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'''''Three Problems for Solar Pons''''' is a collection of [[detective fiction]] [[short stories]] by author [[August Derleth]]. It was released in [[1952 in literature|1952]] by [[Mycroft & Moran]] in an edition of 996 copies. It was the third collection of Derleth's [[Solar Pons]] stories which are [[pastiches]] of the [[Sherlock Holmes]] tales of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. The book was intended as an interim collection and all the stories are reprinted in ''[[The Return of Solar Pons]]''. Because of the low print run, it is the scarcest Mycroft & Moran book.
'''''Three Problems for Solar Pons''''' is a collection of [[detective fiction]] [[short stories]] by author [[August Derleth]]. It was released in [[1952 in literature|1952]] by [[Mycroft & Moran]] in an edition of 996 copies. It was the third collection of Derleth's [[Solar Pons]] stories which are [[pastiches]] of the [[Sherlock Holmes]] tales of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. The book was intended as an interim collection and all the stories are reprinted in ''[[The Return of Solar Pons]]''. Because of the low print run, it is the scarcest Mycroft & Moran book.


==Contents==
==Contents==
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==References==
==References==


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*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=844 | date=1998}}
*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=844 | year=1998}}
*{{cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=179 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5}}
*{{cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=179 | year=1999 | isbn=0-87054-176-5}}
*{{cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=150 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4}}
*{{cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=150 | year=2004 | isbn=0-7864-1785-4}}


[[Category:1952 short story collections]]
[[Category:1952 short story collections]]

Revision as of 05:23, 10 March 2012

Three Problems for Solar Pons
Dust-jacket by Ronald Clyne for Three Problems for Solar Pons
AuthorAugust Derleth
Cover artistRonald Clyne
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSolar Pons
GenreDetective fiction short stories
PublisherMycroft & Moran
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pagesvii, 112 pp
ISBNNA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Three Problems for Solar Pons is a collection of detective fiction short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1952 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 996 copies. It was the third collection of Derleth's Solar Pons stories which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. The book was intended as an interim collection and all the stories are reprinted in The Return of Solar Pons. Because of the low print run, it is the scarcest Mycroft & Moran book.

Contents

Three Problems for Solar Pons contains the following tales:

  1. "A Note for the Aficionado"
  2. "The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers"
  3. "The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm"
  4. "The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty"

References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 42. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
  • Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 844. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 179. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 150. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.