Parlez-vous Starrett?
Vincent Starrett's mysteries had a surprising life in France.
Read MoreThe Encore Mystery
Who was the responsible for four Sherlockians being represented in one issue of a Reader's Digest-style magazine in 1945?
Read MoreOff Topic: John Bennett Shaw, 20 years later.
Some memories of John Bennett Shaw, 20 years after his death.
Read MoreVincent Starrett, coverboy
Magazines have changed a lot over the decades, but there's one sales gimmick that has remained: Putting something on the cover that will make you pick up that issue. Vincent Starrett was a writer whose name sold magazines. Here are a few examples.
Read MoreRiding 'The Wave': Vincent Starrett's little literary magazine
As the wave of experimental little literary magazines was coming to an end, Vincent Starrett entered with his own contribution.
Read More"Dear Mother — "
How an inscribed volume of Starrett's poems brings both elation and sadness.
Read MoreThe Sherlockian world's most famous bookplate, Part 2
Tracing the history of an iconic Sherlock Holmes image.
Read MoreThe Sherlockian world's most famous bookplate, Part 1
How a bookplate created in 1931 became an iconic image of Sherlock Holmes.
Read More'Here, then is the one book for the Sherlock Holmes fan.'
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a classic. Did contemporary reviewers know this? Here's what three had to say.
Read MoreFound and lost: The manuscript of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Wanted: Information on the hand-corrected chapters of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.
Read MoreVincent Starrett's little limerick and how it helped win WW II
There once was a poet from Chicago . . . .
Read More1942: Poet and Patriot
Vincent Starrett shows an unusual side of his writing talents as war comes to America.
Read MoreIrving S. Cutter: Lost Baker Street Irregular or Found Hound?
The tale of a Chicago doctor, writer and book collector and his curious relationship to Starrett and the Baker Street Irregulars.
Read MoreThe tiny Starrett, Part 2
The big and little story behind Starrett's Oriental Encounters.
Read MoreThe tiny Starrett, Part 1
Miniature books are fun. Yes, they are hard to handle, difficult to display and impossible to comfortably read, but they're fun. Or something.
Read More"Endorsed/Vincent Starrett/His Mark"
Starrett leaves his mark on Chicago Murders.
Read MoreThe 'Starrett Smiley,' and other curious features of his signature
The first of a two-part post on the many curious and wonderful autographs left behind by Vincent Starrett.
Read MoreA Modern Book of Wonders: A forgotten Starrett book
"Your adventures in a modern wonderland."
Read MoreAfter a few months, a few thoughts
After more than two month's of postings, it is a good time to pause and look ahead.
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