Author: DERLETH, AUGUST (FOREWORD BY ANTHONY BOUCHER)
Title: The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
Description: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1961. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel. Cover Art; Limited to 2000 copies (actually 2052 copies). This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has patches of toning to the rear panel, but is otherwise clean and bright. Includes the short stories: The Adv. Of the Mazarine Blue, The Adv. Of the Hats of M. Dulac, The Adv. Of the Mosaic Cylinders, The Adv. Of the Praed Street Irregulars, The Adv. Of the Cloverdale Kennels, The Adv. Of the Black Cardinal, The Adv. Of the Troubled Magistrate, The Adv. Of the Blind Clairaudient, and, A Chronology of Solar Pons by Robert Patrick. Book includes a foreword by Anthony Boucher. Yet another in the series of Sherlock Holmes Pastiches by Derleth which faithfully follows the format of the original S. Holmes books even down to the number of cases. "August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK) , Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Mystery August Derleth Arkham House Small Press Limited Editions Sherlock Holmes Solar Pons Pastiches
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Title: The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
Description: Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1961. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel. Cover Art; Limited to 2000 copies (actually 2052 copies). This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has patches of toning to the rear panel, but is otherwise clean and bright. Includes the short stories: The Adv. Of the Mazarine Blue, The Adv. Of the Hats of M. Dulac, The Adv. Of the Mosaic Cylinders, The Adv. Of the Praed Street Irregulars, The Adv. Of the Cloverdale Kennels, The Adv. Of the Black Cardinal, The Adv. Of the Troubled Magistrate, The Adv. Of the Blind Clairaudient, and, A Chronology of Solar Pons by Robert Patrick. Book includes a foreword by Anthony Boucher. Yet another in the series of Sherlock Holmes Pastiches by Derleth which faithfully follows the format of the original S. Holmes books even down to the number of cases. "August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK) , Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Mystery August Derleth Arkham House Small Press Limited Editions Sherlock Holmes Solar Pons Pastiches
Price: US$ 115.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 48186
- Book number: 48186
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