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$159.50 + shipping
Description: Inscribed by Derleth, jacket is price clipped
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited to 3000 copies, hardcover in black cloth with spine lettered in red, clean tight and unmarked, light age toning to edges of pages; personally inscribed by Derleth to his friend and fellow native of Sauk City "Tess Mueller" on ffep, with bookplate of her husband Otto on the front pastedown; dust jacket not price-clipped and protected in archival plastic, has light age browning around edges, light rubs at front joint, and small chip at top of spine
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st ptg., small 8vo, full black cloth, one of 3,000 copies of these Holmesian tales. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dj, with the custom bookplate of Chris Redmond, noted Canadian Sherlockian.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August (SIGNED). In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: jacket's spine is slightly darker, Inscribed: Greetings from a later day Backer Street, Cononically,August Derleth
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes; The Adventures of Solar Pons. Mycroft and Moran, 1945.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition, first printing
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft & Moran, 1945.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover. Foreword by Vincent Starrett.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
August Derleth. In Re:Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft and Moran, 1945.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: introduction by Vincent Starrett, early Solar Pons
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 3000 printed. Introduction by Vincent Starrett.
Seller: HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS, Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Fine in a price-clipped d/w with slight wear to the spine ends but still near fine. Contains: The adventure of the frightened baronet -- The adventure of the late Mr. Faversham -- The adventure of the black narcissus -- The adventure of the Norcross riddle -- The adventure of the retired novelist -- The adventure of the three red dwarfs -- The adventure of the Sotheby salesman -- The adventure of the purloined periapt -- The adventure of the limping man -- The adventure of the seven passengers -- The adventure of the lost holiday -- The adventure of the man with the broken face.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rebuffed after writing Arthur Conan Doyle to ask if he could write Holmes stories, the young Derleth created his own Sherlock Holmesian character, Solar Pons; this is the first collection of his tales. Foreword by Vincent Starrett. INSCRIBED to a collector by the author "For K---- K----- -- Greetings from a latter day Baker Street. Canonically, [signature]" on the first blank. Full black cloth, red titling. Light general wear, jacket edgeworn with light chipping, price clipped. Jacket art by Ronald Clyne. Text clean; xv, blank, 238 pages + colophon Size: 5¼" by 7½"
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes; The Adventures of Solar Pons. Mycroft and Moran, 1945.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition, first printing
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 3000 copies. xv, 238 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Currey p. 147 Black cloth. Fine, in gently worn dust jacket
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Slight shelf wear, crease spine of dust jacket.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August ( Sherlockiana ). IN RE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Mycroft & Moran, 1945.
Price: US$278.40 + shipping
Description: "IN RE:SHERLOCK HOLMES", Mycroft & Moran, 1945, first edition, fine in just about fine dust-wrapper with some slight dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Solar Pons #1. INSCRIBED by the author, "Greetings from a later day Baker street," canonically yours, August Derleth. 1/3,000 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by August Derleth (1909-1971) on the first free endpaper. Printed in an edition of 3,000 copies. xv, 238 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket clean and crisp, price clipped, and in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with red embossed titling to spine, clean within.
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: 3604 copies printed. xv, 238pp. Black cloth lettered in red on the spine. Signed and inscribed by August Derleth on the front free endpaper: "For Adolph F. Nicolai / with cordial regards / Sincerely / August F. Derleth." The first collection of Solar Pons stories. Introduction by Vincent Starrett. Front upper corner tip bruised, the first few leaves have a faint corner crease (the paper used was very thin). An appealing near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light fading to the red portion of the spine panel and minimal wear. Dustjacket art by Ronald Clyne. Jaffery 12. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3604 copies printed. The first Solar Pons collection. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with 15 mm closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. A sharp copy. (#171228)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes (Signed First Edition). Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, 1945.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., 238pp. Sharp First Edition. One of 3000 copies printed, though 3604 copies were actually published, (Jaffrey p.23). Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some softness to the heel. Equally attractive clipped Ronald Clyne dust-jacket has a touch of wear to spine ends but is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Terrific generic inscription by Derleth on the front endpaper, "Greetings from a latter day Baker Street. Canonically, August Derleth". Contains 12 stories that comprise the first Solar Pons collection; a Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Foreword by Vincent Starrett. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. In Re: Sherlock Holmes UNIQUE ASSOCIATION. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full black cloth, red titling. Light edgewear, jacket spine faded & tanned, edges worn, price-clipped. First printing of Derleth's first collection of Solar Pons Sherlock Holmes pastiches, INSCRIBED by Derleth to publisher Carroll Coleman: "Greetings from Baker Street | for Carroll Coleman | from one publisher to another -- | Sincerely | August Derleth". Coleman's Prairie Press published 'Atmosphere of Houses' and several volumes of Derleth's poetry over several decades.
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1375.00 + shipping
Description: First Printings. Ten octavo volumes (19-22cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in red, yellow, green, silver, and gilt on spines; dustjackets; xvi,238,[2]; xxii,245,[5]pp; [x],112,[2]; xiv,261,[1]; xii,199,[1]; xviii,281,[1]; [xii],108,[4]; [vi],131,[3]; x,237,[5]; [6],xvi,208,[2]pp. Books are uniformly Near Fine or better, with contents clean, some occasional nudging to spine ends, or faint finger-soil to covers. All dustjackets are unclipped, except for In Re: Sherlock Holmes; Three Problems shows some modest wear to joints and spine-ends, Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey with gentle sunning to spine and flap folds (Very Good+), with the remaining volumes showing only some light wear to extremities and some minor dustiness; Near Fine. An attractive set of the primary volumes in Derleth's Solar Pons series. "Solar Pons was born one autumn day in 1928. A young August Derleth had written to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to find out whether he intended writing any more Sherlock Holmes adventures. Upon receiving Doyle's terse negative reply, scrawled upon his own letter, Derleth proceeded to fill the void himself. He created his own fictional detective, complete with a brilliant deductive mind, a faithful medical man for a friend and chronicler, a London flat, a brother in high government circles, and enough other familiar minutiae to make the most dedicated Holmesian feel at home" (Wilson, August Derleth: A Bibliography, p.85). WILSON 315-320, 322-324.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.