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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'I know him from the photograph.' – The Man with the Twisted Lip

October 08, 2024 by Ray Betzner

“You have the photograph?”

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October 08, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Dan Loving, Don Loving, Ben Hecht, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Burton Rascoe, Stanley Starrett, Hugh Young, Robert Polk Starrett, Margaret Dennison Starrett, Vera Cruz, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman, Oppenheim's, Eugene Hutchinson, Jimmie Lavender, Rachel Latimer, Books Aive
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Far too few words about Ben Hecht

October 28, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Picking Pictures for Ben

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October 28, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Ben Hecht, A Child of the Century, Vincent Starrett, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Daily News, Associated Press, Chicago Renaissance, Richard Little, Charles Collins, A Line O' Type or Two., George Wharton, Christian Dane Hagerty, Lloyd Lewis, Sheherezade, Carl Sandburg
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TPLOSH: This Time, it’s Personal

December 07, 2018 by Ray Betzner

My first copy.

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December 07, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Michael Murphy, Pinnacle, Baker Street Irregulars, Julian Wolff, Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Will Oursler, Adrian Conan Doyle, William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, The Sherlock Holmes Pub, Sidney Paget, Luther Norris, Pontine Press, The Sacred Writings
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The story of his life

May 25, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Where are the missing pages of Starrett’s autobiography?

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May 25, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Born in a Bookshop, Vincent Starrett, Fanny Butcher, Basil Rathbone, Ben Hecht, H.L. Mencken, The Chicago Tribune, University of Oklahoma Press, Chapters from the Chicago Renasennce, Everland magazine, Poetry magazine, Collier's, Nicholas Utechin, Susan Dahlinger, Glen Miranker, Nick Utechin

"Chicago Murders" autograph party

April 19, 2018 by Ray Betzner

An illustrated guide to a signing party

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April 19, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Chicago Murders, Elizabeth Bullock, Nellise Child, Otto Eisenschiml, Leroy McHugh, Craig Rice, Sewell Peaslee Wright, Marie Rodell, Joan Daves, Marshall Field and Co., Duell, Duell Sloan and Pearce, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, The Literary Spotlight, Fanny Butcher, Abraham Lincoln, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Charles E. Honce, Allison-Lighthall Photographers

The Last Bookman's Bookplates

March 23, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Two rare bookplates join the list

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March 23, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Haldane MacFall, Fridolf Johnson, Crystal Kennedy, Gordon Browne, Charles Honce, Walter Klinefelter, Phiz, Hablot Knight Browne, Charles Dickens, Estrays, In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, Dickson's Close, Wallace Smith, Ben Hecht, The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Michael Murphy, The Sign of the Four, Conferment by Needle, T.S. Eliot, Livres Galantes

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