Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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Walter Klinefelter in Portrait and Profile, Part 1

May 09, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Profile of a Shy Sherlockian

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May 09, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Walter Klinefelter, York College, All About Mother Goose, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes in Portrait and Profile, Julie Rosenblatt, Al Rosenblatt, Harrison "Terry" Hunt, Linda Hunt, Jon L. Lellenberg, Aboriginals, Origins of Sherlock Holmes, The Saturday Review of Literature, Frank V. Morley, Christopher Morley, Arthur Machen, Tom O'Bedlam and his Song, The Apellicon Press, The Merrymount Press

'Poor Stuff, But Accurate'

February 28, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Chicago, Mexico and Richmond meet in The Reviewer

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February 28, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Richard Harding Davis, Jack London, Chicago Daily News, Vera Cruz, RHD in Mexico, The Reviewer, Hunter Stagg, Arthur Machen, James Branch Cabell, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, H.L. Mencken, "Camera", William Dudley Murgatroyd, "A Dream of Wings", "Butterflies of Uganda", Frank Vigor Morley, Peter Ruber
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Vincent Starrett in Space

October 05, 2023 by Ray Betzner

A touch of the outre

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October 05, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Everett F. Bleiler, T.E. Kikty, Melvin Korshak, University of Minnesota Anderson Library, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature, The Best Science Fiction Stories, 1950, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, Frederic Brown, seaports in the Moon, Richard LaGallienne, Prose Fancies, James Branch Cabell, Coffins for Two, Pascal Covici, Smart Set, Wayside Tales, All's Well, Arthur Machen, Robert Louis Stevenson, The head of cromwell, John Kendrick Bangs, Associated Shades, The Pursuit of the House-Boat, The Quick and the Dead, Penelope, The Sinless Village, Footsteps of Fear
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Vincent Starrett, Disciple or Thief?

March 21, 2022 by Ray Betzner

‘Starrett is again pirating my property.’

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March 21, 2022 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Arthur Machen, The Shining Pyramid, The Glorious Mystery, Knopf, Borzoi Books, Covici-McGee, Michael Murphy, Autolycus Press, Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstacy and Sin, The Secret Glory, Fanny Butcher, Montgomery Evans, Sue Strong Hassler, Donal M. Hassler, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Hunter Stagg
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Starrett steps into the world of Dr. Thorndyke

September 09, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Why did R. Austin Freeman dedicate a book of mysteries to Starrett?

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September 09, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, R. Austin Freeman, Thorndyke, The Puzzle Lock, 14 Great Detective Stories, Modern Library, Christopher Morley, Kent State University, The Unique Hamlet, Arthur Machen, Books Alive, “The Case of Oscar Brodski”, Christopher Jervis, Columbo, Seagull Library and Mystery and Suspense, The Singing Bone
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Digging up a new/old Starrett illustration

March 16, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Heathcote and Hansen

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March 16, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Harry Hansen, Hec Mann, The Wave, The Chicago Daily News, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman, Reedy's Mirror, Arthur Machen, Charles Honce
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A Bookman and his Dealer

March 14, 2015 by Ray Betzner

Ben Abramson was a book seller, a publisher and a dreamer.

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March 14, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Ben Abramson, Edgar W. Smith, Reading and Collecting magazine, The Baker Street Journal, Steven Rothman, Books and Bipeds, Autolycus in Limbo, The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette, Christopher Morley, Argus Books, August Derleth, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, P.M. Stone, James Keddie, Snow for Christmas
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The Sherlockian world's most famous bookplate, Part 1

August 02, 2014 by Ray Betzner

How a bookplate created in 1931 became an iconic image of Sherlock Holmes.

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August 02, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Baker Street Irregulars, Edgar W. Smith, W. E. Butler, Sherlockian Bookplates, Fridolf Johnson, Banners in the Dawn, Fifteen More Poems, Charles Honce, University of Minnesota, Philip Hench Collection, Arthur Parsons, Lillian Starrett, Yale University, Arthur Machen, Walter M. Hill, Salome, University of Delaware, Dickson's Close, The Book of Old England, Monologue in Baker Street, Chicago Tribune, Dr. Watson's Mind Read by Master, The Baker Street Journal, Christmas Annual, Susan Rice, A Baker Street Quartette, The Somnambulist and the Detective, The Last Bookman, Graceland Cemetery, Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present
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The 'Starrett Smiley,' and other curious features of his signature

March 29, 2014 by Ray Betzner

The first of a two-part post on the many curious and wonderful autographs left behind by Vincent Starrett.

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March 29, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Arthur Machen, Arthur Machen: Novelist of Ecstasy and sin, Books and Bipeds, Books Alive, Chicago Sunday Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Baker Street Journal, Ambrose Bierce, Autolycus in Limbo, Michael Murphy, Starrett Memorial Library, Chicago Murders
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