The Reminiscences of Solar Pons

The Reminiscences of Solar Pons is a collection of detective fiction short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1961 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 2,052 copies. It was the fifth collection of Derleth's Solar Pons stories which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
AuthorAugust Derleth
Cover artistFrank Utpatel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSolar Pons
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherMycroft & Moran
Publication date
1961
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesxi, 199 pp
Preceded byThe Return of Solar Pons 
Followed byThe Casebook of Solar Pons 

Contents

The Reminiscences of Solar Pons contains the following tales:

  1. "Introduction, by Anthony Boucher
  2. "The Adventure of the Mazarine Blue"
  3. "The Adventure of the Hats of M. Dulac"
  4. "The Adventure of the Mosaic Cylinders"
  5. "The Adventure of the Praed Street Irregulars"
  6. "The Adventure of the Cloverdale Kennels"
  7. "The Adventure of the Black Cardinal"
  8. "The Adventure of the Troubled Magistrate"
  9. "The Adventure of the Blind Clairaudient"
  10. "A Chronology of Solar Pons", by Robert Patrick

Reprints
  • Los Angeles: Pinnacle, 1975.

References
  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 77. 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.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 179–180. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 151. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
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