Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [ex-library book with related markings (including "withdrawn" stamp on title page), remnants/scarring to both pastedowns from formerly glued-down dust jacket flaps, printed catalog card glued to recto of rear endpaper,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.
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS.. mycroft & moran 1961, first edition ,,, 1961.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Description: very good, slightly darker spine, rear, and folds jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
August Derleth. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, 1961.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ex personal library with raised impring on title page. DJ is partially wrapped in mylar (torn from back) and taped down to endpapers, clipped. DJ has heavy soiling to back and fading at spine but fairly nice at edges.There is small R on title page and text edges are soiled with 1" stain to back endpaperbut otherwise interior is unmarked. Long sticker or something removed with remaining residue/paper from fep. Square and tight
Seller: Stone Soup Books Inc, Waynesboro, VA, U.S.A.
August Derleth. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, 1961.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of 2000cc. Introduction by Anthony Boucher.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1961.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 2000 copies. Silver lettered black cloth with slight bumping and scattered specks of white pigment. Unclipped DJ in archival plastic protector has mild edgewear, soil and rubbing. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
August Derleth. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran / Arkham House, 1961.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Collection of Solar Pons (Sherlock Holmes) detective stories. 2000 copies published. VG; tiny bump to lower right front tip; in jacket. Jacket has clear tape on top/bottom hinges and front and rear tips.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS. Mycroft & Moran: Sauk City, WI, 1961.
Price: US$57.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 7.5 x 5", black cloth, 199pp, covers rubbed, extremities worn, spine ends bumped, spine a little creased, old tape marks on covers, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, some scattered spotting (should I go on?) in a lightly rubbed, spine sunned dustjacket. SWAF. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 2000 COPIES.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS.. mycroft & moran, 1961, first edition ,,, 1961.
Price: US$63.00 + shipping
Description: almost near fine, darker folds, shade darker spine, bumped top of the spine jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS.. mycroft & moran, 1961, first edition ,,, 1961.
Price: US$74.00 + shipping
Description: fine, unused jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, 1961.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. One of 2,000 copies. Black cloth with silver titles to the spine. Sm 8vo. 199 pp. Top edge a little dusty else fine. Price-intact jacket has minor edgewear and toning to the extremities - near fine.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS. MYCROFT & MORAN 1961, 1961.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in Fine dj, US First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Protected in clear Mylar cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a box. We do not stock or sell ex-library or Book Club editions. We are always looking to buy hardcover Mysteries and Thrillers.
Seller: Mystery Mike's, Carmel, IN, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS. Mycroft & Moran, 1961.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7.20 X 5.10 X 0.80 inches; 199 pp; Limited edition of 2000 copies. Minor water staining on lower edge of boards, with a little bit of ink transfer onto bottom fore edge and inside bottom edge of DJ. Light edge wear, foxing on top fore edge, otherwise clean and tight. DJ has some light scuffing and edge wear, minor staining on rear panel. An attractive book. DJ protected in clear Brodart cover.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Some staining; very good in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
August Derleth. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, UK, 1961.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Reminiscences of Solar Pons by August Derleth First Edition Mycroft & Moran 1961. A near fine copy which is free from any signs of previous ownership. Covers clean and unmarked and silver lettering bright. In original near fine dust jacket that has no loss, creasing or tears. Not price clipped.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
August Derleth. The Reminiscences of Solar Pon's. Mycroft and Moran, 1961.
Price: US$108.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: lovely collection of the Solar Pon's stories
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran Publishers, 1961. First Edition, printed in a run of 2,052 copies (2000 stated). Octavo. 199 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact. Black boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket rubbed with a few shallow nicks and toning to spine and edges. Corners of boards lightly bumped and rear board bows slightly. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. [Derleth M6; Jaffery 63].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
August Derleth. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1961.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1961. First Edition black cloth Hardcover, bright silver printing on spine, with DJ, xi + 199 pp. Limited to 2052 copies. The fifth Pons collection containing 9 stories, a Foreword by Anthony Boucher and a Chronology of Pons tales by Robert Patrick. Nifty Utpatel cover. Hardcover has a bit of foxing on top edge and a slight ridge on the spine (a publishing defect). The usual toning at the top edge of the unclipped DJ flaps. Else, a close to new copy (purchased new from Arkham House in 1960s).
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, 1961.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: One of only 2,000 copies printed. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: I of 2000 copies. Very light shelf wear bottom edge.
Seller: HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS, Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1961.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: G1-Near fine regular size hardcover; minor edge wear in a nf jacket that has minor toning. purple w/white lettering Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1961.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of the fourth volume of Derleth's Sherlock Holmes pastiches, with an introduction by Anthony Boucher and chronology by Robert Pattrick. 7.25'' x 5''. Original black cloth. In original unclipped ($3.50) pictorial jacket by Frank Utpatel. Edition of 2000 copies. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Light toning and edgewear. Minor soil to rear jacket panel, spine sunned. Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1961.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 199pp. Cloth. Collects eight stories. Introduction by Anthony Boucher. Includes a chronology of Solar Pons by Robert Pattrick. Rear lower corner bruised else a fine copy in fine dustjacket with a tiny crease to lower edge of rear panel. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 2000 copies. A really sharp bright copy. Jacket byl Frank Utpatel.
Seller: HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS, Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS .. mycroft & moran, 1961.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: fine book fine jacket
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS. Mycroft and Moran: Publishers, Sauk City, 1961.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. Collects eight Solar Pons adventures, introduction by Anthony Boucher and includes a chronology of Solar Pons stories. Hubin, pp. 229-230. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (24878)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Derleth, August (SIGNED). The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1961.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description:
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 199pp. Beautiful First Edition of this fourth collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories. One of 2052 copies printed. Square tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), has a hint of toning to spine and flap edges but quite minor. Fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears, Inscribed by the author on the front end-paper, "Canonically, August Derleth". A gorgeous collectable copy and signed copies are getting harder to find in such outstanding condition. (Jaffrey,#63, p.68; Hubin p.115).
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$966.62 + shipping
Description: *** SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY ***THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS, Mycroft & Moran, 1961, first edition, some modest dust-soil to the t.p.e.'s, else just about fine in like pictorial dust-wrapper. INSCRIBED by the author to fellow genre writer A. E. Van Vogt. (Derleth published SLAN in 1946, Van Vogt's first book and the first science fiction novel published by Arkham House). 1/2,000 copies.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.