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The Last Bookman

Peter Ruber

First published 1968
Publisher Candlelight Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Crystal Kennedy
Pages 115
Price $10.00

Stated first edition, first printing. Limited to 2500 copies.

Page Title Author(s) Type
11 An Unabashed Foreword to the Reader Peter Ruber Essay
13 Two Messages for Vincent Starrett Christopher Morley Essay
15 La Vie Litteraire Vincent Starrett Poem
17 The Last Bookman: A Journey Into the Life & Times of Vincent Starrett Author, Journalist, Bibliophile Peter Ruber Essay
63 Self Portrait Vincent Starrett Poem
65 Uncle Charlie Robert S. Starrett Essay
69 Bookman in Slippers (or "Vincent Starrett Receives a Caller.") George Steele Seymour Poem
70 Vincent Starrett Louis Zara Essay
72 Imaginary Conversation Delos Avery Poem
73 Vincent Starrett and the Chinese Detective Frank Smothers Essay
75 Gentlemen's Relish (After Rereading Autolycus in Limbo, by Vincent Starrett) Christopher Morley Poem
77 Sherlock, Tobacco, and a Gold-Headed Cane David A. Randall Essay
79 Thoughts on an Old Friend Carl Sandburg Essay
83 Adventure of the Illiterate Ghost Ben Hecht Essay
85 Stenographic Report of a Conversation with Vincent Starrett: An English Book Catalogue George Steele Seymour & Vincent Starrett Interview
86 My Ghost to the Ghost of V.S., on His Opera Haniel Long Poem
87 Greetings from Detroit Russell McLauchlin Essay
88 Of Starrett, of Holmes, of Chess and Things Charles Layng Essay
94 Vincent Starrett Visits My Hotel Room Raube Walters Essay
97 The Case of the Courageous Bibliophile Harry Hanson Essay
98 Book Review Enow N. D. Plume Poem
99 Vincent Starrett: Creative Bibliophile Paul Jordan-Smith Essay
101 Vincensio from Chris Christopher Morley Poem
102 Traveler in the Realms of Gold Harry J. Owens Essay
105 Carpe Diem Vincent Starrett Poem
107 Letters to Esther Longfellow Vincent Starrett Essay
108 Letters to Burton Rascoe Vincent Starrett Essay
110 A Bibliographical Check List— The Writings of Vincent Starrett Esther Longfellow Essay
115 Postscript (The Last Bookman) Vincent Starrett Essay
109|109.1 Letters to Charles Honce Vincent Starrett Essay
109|109.2 Letters to Christopher Morley Vincent Starrett Essay
80|80.1 Poet Uncomprehended Thomas Kennedy Poem
80|80.5 The Bond Thomas Kennedy Poem
81|81.1 To V.S. Going Abroad Thomas Kennedy Poem
81|81.2 Homage to Vincent Starrett August Derleth Essay
91|91.1 Bibliophile Jacob C. Solovay Poem
91|91.2 Holmesian Jacob C. Solovay Poem
92|92.1 Poet Jacob C. Solovay Poem
92|92.2 Dean of Chicago Authors Fanny Butcher Essay
96|96.1 Vincent Starrett, B.S.I. Henry Dierkes Poem
96|96.2 For the Tomb of Vincent Starrett George Steele Seymour Poem