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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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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Digging up a new/old Starrett illustration

March 16, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Heathcote and Hansen

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March 16, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Harry Hansen, Hec Mann, The Wave, The Chicago Daily News, Peter Ruber, The Last Bookman, Reedy's Mirror, Arthur Machen, Charles Honce
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The Complete Publication History of 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'

September 08, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Tracing the history of a classic.

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September 08, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Dear Starrett, Dear Briggs, John Nieminski, Jon L. Lellenberg, The Baker Street Irregulars, Reedy's Mirror, The Golden Book, Oscar Slater, George Edalji, Arthur Conan Doyle, Great Depression
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A.K.A. Vincent Starrett

May 12, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Starrett used many names in his career.

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May 12, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett, Charles V.E. Starrett, Charles E.V. Starrett, Stephen Huguenot, Edgar Savage, Vincenzio, Vinpenny, Banners in the Dawn, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago Daily News, The Editor: The Journal of Life for Literary Workers, Lincolnana, Reedy's Mirror, True Detective, Short Stories, Column Poetrs, Jay Finley Christ, Jay Finch, Poetry magazine, Wisconsin State Journal, Weird Tales, Roy Franklin Dewey, Lucian Taylor, The Great Lakes Review, Charles L.P. Silet, Autolycus in Limbo, A Literary Anthology, The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare, Et Cetera, Pascal Covici, Charles Vincent Starrett, Graceland Cemetery, Christopher Morley

“That Gap on the Second Shelf”

March 12, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Vincent Starrett works that I want, but can't afford or can't find.

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March 12, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Unique Hamlet, Weird Tales, Cordelia's Song, Edgar Allan Poe, Saturday Evening Post, Reedy's Mirror, Persons From Porlock, Charles Honce, Randall Stock, Richard Sveum, Argosy Books, Peter L. Stern, The Quick and the Dead, Robert Howard, Conan the Barbarian
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