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221B Baker Street for Drawing II

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle This is 1 of 20 paperback classics that comprise our current giveaway.

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Happy birthday, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (b. 22 May 1859)

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“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.”

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”

— The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#this quote #does things #sherlock holmes #acd holmes #watson

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The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sherlock Holmes pipe brooch, made with original pages from the classic book

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tiny holmes wrapped in a large scarf

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good morning to the kindest of men, the gentlemen, the conductors of light, the only fixed points in this changing age, the intimate friends and colleagues, the dear fellows, the trusted comrades, the faithful friends and biographers, the men with natural advantages, the Boswells without whom one would be lost, the men who luckily are not in the least afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip AND the men with kinder hearts. the rest of you however…you are on your own.

#sherlock holmes #tag yourself i’m A Man With Softening Of The Brain

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The hound of the Baskervilles.

Sydney Paget, from The hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle, London, 1902

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Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.

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i can’t stop thinking about holmes disguised as a woman

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I found Sherlock Holmes half asleep.

Sydney Paget, illustration to A case of identity, from The adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, London, 1892. (Source: archive.org)

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“I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals.”

— John Watson, The Valley of Fear

#my mellow dramatic queen #acd holmes #sherlock holmes #watson

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Probably both. Although technically, that was more of a compliment.

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“He began to play some low, dreamy, melodious air,” Illustration by Ugo Matania for “Il segno dei quattro” [The Sign of Four], Il Romanzo Per Tutti (Vol. 4, No. 5), 1948.

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The adventure of the speckled band, 1892

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