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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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

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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'Something remains of London in 1895'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 9

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
"221B", Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Vincent Starrett, Baker Street Journal, Julian Wolff, John Bennett Shaw, Michael Murphy, John Ruyle, August Derleth, The Soft-nosed Bullet-in, Baker Street Babes, Susan Rice, The Somnambulist and the Detective
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Wilder, Hardwick and an order of Thai

February 22, 2019 by Ray Betzner

This is not OUR Private Life

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February 22, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Billy Wilder, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Michael Hardwick, Molly Hardwick, Chris Steinbrunner, Norman Michaels, Christopher Lee, Late, Late Later and Possibly Last, Autolycus Press, Sherlock Holmes One More Time, Michael Murphy, The Private Life of Dr. Watson MD, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Gene Markey, Basil Rathbone, 221B, E.P. Dutton, Sarah Bernhardt
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes in Japan, X2

February 02, 2019 by Ray Betzner

The only translations of Private Life

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February 02, 2019 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Japan Sherlock Holmes Club, Michael Murphy, Vincent Starrett, Tsukasa Kobayashi, Akane Higashiyama, Bungei Shunjusha, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Pinnacle, Kawade Shobo Shinsha
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‘This facsimile is unique’

December 26, 2018 by Ray Betzner

The Book That Never Was

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December 26, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Michael Murphy, Andrew Fusco, Andy Fusco, Baker Street Irregulars, Julian Wolff, Autolycus Press

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 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

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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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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