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 ‘new’ report on the first official Baker Street Irregulars dinner

August 19, 2024 by Ray Betzner

The Press, Watson. . . .

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August 19, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Starrett’s Scrapbook, Harry Hansen, Alexander Woollcott, Christopher Morley, Baker Street Irregulars, Mattias Bostrom, Steven Rothman, Harrison "Terry" Hunt, Linda Hunt, Susan Dahlinger, The Baker Street Irregulars Trust, The New York Wold-Tribune, The Watertown Times, H.W. Bell, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Daily News, William Gillette, Gray Chandler Briggs, William Rose Benet, Steven Vincent Benet, Autolycus in Limbo, The Saturday Review of Literature
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Walter Klinefelter in Portrait and Profile, Part 1

May 09, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Profile of a Shy Sherlockian

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May 09, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Walter Klinefelter, York College, All About Mother Goose, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes in Portrait and Profile, Julie Rosenblatt, Al Rosenblatt, Harrison "Terry" Hunt, Linda Hunt, Jon L. Lellenberg, Aboriginals, Origins of Sherlock Holmes, The Saturday Review of Literature, Frank V. Morley, Christopher Morley, Arthur Machen, Tom O'Bedlam and his Song, The Apellicon Press, The Merrymount Press

'A most remarkable thing'

February 04, 2024 by Ray Betzner

Prof. Pence and Sherlock Holmes

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February 04, 2024 /Ray Betzner
Raymond Woodbury Pence, DePauw University, Margaret Mead, Robert Benchley, Van Wyck Brooks, Scott Monty, Essays of Today, J.B. Priestly, Edith Wharton, Stephen Leacock, G.K. Chesterton, Bernard De Voto, H. Mumford Jones, Ronald Knox, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Golden Book, The Bookman, Henry C. Johnson
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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

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

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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The Fortnightly Dispatch and Vincent Starrett

May 29, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Talking, a lot, about books

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May 29, 2020 /Ray Betzner
The Fortnightly Dispatch, Steven Doyle, Wessex Press, The Baker Street Irregulars, The Baker Street Journal, Vincent Starrett, Rachel Latimer, 221B, The Unique Hamlet, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Morley, Elmer Davis
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Dedications

May 22, 2020 by Ray Betzner

Monkey glands, McCarthyites and the W.G.A.

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May 22, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Walter M. Hill, In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, W.C. Morrow, Ambrose Bierce, Rhymes for Collectors, Lilian Hartsig, Ebony Flame, Lilian Starrett, Bella Starrett, Banners in the Dawn, Thomas Kennedy, Buried Caesars, Robert Polk Starrett, Flame and Dust, Richard Le Gallienne, Coffins for Two, Fifteen More Poems, Charles Parsons, Ray Latimer, Seaports in the Moon, Ambrose Bierce: A bibliography, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, M.J. Latimer, Murder on B Deck, Stanley Starrett, Harold Starrett, Robert Starrett, The Blue Door, Edwin Baird, Dead Man Inside, Scott Cunningham, The End of Mr. Garment, Stirling Parkinson, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette, Frederic Dorr Steele, Gray Chandler Briggs, Charles Honce, Midnight and Percy Jones, Persons From Porlock, Christopher Morley, Oriental Encounters, The Great Hotel Murder, Riley Blackwood, Books Alive, Bookman's Holiday, Georgia E. Bennett, Autolycus in Limbo, The Case-Book of Jimmie Lavender, Harry E. Maule, Ellery Queen, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Murder in Peking, Lin Yutang, Books and Bipeds, Book Column, Best Loved Books of the Twentieth Century, Wendell W. Goodpasture, Late Later and Possibly Last
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The Devon County Chronicle: Vincent Starrett Edition

January 09, 2020 by Ray Betzner

A fanzine’s affectionate festschrift

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January 09, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Robert Hahn, Robert Walter Hahn, Julie McKuras, The Devon County Chronicle, John Bennett Shaw, Ben Abramson, Argus Book Shop, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Baker Street Irregulars, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), William S. Baring-Gould, James keddie Jr., Rex Stout, August Derleth, Julian Wolff, Charles Honce, Belden Wigglesworth, Hugo's Companions
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What is it we love about '221B'?

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 10, the final part (almost)

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, 221B, Basil Rathbone, Billy Wilder, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, John Bennett Shaw Memorial Library Fund, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Graceland Cemetery
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'So They Still Live For All That Love Them Well'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

'221B' Part 2

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, 221B, Gray Chandler Briggs, Elmer Davis, The Saturday Review of Literature, Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle & The Bookman, Susan Dahlinger, Les Klinger
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Introduction and prologue: 'Where it is always 1895.'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

'221B' Part 1

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
221B, Vincent Starrett, University of Minnesota, Don Yates, The Baker Street Journal, where it is always 1895, Edward R. Murrow, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Born in a Bookshop, The Phoenix magazine

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 Final 'Private Life' Problem

February 15, 2019 by Ray Betzner

What is it that we love about Private Life?

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February 15, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Otto Penzler, Steven Doyle, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Ray Betzner, Gray Chandler Briggs, Frederic Dorr Steele, William Gillette, Vincent Starrett
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The 75th Anniversary Edition

February 03, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Welcome a guest blogger

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February 03, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Steven Doyle, Mark Gagen, Wessex Press, Gasogene Press, Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 75th Anniversary Edition, Ray Betzner, Gasogene Books, Julian Wolff
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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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Otto Strikes Twice

January 26, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Two popular paperbacks

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January 26, 2019 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Otto Penzler, The Mysterious Bookshop, The Mysterious Library, Otto Penzler's Sherlock Holmes Library, The Macmillan Company, John Bennett Shaw, Tom Stix Jr., Robert Thomalen, Warner Books, Frederic Dorr Steele, William Gillette, Julian Symons, Pinnacle, Carl Sandburg, Christopher Morley
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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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Charm and ‘Scholarship’

November 23, 2018 by Ray Betzner

The second British invasion.

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November 23, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, George Allen & Unwil, Allen and Unwin, Gavin Brend, James Holroyd, My Dear Holmes, Baker Street By-Ways, University of Chicago Press, A Study in Scarlet, J.R.R. Tolkein, The Hobbit, Mattias Bostom, From Holmes to Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes Society of London
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