Vincent Starrett (1886–1974)
Author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
About the Author
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Series
Works by Vincent Starrett
Shaking Hands With Immortality: Encomiums for Vincent Starrett 1886-1974. Introduction by Michael Murphy. (1975) 5 copies
Conferment by Needle 2 copies
221:B / Vincent Starrett 1 copy
Sherlock alive : Sherlockian excerpts from Vincent Starrett's "Books alive" column in The Chicago Tribune,… (2010) 1 copy
Mr Garments död 1 copy
Monologue in Baker Street 1 copy
The Mid-Watch Tragedy 1 copy
First editions 1 copy
An essay on limited editions 1 copy
The Evil Eye 1 copy
The Fugitive Statue 1 copy
Fifteen more poems 1 copy
Goodby Chris 1 copy
Monologue in Baker Street 1 copy
Associated Works
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Contributor — 198 copies
Weird Tales : a selection in facsimile, of the best from the world's most famous fantasy magazine (1976) — Contributor — 78 copies
Arkham's Masters of Horror: A 60th Anniversary Anthology Retrospective of the First 30 Years of Arkham House (2000) — Contributor — 44 copies
Weird Tales: A Facsimile of the World's Most Famous Fantasy Magazine: v. 1 (1978) — Contributor — 27 copies
Science Fiction Omnibus: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949, 1950 (1952) — Contributor — 11 copies
SHIVERS: House Party at Smoky Island; August; Coffins for Two; The Money Box; The Charlottetown Banquet; The… (1989) — Contributor — 9 copies
John McCutcheon's book — Introduction — 4 copies
Weird Tales Volume 20 Number 6, December 1932 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 31 Number 4, April 1938 — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 33 Number 4, April 1939 — Contributor — 2 copies
Friendly aliens : thirteen stories of the fantastic set in Canada by foreign authors — Contributor — 1 copy
The Reviewer, Volume III, Numbers 1-12 (April 1922-July 1923) — Contributor — 1 copy
The Reviewer, Volume IV, Numbers 1-5 (October 1923-October 1924) — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Starrett, Vincent
- Legal name
- Starrett, Charles Vincent Emerson
- Birthdate
- 1886-10-26
- Date of death
- 1974-01-05
- Burial location
- Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
Canada (birth) - Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Education
- John Marshall High School
- Occupations
- newspaperman
writer - Organizations
- Chicago Daily News
Chicago Tribune
Baker Street Irregulars - Awards and honors
- MWA Grand Master (1958)
Members
Reviews
Lists
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 84
- Also by
- 52
- Members
- 1,038
- Popularity
- #24,807
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 24
- ISBNs
- 70