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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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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Have you a Tamerlane?

January 19, 2014 by Ray Betzner

A Morgan Library display tells only part of the story of Tamerlane, Edgar Allan Poe's first book and one of the rarest books in American literature.

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January 19, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Tamerlane, Vincent Starrett, Scott Monty, Saturday Evening Post, Morgan Library, Edgar Allan Poe
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