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

Vincent Starrett and the Chinese Box Mystery

January 28, 2022 by Ray Betzner

A souvenir from Peking is also a study in surmise.

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January 28, 2022 /Ray Betzner
Peking, Rachel Latimer, Rachel Latimer Starrett, Vincent Starrett, Black lacquer box, Fridolf Johnson, Chinese art

Who Was Lillian Hartsig?

May 09, 2019 by Ray Betzner

A Marriage Disolves

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May 09, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Lillian Starrett, Lillian Hartsig, Rachel Latimer, Ray Latimer, Fridolf Johnson, Lewis Wheeler Hartsig, Nellie McFarland O'Hara, Willis H. Pate
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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 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

From the Library of "Ellery Queen"

June 22, 2017 by Ray Betzner

A little book with a big signature.

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June 22, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Ellery Queen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mystery League, Crime and Detection (Second Series), Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterson, Fridolf Johnson, Foyles, Barnaby Ross, Frederic Dannay, Manfred Lee, University of Minnesota, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Unique Hamlet
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An Icon in the Making

August 13, 2016 by Ray Betzner

From Starrett to Loving to Zimmer and more

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August 13, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Don Loving, Mathew Zimmer, Charles Honce, A Vincent Starrett Library, Autolycus in Limbo, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Great All-Star Animal Base Ball Game, Steven Rothman, Steven Doyle, Francine Kitts, Robert Thomalen, The Golden Eagle Press, S.A. Jacobs, Pascal Covici, W.S. Hall, Frederic Dorr Steele, Edgar W. Smith, Rex Stout, Christopher Morley, Earle F. Walbridge, Michael Murphy, Fridolf Johnson
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"Christmases Remembered"

December 11, 2015 by Ray Betzner

A gift of pearls for this holiday season, courtesy of Vincent Starrett

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December 11, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Monologue in Baker Street, Fridolf Johnson, Gourmet magazine, Chicago, Chicago Daily News
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The Sherlockian world's most famous bookplate, Part 2

August 09, 2014 by Ray Betzner

Tracing the history of an iconic Sherlock Holmes image.

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August 09, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Fridolf Johnson, Vincent Starrett, University of Minnesota, Timothy Johnson, Cheryll Fong, Julie McKuras, Graceland Cemetery, University of Delaware, Susan Rice, Buena Oaks Hotel, A Baker Street Quartette, Edgar W. Smith, The Baker Street Irregulars Inc, The Somnambulist and the Detective, The Last Bookman, Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present
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The Sherlockian world's most famous bookplate, Part 1

August 02, 2014 by Ray Betzner

How a bookplate created in 1931 became an iconic image of Sherlock Holmes.

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August 02, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Baker Street Irregulars, Edgar W. Smith, W. E. Butler, Sherlockian Bookplates, Fridolf Johnson, Banners in the Dawn, Fifteen More Poems, Charles Honce, University of Minnesota, Philip Hench Collection, Arthur Parsons, Lillian Starrett, Yale University, Arthur Machen, Walter M. Hill, Salome, University of Delaware, Dickson's Close, The Book of Old England, Monologue in Baker Street, Chicago Tribune, Dr. Watson's Mind Read by Master, The Baker Street Journal, Christmas Annual, Susan Rice, A Baker Street Quartette, The Somnambulist and the Detective, The Last Bookman, Graceland Cemetery, Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present
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