three problems solar pons von august derleth (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1952. First Edition. 112 pages. Patterned grey dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. From the library of Florence and Edward Kaye with their red calf book label to front pastedown. Contents page up to page 20 loose to bottom; remaining pages are firmly attached. Front free endpaper removed. Faint brown markings to pastedowns. Mild tanning throughout. Small brown marks to top edge of text block. Boards have slight edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint water markings to boards. Unclipped jacket in acetate jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing. Mild scuffing to edges. Minor blue staining to top edge of rear panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 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).

Hardcover. First Edition, 2000 copies. 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. 1283015. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 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.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. 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.