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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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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Sincerely, Tony/Faithfully, Vincent

June 02, 2017 by Ray Betzner

Starrett and Boucher: Brothers in Sherlock

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June 02, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Anthony Boucher, Vincent Starrett, The Case of the Baker Street Irregular, Syaloch, Inspector Gregg, H. H. Holmes, Rocket to the Morgue, A Treasure of Great Science Fiction, Jeffrey Marks, Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography, Sincerely Tony/Faithfully Vincent:, Roberg Hahn, The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Hugo's Companions, Baker Street Irregulars, Edgar W. Smith, Christopher Morley
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Nudists, Buffoons and Hoogles. Oh my.

May 12, 2017 by Ray Betzner

The mailman has been busy.

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May 12, 2017 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, The Hoogles and Alexander, Dorothy Langley, Real America magazine, Real Detective, Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories, Edwin Baird, From Hell to Breakfast, Chicago World's Fair, 20th Century Limited, The Newberry, The Caxton Printers, Books Alive, Peter Pan, Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, The Great All-Star Animal Base Ball Game
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The Loveman letter

March 10, 2017 by Ray Betzner

What can we deduce from one Starrett letter?

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March 10, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, H.P. Lovecraft, Samuel Loveman, Don Swaim, The Wooings of Jezebel Pettyfer, Walter M. Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, Seaports in the Moon, Bruce Rogers, Haldane MacFall, Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Heritage Press
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Recent additions to the collection

February 18, 2017 by Ray Betzner

Two new (to me) items commemorating significant events in Starrett's Sherlockian life.

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February 18, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Julian Wolff, Hugo's Companions, The Baker Street Irregulars, The Hounds of the Baskerville, Caxton Club, Otto Penzler, The Mysterious Bookshop, Stanley Pargellis, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, Books Alive, Bookman's Holiday, The Chicago Tribune, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Encyclopedia Britannica, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen Crane, George Gissing, Mark Twain, Sherington Hope, Sherrington Hope, Sage's Restaurant
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How NOT to find one of the country's rarest books, by Vincent Starrett

January 28, 2017 by Ray Betzner in Jimmy Lavender

The story of Starrett's hunt for a rare Poe volume has become a bookdealer's legend.

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January 28, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Tamerlane, Have You a Tamerlane In Your Attic?, Vincent Starrett, David Randall, Charles E. Goodspeed, Born in a Bookshop, Yankee Bookseller, Dukedom Large Enough: Reminiscences of a Rare book dealer, Rebecca Rego Barry, Rare Books Uncovered., J.K. Lilly Jr, Indiana University Library
Jimmy Lavender
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A Unique Book

January 12, 2017 by Ray Betzner

An old friend shines new light on Starrett's trip to Peking.

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January 12, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Arthur Conan Doyle, Roy Pilot, Mary Celeste, Marie Celeste, The Strand Magazine, Murder in Peking, Cornhill magazine, j. habakuk Jephson, Memories and Adventures, The Horror of the Heights, abel fosdyk, The Annotated Lost World, Wessex Press, Al Rodin
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Ellery Queen's "Lost" Review of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

December 17, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Four pages, 1,600 words and some very tough observations.

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December 17, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Ellery Queen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Mystery League, Frederic Dannay, Manfred Lee, Vincent Starrett, To The Queen's Taste, Christopher Morley
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The Grand Master

November 29, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Vincent Starrett and the Mystery Writers of America

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November 29, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Mystery Writers of America, Grand Master, Agatha Christie, Born in a Bookshop, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Harry Hanson, Anthony Boucher, Tony Boucher, The Eleventh Juror, Clayton Rawson, Lawrence Treat, Brett Halliday, The New York Times, The Chicago Daily News, Chicago Daily Tribune
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In the beginning, there was Reedy’s Mirror

November 12, 2016 by Ray Betzner

The first major article about Sherlock Holmes written by Vincent Starrett appeared 98 years ago.

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November 12, 2016 /Ray Betzner
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Off Topic: Ely M. Liebow

October 21, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Remembering the sweet, smart, gentile Irregular who unearthed the details behind Joe Bell's life.

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October 21, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Ely Liebow, Don Yates, David Morrill, Michael Kean, Ely M. Liebow, Dr. Joe Bell: Model for Sherlock Holmes, Joe Bell, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Nieminski, Pete's Tavern, Hotel Algonquin, Mark Gagen, Steven Doyle
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Vincent Starrett Goes Wilde

October 01, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Starrett, Wilde and a long lost letter.

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October 01, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Oscar Wilde, Stuart Mason, Vincent Starrett, Books and Bipeds, “Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde”, Roses and Rue, “Art and Morality”., In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, Karen Murdock, Christopher Sclater Millard, Lillie Langtry
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Books and Bipeds: Starrett at his best

September 24, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Why Books and Bipeds deserves a place on your shelf.

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September 24, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Ben Abramson, Argus Books, Books and Bipeds, Nova 57 Minor, Sherlock Holmes, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Bookman's Holiday, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, Buried Caesars
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“Your photographs are not unlike you.” Part II.

September 10, 2016 by Ray Betzner

The Mystery of the Unknown Photograph

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September 10, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Robert Cromie, TV Week magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Rosetta Stone, Orlando Park, Sherlock Holmes Esq. and John H. Watson M.D. an Encyclopaedia of Their Affairs, Northwestern University, Kroch's & Brentano's, Thomas Allan Dunn, Wessex Press, Starrett Speaks, "Book Beat", Tim Greer
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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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Return of "The Man Who Called Himself Poe"

August 06, 2016 by Ray Betzner

In Which Starrett and Poe are Reprinted

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August 06, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Seaports in the Moon, Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Starrett, The Man Who Called Himself Poe, Sam Moskowitz, A Man Called Poe, WIliam Legrand, William Legrand, The Gold Bug, Captain Kidd, The Saturday Evening Post, Have You a Tamerlane In Your Attic?
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The Return of ‘Studies in Starrett’

July 23, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Two Gifts

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July 23, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Ross Davies, Peter Blau, Peter E. Blau, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Coffins for Two, Vincent Starrett, Red Circle of Washington, Ben Abramson, Sons of the Copper Beeches, Arthur Conan Doyle, University of Edinburgh, Haverford College
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A Student of Starrett

April 01, 2016 by Ray Betzner

A little talk about Vincent Starrett for the Red Circle of Washington.

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April 01, 2016 /Ray Betzner
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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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The Jimmie/Jimmy Problem

February 20, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Why can't these publications get the name of his most famous detective right?

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February 20, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Born in a Bookshop, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jimmy Lavender, Jimmie Lavender, The Case-Book of Jimmie Lavender, Murder in Peking, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine
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