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 2

May 13, 2024 by Ray Betzner

The long relationship between Starrett and Klinefelter

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May 13, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Walter Klinefelter, Sherlock Holmes in Portrait and Profile, Ex Libris A Conan Doyle, Black Cat Press, Normal Forgue, Dale Nichols, A Conversation with Vincent Starrett, George Steele Seymour, Books Alive, Chicago Tribune, Syracuse University Press, Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, Schocken Books, Baker Street Journal, A Packet of Sherlockian Bookplates, James Lamar Weygard, Private Press of the Indiana Kid, Fridolf Johnson, Origins of Sherlock Holmes, Gaslight Publications, Self Portraits by Vincent Starrett, Gene Markey, Phil K Davis, Sumac Press

Watching two Sherlockians at play

March 03, 2022 by Ray Betzner

Sherlockian Penpals

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March 03, 2022 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Cornelis Helling, Christopher Morley, Saturday Review of Literature, Jules Verne, Trade Winds, P.E.G. Quercus, Frederic Dorr Steele, Baker Street Journal, Baker Street Irregulars, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), 221B: Studies In Sherlock Holmes, Some Reminiscences of An Old Sherlockian
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Best. Day. Ever. Part II

November 30, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Morley praises Starrett’s poetry, pellucid gin, and ‘the delicacies of print’

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November 30, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, Brillig, Baker Street Journal, Steven Rothman, Ballad of Brobdingnag, Lines on a Lady, Hackensack Marshes, Hackensack Meadowlands, Columbia University Press, Night Watchman, Sitzfleisch

'The Unique Hamlet' has a birthday party

January 25, 2021 by Ray Betzner

The centenary celebration of a classic

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January 25, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Richard Sveum, Walter M. Hill, The Unique Hamlet, Baker Street Journal, 2020 Christmas Annual, The Baker Street Journal 2020 Christmas Annual, The Baker Street Journal 2020 Christmas Annual: The 100-year adventure of The Unique Hamlet, Susan Rice, Julia McKuras, Randall Stock, Michael Meer, Vincent Starrett
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'Something remains of London in 1895'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 9

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
"221B", Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Vincent Starrett, Baker Street Journal, Julian Wolff, John Bennett Shaw, Michael Murphy, John Ruyle, August Derleth, The Soft-nosed Bullet-in, Baker Street Babes, Susan Rice, The Somnambulist and the Detective
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Irving S. Cutter: Lost Baker Street Irregular or Found Hound?

May 17, 2014 by Ray Betzner

The tale of a Chicago doctor, writer and book collector and his curious relationship to Starrett and the Baker Street Irregulars.

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May 17, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Dr. Irving S. Cutter, The Case-Book of Jimmie Lavender, The Hounds of the Baskerville, Baker Street Journal, Baker Street Irregulars, BSI, Chicago, Sherlock Holmes, Born in a Bookshop, Books Alive, Galter Health Sciences Library, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Passavant Hospital, Arthur Conan Doyle
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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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