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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Hunting the elusive Starrett arcana

May 14, 2025 by Ray Betzner

Where are the lost stories from Starrett’s autobiography?

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May 14, 2025 /Ray Betzner
Moby Dick, Sherlock Holems, Vincent Starrett, Peter Blau, Patricia Albright, Patricia Rachel Albright, SPODE, LORE, Born in a Bookshop, Fanny Butcher, Chicago Tribune, University of Oklahoma Press, University of Chicago Press, Random House, Society of Midland Authors, Carroll G. Bowen, Harry Hansen

Vincent Starrett Goes Clubbing

November 24, 2023 by Ray Betzner

Among Chicago’s Cliff Dwellers

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November 24, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Scott Monty, Cliff Dwellers, Charles Collins, A Line O' Type or Two., Born in a Bookshop, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Anderson Library, Ribston Pippins, Steven DOyle, Jim Montgomery, The Baker Street Irregulars, Clan na Gael, Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Literary Lions, Fanny Butcher

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

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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Best. Day. Ever. Part 1

November 30, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Starrett is honored by the city’s literary elite.

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November 30, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Louis Zara, Brillig, Chicago Tribune, Fanny Butcher, Hotel Sherman, Friends of the Chicago Public Library, Society of Midland Authors, Caxton Club, "Books Alive", Robert J. Casey, J. Finley Christ, Carl Sandburg, Lew Sarett, Frederic Babcock, Thornton Wilder, Russell McLaughlin, Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlockians, Burton Rascoe, Lucy Key Miller, Peter Ruber

The Bridge is Love

February 17, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Starrett’s copy of a Thornton Wilder classic

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February 17, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Fanny Butcher, Hotel Sherman, The Cabala, Best Loved Books of the Twentieth Century, The Bridge is Love
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Provenance

February 27, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Do we ever really ‘own’ a book?

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February 27, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Officium Baetae Marie Virginis., Frank Morris, Waldo Leon Rich, Nellie Brown, Saratoga Springs, Silver Blaze, The Valley of Fear, Reading, Freeman's Auctions, Fanny Butcher, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Charles Honce
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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

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