The Autograph Habit
Autographed and inscribed books make for great memories.
Read More"Education never ends, Watson"
Reflections, corrections, additions and other stuff as the year turns.
Read More"Christmases Remembered"
A gift of pearls for this holiday season, courtesy of Vincent Starrett
Read More“Your photographs are not unlike you.”
A “new” Vincent Starrett photograph and the mystery that comes with it.
Read MoreStarrett and Lovecraft: Lovers of the Macabre
It’s Halloween, the right time to talk about Vincent Starrett and the man behind the Cthulhu mythos: Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
Read More“His friend Burt”
Starrett pens a child's tale that features a character named for one of the most cantankerous book critics of his time.
Read MoreA new look at the sonnet "221B"
A world-class sonnet gets an international treatment
Read MoreIn the library with VS
In which we check out books by Starrett printed especially for use in libraries.
Read MoreIn the theater with VS
Starrett recounts what it was like seeing William Gillette on the stage in *Sherlock Holmes*.
Read MoreVincent Starrett solves a mystery by calling in a Ghost
Intentional or not, this is Starrett's most humorous mystery.
Read MoreOff Topic: Charles E. Henry Jr., PhD, BSI
A profile of one of the best and wisest men I have ever known.
Read MoreVincent Starrett among the Critics, Part 2: Electric (Purple) Boogaloo.
This is the second in an occasional series that looks at how Starrett’s work was judged by critics, historians and reference guides.
Read MoreA Student of Catalogues
Wherein Vincent Starrett extols the delights in book catalogues and thereby opens a door into a pleasure that is slowly slipping away.
Read MoreMissing Ambrose Bierce
The story of how Vincent Starrett missed Ambrose Bierce and turned it into a worldwide news story.
Read MoreA Bookman and his Dealer
Ben Abramson was a book seller, a publisher and a dreamer.
Read MoreThe Bookman, the School Teacher, and the Other Bookman
Can you solve the riddle of the second bookman in this posting?
Read MoreA Case of Identity: Vincent Starrett among the critics, Part 1
The first part of a series looking at how critics have evaluated Vincent Starrett's overall contributions to the mystery genre.
Read MoreBooks and Bipeds: The 2015 BSI Dinner weekend
Little things—pamphlets, and lapel pins—can sometimes offer great pleasure.
Read MoreVincent Starrett and the 1934 Baker Street Irregulars Dinner
Vincent Starrett, Alexander Woollcott, William Gillette and the 1934 Baker Street Irregulars Dinner
Read More"Snow for Christmas"
As the year winds down, we end 2014 with a sentimental tale designed by Starrett for the holiday season.
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