Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Derleth, August. The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1951.
Price: US$19.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: ex library copy with markings only on the inside worn jacket has a short teat at the top
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
August Derleth. The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft and Moran, Sauk City, 1951.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The second collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches from the founder of Arkham House. One of 2000 copies, a fine copy, missing the DJ. Small dealer not in pencil in front. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust Jacket. Very Good. Light wear especially at head and tail of spine. Toning. Price clipped. Scarce. (Dust Jacket only. Book not included).
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, 1951.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Introduction by Ellery Queen. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned and rubbed, a few small chips at the edges, stains on the back panel. Black buckram with yellow ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, stained at the top edge and lower fore-edge, bookplate on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The second collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches from the founder of Arkham House.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1951.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. 245pp. Black boards in price clipped dust jacket. dust jacket. Foreword by Ellery Queen. Dust jacket by Frank Utpatel. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. Some toning to jacket spine and edges. Top corners are very lightly bumped. Really nice copy. Second collection of Solar Pons stories, a pastiches of Sherlock Holmes. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 2000 copies, hardcover in black cloth with spine lettered in yellow, clean tight and unmarked, pages crisp and bright; dust jacket not price-clipped and protected in archival plastic, has light age browning around edges, very light rubs along all edges
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August & Queen, Ellery ( Sherlockiana ). THE MEMOIRS OF SOLAR PONS. Mycroft & Moran, 1951.
Price: US$197.20 + shipping
Description: THE MEMOIRS OF SOLAR PONS, Mycroft & Moran, 1951, first edition, a fine copy in a near fine color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel and some very slight wear to the dust-wrapper spine edges. Contains a 13 page introduction by Ellery Queen. 1,2000 copies. Solar Pons #2.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, 1951.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Unclipped DJ in archival, small chips at corners, edge wear. Introduction by Ellery Queen.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2038 copies printed. Signed on the front free endpaper by Derleth. The second collection of Solar Pons stories. A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket priced $3.00 on the front flap with light wear at spine ends and upper front corner tip and a bit of tanning, mainly top edges of flaps. A nice copy. (#173995)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August (SIGNED). The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1951.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: inscribed by Derleth, small spot on the foredge
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August (SIGNED). The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1951.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: inscribed by Derleth
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Memoirs of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1951.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed "Canonically / August Derleth" on the ffep. One of 2000 copies. Mylar covered DJ. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks. Well packed and promptly shipped. BC04A
Seller: Earl The Pearls, Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$506.81 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1951 & 1965. First Editions, First Printings. Near fine copies in near fine dustwrappers. New York: The Candlelight Press 1965. First Editions, First Printings. Near fine copies in near fine original printed wrappers. CHF 450. These books part of our Catalogue 11: Crime, Spy, Mystery, Adventure, War and Pulp Fiction, a copy of which you can order from us.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
Price: US$1283.27 + shipping
Description: First editions, first printings, inscribed copies of four early titles in Derleth's Solar Pons series, of which there were 11 works. All these copies are inscribed by the author to F. H. Hollander (1915-2000) of the American Astronomical Society. The dust jackets were designed by Frank Utpatel, who also produced jackets for Arkham House. 4 works, octavo. Memoirs: original black cloth, title to spine in yellow. Return: original black cloth, title to spine in green. Reminiscences: original black cloth, title to spine in silver. Casebook: original black cloth, title to spine in gilt. All with dust jackets. Very occasional spotting to text block, a very minor point of cockling to top of front cover of Memoirs, a very small raised bump to front cover of Casebook. Otherwise an excellent set in the lightly toned and slightly nicked jackets, occasional worm damage, with a bit loss to spine head of Memoirs, a couple of points of abrasion to panels and a 17 mm tear to top of front panel of Casebook.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom