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

VS & TS

January 13, 2023 by Ray Betzner

The Bookman and The Poet

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January 13, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Conferment by Needle, Michael Murphy, Chicago Tribune, Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, "221B", Baker Street Irregulars Trust, Poetry magazine, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Sherlock holmes Short Stories, Criterion, Murder in the Cathedral, Chris Redmond, Priscilla Preston, Macavity the mystery cat, Cats, Books Alive

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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Penny Poems

December 03, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Kittens, puppies, elephants and rhymes for a penny

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December 03, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Jon Bracker, Jonathan Bracker, Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, Penny Poems, Steven Rothman, Vignette Domestique, Elephants in Aspic, Books Alive, Bright Cages
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Dedications

May 22, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Monkey glands, McCarthyites and the W.G.A.

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May 22, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Walter M. Hill, In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, W.C. Morrow, Ambrose Bierce, Rhymes for Collectors, Lilian Hartsig, Ebony Flame, Lilian Starrett, Bella Starrett, Banners in the Dawn, Thomas Kennedy, Buried Caesars, Robert Polk Starrett, Flame and Dust, Richard Le Gallienne, Coffins for Two, Fifteen More Poems, Charles Parsons, Ray Latimer, Seaports in the Moon, Ambrose Bierce: A bibliography, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, M.J. Latimer, Murder on B Deck, Stanley Starrett, Harold Starrett, Robert Starrett, The Blue Door, Edwin Baird, Dead Man Inside, Scott Cunningham, The End of Mr. Garment, Stirling Parkinson, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette, Frederic Dorr Steele, Gray Chandler Briggs, Charles Honce, Midnight and Percy Jones, Persons From Porlock, Christopher Morley, Oriental Encounters, The Great Hotel Murder, Riley Blackwood, Books Alive, Bookman's Holiday, Georgia E. Bennett, Autolycus in Limbo, The Case-Book of Jimmie Lavender, Harry E. Maule, Ellery Queen, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Murder in Peking, Lin Yutang, Books and Bipeds, Book Column, Best Loved Books of the Twentieth Century, Wendell W. Goodpasture, Late Later and Possibly Last
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A lifetime with catalogues

September 21, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Those single-minded book collectors

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September 21, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Ben Abramson, Argus Books, Fashions in Fiction, The Observer, Oppenheim's, Gene Markey, Walt Whitman, Et Cetera, John Doctoroff, "Limited Editions", Covici Friede, Reedy's Mirror, Ebony Flame, Flame and Dust, An Essay on Limited Editions, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, R. Gerald McMurtry, Books Alive, Chicago Sunday Tribune, Lincoln Herald
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Pirates, desert islands and mermaids.

March 29, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Or “Pirrrrates, merrrrmaids and deserrrrt islands. Arrrrgh.”

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March 29, 2019 /Ray Betzner
In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, Treasure island, THe Bookfellows of Chicago, Long John Silver, Reedy's Mirror, Covici-McGee, Dead Man's Chest, The Colophon, The Dates in the Red-Headed League, Dorothy L. Sayers, A Speck on the Map, Robinson Crusoe, The Sign of the Four, Kdakk, Ballad of Brobdingnag, Gulliver, Jonathan Swift, Books Alive, Books and Bipeds, Lilliput, Blefuscu, Fridolf Johnson, mermaids, Guy and Constance Jones, Peabody's Mermaid
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The Great Hiatus, 1934-1960

November 02, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Between editions: 1934 to 1960

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November 02, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Christopher Morley, Edgar W. Smith, William Gillette, Alexander Woollcott, Long Long Ago, Baker Street Irregulars, Rachel Latimer, The Unique Hamlet, 221B, Persons From Porlock, 221B: Studies In Sherlock Holmes, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Books Alive, The Chicago Tribune, Profile by Gaslight, To a Very Literary Lady, The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes:, Sherlock Holmes: A Play
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Standing over his shoulder

February 09, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Watch Starrett at work

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February 09, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, O.Henry, Bennett Cerf, Van Cartmell, The Best Short Stories of O.Henry, Random House, Modern Library, Books Alive, Chicago Tribune, Pete's Tavern, Ely Liebow, Don Yates, David Morrill, Mike Kean, William Sydney Porter

Nudists, Buffoons and Hoogles. Oh my.

May 12, 2017 by Ray Betzner

The mailman has been busy.

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May 12, 2017 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, The Hoogles and Alexander, Dorothy Langley, Real America magazine, Real Detective, Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories, Edwin Baird, From Hell to Breakfast, Chicago World's Fair, 20th Century Limited, The Newberry, The Caxton Printers, Books Alive, Peter Pan, Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, The Great All-Star Animal Base Ball Game
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Recent additions to the collection

February 18, 2017 by Ray Betzner

Two new (to me) items commemorating significant events in Starrett's Sherlockian life.

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February 18, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Julian Wolff, Hugo's Companions, The Baker Street Irregulars, The Hounds of the Baskerville, Caxton Club, Otto Penzler, The Mysterious Bookshop, Stanley Pargellis, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, Books Alive, Bookman's Holiday, The Chicago Tribune, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Encyclopedia Britannica, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen Crane, George Gissing, Mark Twain, Sherington Hope, Sherrington Hope, Sage's Restaurant
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In the library with VS

July 11, 2015 by Ray Betzner

In which we check out books by Starrett printed especially for use in libraries.

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July 11, 2015 /Ray Betzner
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Carnegie Library, McKeesport, Haskell House, AMS Press, The Macmillan Company, Books Alive, Random House, Books for Libraries Press
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Updates, elaborations and stuff I forgot the first time

December 06, 2014 by Ray Betzner

Things I learned after the articles were posted.

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December 06, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, John Bennett Shaw, Fran Martin, Stormy Petrels, Margaret Deniston Young, Margaret Dennison Starrett, Martin Gardner, Books Alive, Born in a Bookshop
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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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