Three Problems for Solar Pons
Appearance
![]() Dust-jacket by Ronald Clyne. | |
Author | August Derleth |
---|---|
Cover artist | Ronald Clyne |
Language | English |
Series | Solar Pons |
Genre | Detective fiction |
Publisher | Mycroft & Moran |
Publication date | 1952 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | vii, 112 |
Three Problems for Solar Pons is a collection of
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.
The dustjacket was by artist Ronald Clyne.
Contents
Three Problems for Solar Pons contains the following tales:
- "A Note for the Aficionado"
- "The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers"
- "The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm"
- "The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty"
Sources
- ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 844.
- 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.