"There is nothing so important as trifles."

#Arthur Conan Doyle #Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #Dr. Joseph Bell #Sherlock Holmes

The second episode’s title has been announced as The Sign of Three.

So I want to take a moment to remind everyone of one of the single most depressing bits in the entire canon, the final words of The Sign of Four:

“The division seems rather unfair,” I remarked. “You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?”

“For me,” said Sherlock Holmes, “there still remains the cocaine-bottle.” And he stretched his long white hand up for it.

Righto, carry on.

#Sherlock Holmes #Arthur Conan Doyle #Is this a spoiler? #If this counts as a spoiler you lot need to read a sodding book.

1 month ago with 385 notes

“There cannot be the least doubt in the world that it has been written by two persons.”

#Sherlock Holmes #Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) #The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle #The Adventure of the Reigate Squires #Arthur Conan Doyle #Illustration #W. H. Hyde

3 months ago with 36 notes

Illustration by Nis Jessen from a new edition of A Study in Scarlet (2005)

#a study in scarlet #Arthur Conan Doyle #Illustration #Nis Jessen #Sherlock Holmes

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3 months ago with 72 notes

“‘Pipes are occasionally of extraordinary interest,’ said he.”

#Just in case you wanted to know what the new illustration on my sidebar is.... #W. H. Hyde #Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) #sir arthur conan doyle #The Adventure of the Yellow Face #Sherlock Holmes #Illustration

3 months ago with 14 notes

Illustration by Nis Jessen from a new edition of A Study in Scarlet (2005)

#a study in scarlet #Arthur Conan Doyle #Illustration #Nis Jessen #It has a forward written by Edward Hardwicke #Pretty swank #Sherlock Holmes

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3 months ago with 92 notes

“The man, with a convulsive effort, tore the plaster from his lips.”

#Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) #The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter #sir arthur conan doyle #Illustration #W. H. Hyde #Sherlock Holmes

3 months ago with 4 notes

Illustration by Robert Fawcett

The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle- John Dickson Carr

#Sherlock Holmes #Robert Fawcett #John Dickson Carr #The Adventure of the Highgate MIracle #Illustration #The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954) #*

9 months ago with 100 notes

Illustration by Robert Fawcett

The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers- John Dickson Carr

#Sherlock Holmes #Robert Fawcett #John Dickson Carr #The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers #Illustration #The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954) #*

9 months ago with 7 notes

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.

#Sidney Paget #Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #A Scandal in Bohemia #Sherlock Holmes #Irene Adler

11 months ago with 42 notes

After the rooms at 221B Baker Street are set ablaze—and a mutilated corpse is discovered in the wreckage—Dr. John H. Watson is arrested and imprisoned at Coldbath Fields penitentiary. Writing from a cramped and dimly lit cell, Watson describes the mysterious events leading up to his arrest. Someone has been mailing him a series of cryptic warnings. His lifelong friend Sherlock Holmes has vanished in the raging waters of Reichenbach Falls. And Professor Moriarty’s criminal empire is expanding across Europe and throughout America.

In a desperate attempt to clear his good name, Watson has compiled twelve clues that may prove his innocence, including:

     • The front page of a newspaper from Thousand Oaks, California
     • A catalog of Victorian fashions and merchandise
     • An empty matchbook containing cryptic handwritten notes
     • The complete text of “The Final Problem,” Watson’s famous account of the death of Sherlock Holmes
     • Plus a theater ticket, an arrest report, a railroad timetable, and more

All twelve clues have been painstakingly reproduced for this volume, along with the complete text of Watson’s manuscript and specially commissioned illustrations by Homes aficionado Clint Hansen.

Just bought this. The reviews are mixed and I’m sure its canonically a bit rubbish… But COLOUR ME EXCITED!