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• 5 •  The Last Bookman (title page) • interior artwork by Gene Markey
• 11 • An Unabashed Foreword to the Reader • essay by Peter Ruber
• 13 • Two Messages for Vincent Starrett • essay by Christopher Morley
• 15 • La Vie Litteraire • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 15 •  The Last Bookman • interior artwork by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• 17 • The Last Bookman: A Journey Into the Life & Times of Vincent Starrett Author, Journalist, Bibliophile • essay by Peter Ruber
• 33 •  Cartoon: "WAVE" • (1923) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 37 •  The Last Bookman • interior artwork by Vincent Starrett
• 40 •  V.S. Bookplates • interior artwork by Haldane Macfall
• 40 •  V.S. Bookplates • interior artwork by uncredited
• 40 •  V.S. Bookplates • interior artwork by Crystal Kennedy (variant of cover art for The Last Bookman)
• 40 •  V.S. Bookplates • interior artwork by Fridolf Johnson
• 40 •  V.S. Bookplates • interior artwork by Gordon Browne
• 63 • Self Portrait • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 63 •  The Tributes • interior artwork by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• 65 • Uncle Charlie • essay by Robert S. Starrett
• 69 • Bookman in Slippers (or "Vincent Starrett Receives a Caller.") • poem by George Steele Seymour
• 70 • Vincent Starrett • essay by Louis Zara
• 72 • Imaginary Conversation • poem by Delos Avery
• 73 • Vincent Starrett and the Chinese Detective • essay by Frank Smothers
• 75 • Gentlemen's Relish (After Rereading Autolycus in Limbo, by Vincent Starrett) • poem by Christopher Morley
• 77 • Sherlock, Tobacco, and a Gold-Headed Cane • essay by David A. Randall
• 79 • Thoughts on an Old Friend • essay by Carl Sandburg
• 80 • Poet Uncomprehended • [To Vincent Starrett] • poem by Thomas Kennedy
• 80 • The Bond • [To Vincent Starrett] • poem by Thomas Kennedy
• 81 • To V.S. Going Abroad • [To Vincent Starrett] • poem by Thomas Kennedy
• 81 • Homage to Vincent Starrett • essay by August Derleth
• 83 • Adventure of the Illiterate Ghost • essay by Ben Hecht
• 85 • Stenographic Report of a Conversation with Vincent Starrett: An English Book Catalogue • interview of Vincent Starrett • interview by George Steele Seymour
• 86 • My Ghost to the Ghost of V.S., on His Opera • poem by Haniel Long
• 87 • Greetings from Detroit • essay by Russell McLauchlin
• 88 • Of Starrett, of Holmes, of Chess and Things • essay by Charles Layng
• 91 • Bibliophile • [A Trio of Sonnets (To Vincent Starrett) • 1] • poem by Jacob C. Solovay
• 91 • Holmesian • [A Trio of Sonnets (To Vincent Starrett) • 2] • poem by Jacob C. Solovay
• 92 • Poet • [A Trio of Sonnets (To Vincent Starrett) • 3] • poem by Jacob C. Solovay
• 92 • Dean of Chicago Authors • essay by Fanny Butcher
• 94 • Vincent Starrett Visits My Hotel Room • essay by Raube Walters
• 96 • Vincent Starrett, B.S.I. • poem by Henry Dierkes
• 96 • For the Tomb of Vincent Starrett • poem by George Steele Seymour
• 97 • The Case of the Courageous Bibliophile • essay by Harry Hanson
• 98 • Book Review Enow • poem by N. D. Plume
• 99 • Vincent Starrett: Creative Bibliophile • essay by Paul Jordan Smith [as by Paul Jordan-Smith]
• 101 • Vincensio from Chris • poem by Christopher Morley
• 102 • Traveler in the Realms of Gold • essay by Harry J. Owens
• 105 • Carpe Diem • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 105 •  The History • interior artwork by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• 107 •  Letters to Esther Longfellow • essay by Vincent Starrett
• 108 •  Letters to Burton Rascoe • essay by Vincent Starrett
• 109 •  Letters to Charles Honce • essay by Vincent Starrett
• 109 •  Letters to Christopher Morley • essay by Vincent Starrett
• 110 • A Bibliographical Check List— The Writings of Vincent Starrett • essay by Esther Longfellow
• 115 • Postscript (The Last Bookman) • essay by Vincent Starrett