"IN RE: SHERLOCK HOLMES": THE ADVENTURES OF SOLAR PONS.
Sauk City: Mycroft and Moran, 1945. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Derleth on the front free end paper. Laid in is a holiday greetings postcard from Luther Norris, publisher of the Pontine Press.Foreword by Vincent Starrett. The first Solar Pons collection, twelve stories. "As pastiche goes, these are quite good, and arguably the best of their kind-- rarely has such an open copy of an original had so many impressive followers-- Solar Pons can count among his fans the likes of Ellery Queen, Vincent, Starrett and Anthony Boucher." - From an article on Solar Pons by Gregg Zullo and Kevin Burton Smith at the Thrilling Detective website. A nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to the spine ends and a tiny closed tear to the upper left front corner at spine fold and mild age tanning to spine and rear panels. (22718). Item #22718
Price: $150.00