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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Filling those gaps on the shelves

September 25, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Here dwell still, 3 books of note

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September 25, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstacy and Sin, Walter M. Hill, L.S. Mitchell, Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Charles E. Honce, Flame and Dust, Pascal Covici, The Saturday Review of Literature, William Rose Benét, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, Covici, Friede, Merton G.L. Bailey, Edward C. Caswell, Bowdoin College

Brothers of the Book

March 17, 2023 by Ray Betzner

Pierrot & Pirates!

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March 17, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Charles E. Honce, Laurence Woodworth, Kendall Banning, Mon Ami Pierrot, Pirates!, Don Quixote, Brothers of the Book, Fanny Butcher

Christopher Morley enters the scene

January 03, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Finding Bliss in Ysleta, Part 3

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January 03, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Christopher Morley, Vincent Starrett, A Vincent Starrett Library, Charles E. Honce, Edwin B. Hill, Edwin Bliss Hill, Carolyn Wells, Michael Gross, Wisteria Lodge, Collier's Weekly, Frederic Dorr Steele, Stephen Vincent Benet, The Bookman, Arthur Bartlett Maurice, William Rose Benet, Dupin, Poe, Arthur Conan Douyle, John Valentine, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Crane: A Bibliography, Stephen Crane, A message for Vincent Starrett, 221B, Anthony Boucher, Elmer Davis
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Sherlockiana: The little leaflets at the start of a movement

January 03, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Finding Bliss in Ysleta, Part 2

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January 03, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Sherlockiana, Edward B. Hill, Edwin B. Hill, Edwin Bliss Hill, Ysleta, Vincent Starrett, Sherlock Holmes, Cornelis Helling, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Morley, E.E. Kellett, Monody on the Death of Sherlock Holmes, Ronald Knox, Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes, The Final Problem, Cambridge University, The Case of the Missing Patriarchs, Logan Clendening, John Myers Myers, Charles E. Honce, A Vincent Starrett Library, "Scotland Yard", "To William Gillette: On his return to the stage in 'Sherlock Holmes' ", To a Very Literary Lady, To an Undiscerning Critic, Arthur Conan Doyle, Some Piquant People, Lincoln Springfield, Dr. Joseph Bell
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Books of the Golden Age

May 07, 2020 by Ray Betzner

From no other diversion in life have I had such enduring pleasure as from collecting books.

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May 07, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Charles E. Honce, Books of the Golden Age, Vincent Starrett, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Caxton Club, Newberry Library, The Freeman, Born in a Bookshop, G.A. Henty, Conan Doyle
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"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

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