73 1023 Starrett V 73/1023 Starrett, V. Collection of 48 SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED TYPESCRIPT/ LETTERPRESS articles, (SIGNED) books and occasional publications, books about/ edited by V. STARRETT, etc. etc., mostly publ. between ±1925-1970, mostly in fine condition. = Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), versatile writer of horror, detective (Sherlock Holmes!) and fantasy fiction as well as poetry, journalism and articles on bookcollecting. Most of the items included in this lot are signed or contain an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION. The following is a list of works contained in the lot that give a fine overview of his interests: V. STARRETT, Rhymes for Collectors (n.pl., privately printed. The Torch Press, 1921, orig. wr. SIGNED); IDEM, Ballad of Brobdignag (letterpress bifolium, n.pl., "Fall, 1925" and monogrammed dedication in pen and ink by the author); A.E. HOUSMAN, R.L.S. (letterpress bifolium, (Ysleta), Edwin B. Hill, n.d., one of 50 copies printed "for the friends of Vincent Starrett and Edwin B. Hill". SIGNED by V. Starrett on the colophon); V. STARRETT, The Dog that Spoke French (n.pl., n.d. (±1944), printed on japanese, kept in orig. envelope. SIGNED on frontwr.); IDEM, Monologue in Baker Street (New York, The Mermaid Press, 1960, printed in 150 copies, orig. wr., sm. 8vo); V. STARRETT and COVICI-McGEE Co., In Defense Alfred A. Knopf - Arthur Machen vs Covoci-McGee Co. - Vincent Starrett (Chicago, Covici-McGee, n.d. (±1924), letterpress bifolium. SIGNED by Vincent Starrett); V. STARRETT, Snow for Christmas (n.pl., Eileen Baskerville, 1935, title-p. printed in red, loose in unbound quires, orig. wr. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED ANNOTATION on frontcover "Original Proof of this very early work [signed]"; H.B. SMITH, Sherlock Holmes Solves the Mystery of Edwin Drood (...) (article from Munsey's Magazine, n.pl., 1924, w. two AUTOGRAPH ANNOTATIONS in margin and with manuscript dedication SIGNED on first page by Vincent Starrett "To Cornelis Helling. The pen notes are by the author, Mr. Smith, now dead"); THE TRIAL OF JOHN JASPER FOR THE MURDER OF EDWIN DROOD (n.pl., (1914), (8)p. (incl. dec. wr.). Sl. foxed and lower outer corner of 3 leaves sl. dam.). The letters (29 in all, partly with the orig. envelopes) are all written to CORNELIS HELLING and are dated between 1937-1948. They cover many aspects of their joint interest in Sherlock Holmes. Cornelis Helling was a Dutch adept of Sherlock Holmes (and Jules Verne), and founded the "Dutch Sherlock Holmes Society" in 1952.
73 1023 Starrett V 73/1023 Starrett, V. Collection of 48 SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED TYPESCRIPT/ LETTERPRESS articles, (SIGNED) books and occasional publications, books about/ edited by V. STARRETT, etc. etc., mostly publ. between ±1925-1970, mostly in fine condition. = Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), versatile writer of horror, detective (Sherlock Holmes!) and fantasy fiction as well as poetry, journalism and articles on bookcollecting. Most of the items included in this lot are signed or contain an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION. The following is a list of works contained in the lot that give a fine overview of his interests: V. STARRETT, Rhymes for Collectors (n.pl., privately printed. The Torch Press, 1921, orig. wr. SIGNED); IDEM, Ballad of Brobdignag (letterpress bifolium, n.pl., "Fall, 1925" and monogrammed dedication in pen and ink by the author); A.E. HOUSMAN, R.L.S. (letterpress bifolium, (Ysleta), Edwin B. Hill, n.d., one of 50 copies printed "for the friends of Vincent Starrett and Edwin B. Hill". SIGNED by V. Starrett on the colophon); V. STARRETT, The Dog that Spoke French (n.pl., n.d. (±1944), printed on japanese, kept in orig. envelope. SIGNED on frontwr.); IDEM, Monologue in Baker Street (New York, The Mermaid Press, 1960, printed in 150 copies, orig. wr., sm. 8vo); V. STARRETT and COVICI-McGEE Co., In Defense Alfred A. Knopf - Arthur Machen vs Covoci-McGee Co. - Vincent Starrett (Chicago, Covici-McGee, n.d. (±1924), letterpress bifolium. SIGNED by Vincent Starrett); V. STARRETT, Snow for Christmas (n.pl., Eileen Baskerville, 1935, title-p. printed in red, loose in unbound quires, orig. wr. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED ANNOTATION on frontcover "Original Proof of this very early work [signed]"; H.B. SMITH, Sherlock Holmes Solves the Mystery of Edwin Drood (...) (article from Munsey's Magazine, n.pl., 1924, w. two AUTOGRAPH ANNOTATIONS in margin and with manuscript dedication SIGNED on first page by Vincent Starrett "To Cornelis Helling. The pen notes are by the author, Mr. Smith, now dead"); THE TRIAL OF JOHN JASPER FOR THE MURDER OF EDWIN DROOD (n.pl., (1914), (8)p. (incl. dec. wr.). Sl. foxed and lower outer corner of 3 leaves sl. dam.). The letters (29 in all, partly with the orig. envelopes) are all written to CORNELIS HELLING and are dated between 1937-1948. They cover many aspects of their joint interest in Sherlock Holmes. Cornelis Helling was a Dutch adept of Sherlock Holmes (and Jules Verne), and founded the "Dutch Sherlock Holmes Society" in 1952.
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