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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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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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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"Souvneir de Sherlock"

January 06, 2019 by Ray Betzner

A 75-year-old signature explained.

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January 06, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Charles Collins, Horace Bridges, Stanley Pargellis, A Line O' Type or Two., Newberry Library, Schlogl's, Yuichi Hirayma, Elaine Yao, Gayle Puhl, Peggy Purdue, Steve Rothman, Susumu Kobayashi, Ray Latimer, Shi Julin, SHi SHilun, Shi Gong, The Cases of Lord Shi
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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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U.G.L.Y. You ain’t got no alibi

November 30, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Two forgettable editions

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November 30, 2018 /Ray Betzner
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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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The 1960 edition among the critics

November 16, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Holmes charms them again

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November 16, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Tribune, Charles Collins, In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes, Michael Harrison, Rex Stout, Anthony Boucher, The Hounds of the Baskerville, James Buchholtz, Delphos, Ohio, The New York Times, The New Republic, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, A. Mervyn Davies
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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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"The finest … of Holmesian scholarship"

October 24, 2018 by Ray Betzner

The finest flowering of Holmesian scholarship

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October 24, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Howard Haycraft, The Art of the Mystery Story, Murder for Pleasure, Twentieth Century Authors, Edmund Wilson, Dorothy L. Sayers, Rex Stout, "Watson was a Woman", Ellery Queen, THe Life and Times of the Detective Story, Otto Penzler
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The British Critics Take Their Shot

October 19, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Mr. Connolly is not amused

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October 19, 2018 /Ray Betzner
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Sherlock Holmes Comes Home

October 13, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Private Life Part 5

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October 13, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Gray Chandler Briggs, Camden House, The Empty House, 221B Baker Street, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Ronald Knox, Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes, Essays in Satire, S.C. Roberts, Doctor Watson: Prolegomena to the Study of A Biographical Problem, T.S. Blakeney, Sherlock Holmes: Fact or Fiction?, H.W. Bell, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Chronology of their adventures, Baker Street Irregulars, Ivor Nicholson and Watson
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First American Edition: A Bonus Post

October 02, 2018 by Ray Betzner

From my shelves

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October 02, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Macmillan Company
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The critics take their turn

September 27, 2018 by Ray Betzner

“Mr. Starrett’s book is indispensable”

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September 27, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Macmillan Company, The New York Times, Isaac Anderson, Ellery Queen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mystery League, John Selby, The Literary Guidepost, Chicago Times, James Weber Linn, Gial Bordon, Chicago Evening Post, D.E. Hobelman, Vancouver Sun, The Washington Post, Theodore Hall
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A classic is born

September 20, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Private Life, Part 3.

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September 20, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, The Macmillan Company, D.H. Friston, The Private Life of Helen of Troy, John Erksine, Desmond McCarthy, E.V. Knox, Macmillan and Company, Macmillan Company, Frederic Dorr Steele, William Gillette, D. H. Friston, Don Loving, Gray Chandler Briggs, Beeton's Christmas Annual, where it is always 1895
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