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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Mord i folio

January 25, 2023 by Ray Betzner

A long-sought volume, a generous gift

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January 25, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Mattias Bostom, From Holmes to Sherlock, The Unique Hamlet, Vincent Starrett, Tage la Cage, Thure Nyman, Bodil Hagbrink, Lillian De la Torre, Ernest Bramah, Lawrence Blochman, Swedish, Mord i folio

Starrett steps into the world of Dr. Thorndyke

September 09, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Why did R. Austin Freeman dedicate a book of mysteries to Starrett?

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September 09, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, R. Austin Freeman, Thorndyke, The Puzzle Lock, 14 Great Detective Stories, Modern Library, Christopher Morley, Kent State University, The Unique Hamlet, Arthur Machen, Books Alive, “The Case of Oscar Brodski”, Christopher Jervis, Columbo, Seagull Library and Mystery and Suspense, The Singing Bone
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'The Unique Hamlet' has a birthday party

January 25, 2021 by Ray Betzner

The centenary celebration of a classic

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January 25, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Richard Sveum, Walter M. Hill, The Unique Hamlet, Baker Street Journal, 2020 Christmas Annual, The Baker Street Journal 2020 Christmas Annual, The Baker Street Journal 2020 Christmas Annual: The 100-year adventure of The Unique Hamlet, Susan Rice, Julia McKuras, Randall Stock, Michael Meer, Vincent Starrett
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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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Revised and Enlarged

November 09, 2018 by Ray Betzner

A Classic is Reborn

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November 09, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Unique Hamlet, 221-B, Alexander Woollcott, Gray Chandler Briggs, Christopher Morley, Peter Cushing, Andre Morrell, Ronald Howard, Adrian Conan Doyle, The Golden Book, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Press, William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frederic Dorr Steele, H.W. Bell, Elmer Davis, Morley, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Catherine Cooke, The Baker Street Journal, Edgar W. Smith, Baker Street Studies, Profile by Gaslight, Bookman's Holiday, John Bennett Shaw, Baker Street Irregulars
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The Great Hiatus, 1934-1960

November 02, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Between editions: 1934 to 1960

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November 02, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Christopher Morley, Edgar W. Smith, William Gillette, Alexander Woollcott, Long Long Ago, Baker Street Irregulars, Rachel Latimer, The Unique Hamlet, 221B, Persons From Porlock, 221B: Studies In Sherlock Holmes, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Books Alive, The Chicago Tribune, Profile by Gaslight, To a Very Literary Lady, The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes:, Sherlock Holmes: A Play
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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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“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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Vincent Starrett among the Critics, Part 2: Electric (Purple) Boogaloo.

April 24, 2015 by Ray Betzner

This is the second in an occasional series that looks at how Starrett’s work was judged by critics, historians and reference guides.

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April 24, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Otto Penzler, Chris Steinbrunner, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, Charles E. Henry, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Unique Hamlet, McGraw-Hill, The Great Hotel Murder
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