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DERLETH, AUGUST. THREE PROBLEMS FOR SOLAR PONS.. mycroft & moran, 1952, first edition ,,, 1952.
Price: US$183.00 + shipping
Description: very good, - fine, spine fold rubbing, bumping jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
DERLETH, August. Three Problems For Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, 1952.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 112, [2]pp. Previous owners inscription to front pastedown, touch of offsetting from binders glue to pastedowns, with faint thumb-smear to lower rear cover; Very Good+ or better, in the original dustjacket, unclilpped (priced $2.50), lightly rubbed at spine ends else Near Fine. An uncommon volume of Derleth's Solar Pons pastiches. Colophon states the printing to be 2000 copies, though Derleth and other sources claim a number between 990-1000 copies.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Three Problems for Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1952.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: bright copy
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
DERLETH, AUGUST. THREE PROBLEMS OF SOLAR PONS. MYCROFT & MORAN 1952, 1952.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in Near Fine dj, US First Edition, First Printing Hardcover LIGHT RUBBING TO SPINE TIPS AND IN A COUPLE OF OTHER SPOTS WITH A TINY CHIP AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE DUST JACKET FRONT ON THIS UNCOATED PAPER STOCK DUST JACKET 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. THREE PROBLEMS FOR SOLAR PONS. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1952.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of these three collected adventures of the sub-Sherlockian detective Solar Pons. This third Pontine collection, issued by an imprint of Derleth's own Arkham House, was prematurely advertised as "quite possibly the last Solar Pons pastiches I shall write;" happily for his readers, the detective persisted for another twenty years and more. This volume's stories include: The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers, The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm, and The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty. 7.5'' x 5''. Original black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. 112 pages. Colophon states edition of 2000 copies, but actually one of 996 (see Jaffery). Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Jacket sunned at spine with moderate toning and edgewear. Offsetting to endpapers. Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Three Problems for Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1952.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo., 281pp. Gorgeous First Printing of one of the rarer M&M/Arkham titles. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Remarkably well preserved. Sharp unclipped dust- jacket, ($2.50), has some mild toning to edges. Fresh and with no creases, chipping or tears. The 3rd of Derleth's collection of stories paying homage to Sherlock Holmes after "In Re: Sherlock Holmes" and "The Memoirs of Solar Pons". Though the colophon states that 2000 copies were printed, the number was almost certainly 996, (Thirty Years of Arkham House, Derleth, 1970 pg.81), making it one of the most uncommon Arkham titles and certainly the toughest Solar Pons title. A beautiful, collectable copy and scarce in such high-grade condition. (Hubin, p.115).
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Three Problems for Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, 1952.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine titles lettered in gilt. Near Fine, with trace wear to cloth along bottom edges, pages lightly toned. In a Near Fine un-clipped dust jacket, with rubbing at the extremities, and a small faint stain to the bottom corner of the rear panel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. THREE PROBLEMS FOR SOLAR PONS. Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, Sauk City, WI, 1952.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. 996 copies printed. Collects three Solar Pons adventures. Light foxing to upper page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to head of spine panel and a touch of rubbing to upper right front corner tip and base of spine panel. (22721)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 996 copies printed. The third and scarcest Mycroft & Moran Pons book. Light foxing to upper edges of page, a fine copy in fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to upper spine end and touch of rubbing to upper right front corner tip and lower spine end. (164318)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Derleth, August (SIGNED). Three Problems for Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1952.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: bright copy
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1040.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 112pp.; VG/VG; spine black with black and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50; slight wear to head of spine, slight soling to rear cover; SIGNED on ffep, 'Sincerely / August Derleth'; interior clean; in excellent condition; LP consignment; shelved case 8, Dupont. 1283015. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Derleth, August. Three Problems for Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, 1952.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
August William Derleth. Three problems for Solar Pons. Mycroft & Moran, 1952.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED on the front endpaper by August Derleth beneath his one word inscription "Sincerely". The limitation # 2000 on the last page has been crossed out and "990" has been penned above it in August Derleth's hand. The volume has a spot of soiling on the top edges and is gently bumped at the corners. The unclipped dust jacket has light age toning on the perimeters, rubbing on the spine folds, and chipping on the spine folds near the crown. The jacket is sleeved in mylar. Interesting copy because "996" has been the accepted number of printed books of the title by this publisher.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.