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The Return of Solar Pons
by Derleth, August
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1958. Finding continued demand despite a number of pretenders, Derleth continues his series of Sherlock Holmesian adventures featuring Solar Pons; this is the fourth collection of his tales. Introduction by Edgar W. Smith. INSCRIBED to a collector by the author "For K---- K----- -- more tales from 7B Sincerely, [signature]" on the first blank. Full black cloth, green titling. Light general wear; jacket edgeworn with light chipping, spine & edges lightly tanned, small light stain to rear panel; endsheets lightly tanned. Text clean; xiii, blank, 261 pages + colophon; jacket art by longtime Derleth associate Frank Utpatel.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5¼" by 7½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- n0290
- Title
- The Return of Solar Pons
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mycroft & Moran
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, WI
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Mystery, Solar Pons, Sherlock Holmes, Arkham House
- Size
- 5¼" by 7½"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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