# The Chronicles of Solar Pons

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{{Short description|1973 collection of detective fiction short stories by August Derleth}}
{{Infobox book 
| name          = The Chronicles of Solar Pons
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = Chronicles of solar pons.jpg
| caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for ''The Chronicles of Solar Pons''
| author        = [August Derleth](/source/August_Derleth)
| illustrator   = 
| cover_artist  = Frank Utpatel
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = [Solar Pons](/source/Solar_Pons)
| genre         = [Detective](/source/Detective_fiction)
| publisher     = [Mycroft & Moran](/source/Mycroft_%26_Moran)
| release_date  = 1973
| english_release_date =
| media_type    = Print (hardback)
| pages         = ix, 237 pp
| preceded_by   = [Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey](/source/Mr._Fairlie's_Final_Journey)
| followed_by   = [The Final Adventures of Solar Pons](/source/The_Final_Adventures_of_Solar_Pons)
}}

'''''The Chronicles of Solar Pons''''' is a collection of [detective fiction](/source/detective_fiction) [short stories](/source/short_stories) by author [August Derleth](/source/August_Derleth). It is the sixth volume in the series of Derleth's [Solar Pons](/source/Solar_Pons) short stories, and was released in [1973](/source/1973_in_literature) by [Mycroft & Moran](/source/Mycroft_%26_Moran) in an edition of 4,176 copies.

==Contents==

''The Chronicles of Solar Pons'' contains the following tales:

# "Introduction", by [Allen J. Hubin](/source/Allen_J._Hubin)
# "The Adventure of the Red Leech"
# "The Adventure of the Orient Express" (Note: This novelette had been first published as a stand-alone chapbook by Candlelight Press, NY, 1965 as a softcover with dustjacket. There were two printings - May and September 1965.). 
# "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](/source/The_Adventure_of_the_Unique_Dickensians)" This story had first been published as a standalone chapbook by Mycroft & Moran, 1968, 2012 copies.

==Reprints==
*Los Angeles: Pinnacle, 1974.

==References==

*{{cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=105–106 | year=1989 | isbn=1-55742-005-X}}
*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=845 | 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=183 | 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=154 | year=2004 | isbn=0-7864-1785-4}}

{{Works of August Derleth}}

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