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Solar Pons Books

By August Derleth

• "In Re: Sherlock Holmes"--The Adventures of Solar Pons - (in the UK "The Adventures of Solar Pons") (1945)
  • "In Re: Solar Pons" by Vincent Starrett
  • "A Word From Dr. Lyndon Parker"
  • "The Adventure of the Frightened Baronet"
  • "The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham"
  • "The Adventure of the Black Narcissus"
  • "The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle"
  • "The Adventure of the Retired Novelist"
  • "The Adventure of the Three Red Dwarfs"
  • "The Adventure of the Sotheby Salesman"
  • "The Adventure of the Purloined Periapt"
  • "The Adventure of the Limping Man"
  • "The Adventure of the Seven Passengers"
  • "The Adventure of the Lost Holiday"
  • "The Adventure of the Man With a Broken Face".

• The Memoirs of Solar Pons (1951)
  • "Introduction" by Ellery Queen
  • "The Adventure of the Circular Room"
  • "The Adventure of the Perfect Husband"
  • "The Adventure of the Broken Chessman"
  • "The Adventure of the Dog in the Manger"
  • "The Adventure of the Proper Comma"
  • "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot"
  • "The Adventure of the Six Silver Spiders"
  • "The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive"
  • "The Adventure of the Tottenham Werewolf"
  • "The Adventure of the Five Royal Coachmen"
  • "The Adventure of the Paralytic Mendicant"

• Three Problems for Solar Pons (1952) (the contents of this book later appeared in The Return of Solar Pons
  • "A Note for the Aficionado"
  • "The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers"
  • "The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm"
  • "The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty"

• The Return of Solar Pons (1958)
  • "Introduction" by Edgar W. Smith
  • "The Adventure of the Lost Dutchman"
  • "The Adventure of the Devil's Footprints"
  • "The Adventure of the Dorrington Inheritance"
  • "The Adventure of the 'Triple Kent'"
  • "The Adventure of the Rydberg Numbers" (reissued from Three Problems for Solar Pons)
  • "The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse"
  • "The Adventure of the Stone of Scone"
  • "The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm" (reissued from Three Problems for Solar Pons)
  • "The Adventure of the Penny Magenta"
  • "The Adventure of the Trained Cormorant"
  • "The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty" (reissued from Three Problems for Solar Pons)
  • "The Adventure of the Little Hangman"
  • "The Adventure of the Swedenborg Signatures"

• The Reminiscences of Solar Pons (1961)
  • "Introduction" by Anthony Boucher
  • "The Adventure of the Mazarine Blue"
  • "The Adventure of the Hats of M. Dulac"
  • "The Adventure of the Mosaic Cylinders"
  • "The Adventure of the Praed Street Irregulars"
  • "The Adventure of the Cloverdale Kennels"
  • "The Adventure of the Black Cardinal"
  • "The Adventure of the Troubled Magistrate"
  • "The Adventure of the Blind Clairaudient"
  • "A Chronology of Solar Pons" by Robert Patrick (sometimes given as Pattrick)

• The Casebook of Solar Pons (1965)
  • "Foreword" by Vincent Starrett
  • "(Cuthbert) Lyndon Parker" by Michael Harrison
  • "The Adventure of the Sussex Archers"
  • "The Adventure of the Haunted Library"
  • "The Adventure of the Fatal Glance"
  • "The Adventure of the Intarsia Box"
  • "The Adventure of the Spurious Tamerlaine"
  • "The Adventure of the China Cottage"
  • "The Adventure of the Ascot Scandal"
  • "The Adventure of the Crouching Dog"
  • "The Adventure of the Missing Huntsman"
  • "The Adventure of the Amateur Philologist"
  • "The Adventure of the Whispering Knights"
  • "The Adventure of the Innkeeper's Clerk"
  • "Afterword"

• A Praed Street Dossier (1968) -
  • "The Beginnings of Solar Pons"
  • "The Sources of the Tales"
  • "Concerning Dr. Parker's Background"
  • "The Favorite Pastiches"
  • "From the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon Parker"
  • "The Adventure of the Bookseller's Clerk"
  • "Solar Pons, Off-Trail"
  • "The Adventure of the Snitch in Time" (with Mack Reynolds)
  • "The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus" (with Mack Reynolds).

• The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians (1968) [reprinted in The Chronicles of Solar Pons (below)).

• Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey (1968)

• The Chronicles of Solar Pons (1973)
  • "Introduction" by Allen J. Hubin
  • "The Adventure of the Red Leech"
  • "The Adventure of the Orient Express"
  • "The Adventure of the Golden Bracelet"
  • "The Adventure of the Shaplow Millions"
  • "The Adventure of the Benin Bronze"
  • "The Adventure of the Missing Tenants"
  • "The Adventure of the Aluminum Crutch"
  • "The Adventure of the Seven Sisters"
  • "The Adventure of the Bishop's Companion"
  • "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians"

• The Solar Pons Omnibus (1982)

• The Final Adventures of Solar Pons (1998)
  • "Introduction" by Peter Ruber
  • "Reception in Elysium" (poem) by Mary F. Lindsley
  • Terror Over London
  • "The Adventures of Gresham Old Place"
  • "The Adventure of the Burlstone Horror"
  • "The Adventure of the Viennese Musician"
  • "The Adventure of the Muttering Man"
  • "The Adventure of the Two Collaborators" by Peter Ruber
  • "The Adventure of the Nosferatu" (with Mack Reynolds)
  • "The Adventure of the Extra-Terrestrial" (with Mack Reynolds)
  • "More from Dr. Parker's Notebooks"

• The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition (2000)

• The Dragnet Solar Pons et al. (2011) (These are the original pulp magazine and manuscript versions of these stories)
  • "Introduction" by Mark Wardecker
  • "The Adventure of the Black Narcissus"
  • "The Adventure of the Missing Tenants"
  • "The Adventure of the Broken Chessman"
  • "The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham"
  • "The Adventure of the Limping Man"
  • "Two Black Buttons"
  • "The Adventure of the Red Dwarfs"
  • "The Adventure of Gresham Marshes"
  • "The Adventure of the Black Cardinal"
  • "The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle"
  • "The Adventure of the Yarpool Horror"
  • "The Adventure of the Muttering Man"
  • "Notes" by Mark Wardecker

• The Unpublished Solar Pons (1994)
  • "Introduction" by Paul B. Smeadegaard
  • "A Pontine Commentary" by Ted Schulz
  • "Revised List of The Solar Pons Canon Abbreviations"
  • "The Adventure of the Viennese Musician"
  • "The Adventure of the Muttering Man"
  • "The Adventure of the Sinister House"
  • "In Re: Solar Pons" by Roger Johnson
  • "A Pontine Competition" by James Turner
  • "The Adventure of the Green Stars" (fragment)
  • "Afterword" George A. Vander

By Basil Copper

• The Dossier of Solar Pons (1979)
  • "The Adventure of the Perplexed Photographer"
  • "The Adventure of the Sealed Spire"
  • "The Adventure of the Six Gold Doubloons"
  • "The Adventure of the Ipi Idol"
  • "The Adventure of Buffington Old Grange"
  • "The Adventure of the Hammer of Hate".

• The Further Adventures of Solar Pons (1979)
  • "The Adventure of the Shaft of Death"
  • "The Adventure of the Defeated Doctor"
  • "The Adventure of the Surrey Sadist"
  • "The Adventure of the Missing Student".

• The Secret Files of Solar Pons (1979)
  • "The Adventure of the Crawling Horror"
  • "The Adventure of the Anguished Actor"
  • "The Adventure of the Ignored Idols"
  • "The Adventure of the Horrified Heiress"

• The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons (1980)
  • "The Adventure of the Haunted Rectory"
  • "The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich"
  • "Murder at the Zoo"
  • "The Adventure of the Frightened Governess"

• The Exploits of Solar Pons (1993)
  • "The Adventure of the Callous Colonel"
  • "The Adventure of the Phantom Face"
  • "The Adventure of the Verger’s Thumb"
  • "Death at the Metropole"

• The Recollections of Solar Pons (1995)
  • "The Adventure of the Cursed Curator"
  • "The Adventure of the Hound of Hell"
  • "The Adventure of the Mad Millionaire"
  • "The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich"

• Solar Pons Versus The Devil’s Claw (2004, Sarob Press)

• Solar Pons: The Final Cases (2005, Sarob Press)
  • "The Adventures of The Haunted Rectory"
  • "The Ignored Idols"
  • "The Adventure of the Horrified Heiress"
  • "The Adventure of the Baffled Baron"
  • "The Adventure of the Anguished Actor" [reworked from its first appearance in Secret Files
  • "The Adventure of the Persecuted Painter (above)