Starrett by Murphy Michael, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. THIS IS NUMBER 31 OF 50 WITH HAND-MARBLED EDGES. 1/4" LEATHER SPINE, MANUSCRIPT PAPER COVERS. SIGNED BY MICHAEL MURPHY ON THE TITLE PAGE AND (PRINTED OR SIGNED BY MICHAEL MURPHY AGAIN ON THE EDITOR'S NOTES PAGE AT THE END OF THE BOOK. THE "SIGNATURE" OF VINCENT STARRETT ON THE INNER FRONT COVER IS OBVIOUSLY PRINTED SINCE HE DIED THREE YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK. THE BOOK DESCRIBES THE DETAILS OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF VINCENT STARRETT WHO WAS ACCUSED ALONG WITH THE COVICI - McGEE COMPANY BY ALFRED A. KNOPF OF PIRACY OF TWO OF ARTHUR MACHEN'S WORKS IN THE EARLY 1920'S. STARRETT CHAMPIONED MACHEN'S WRITINGS FOR THE AMERICAN AUDIANCE AND BELIEVED THAT HE HAD RECIEVED MACHEN'S APPROVAL TO REPUBLISH TWO OF HIS WORKS. THE BOOK DOCUMENTS THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MACHEN AND STARRETT ATTESTING TO THAT FACT. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. LIMITED BOOK OF 500 - N0 422 Collection of grateful letters from Machen to his chief U.S. booster Starrett, starting in 1915 and abruptly ceasing in 1924 when Machen accused Starrett of pirating his work; documents in the battle between Knopf and Covici-McGee over the alleged piracy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition. Limited Edition of 225 copies and this copy "like all the other copies, being number 221B." 6.75 x 9.75in. 42pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over decorative paper-covered boards. Gilt titling and stamping. A jam packed association copy of Starrett and his Sherlockiana circle of friends. Signed and lengthily inscribed by the publisher and editor of the volume, Michael Murphy, himself a friend and devotee of Starrett's, to Charles Honce, who was Starrett's bibliographer, close friend and to whom the present publication is dedicated (a photo of the lengthy inscription is attached). The publisher announcement for the book is laid in with a note from Murphy to Honce. A facsimile on hand-made paper of a drawing and note sent to Starrett by Frederic Dorr Steele. And last, but most extraordinarily, is a Christmas card sent to the Honces from the Starrett's and signed by Vincent: "My dear Watsons! Ray & Vincent Starrett." The Christmas card, facsimile letter, and publication announcement are in NEAR FINE condition. The book itself is VERY GOOD showing a nasty splash of ink to the cloth binding, otherwise remains Fine/As New. As pictured.