My Brain Has Always Governed My Heart

Sherlock Holmes notebooksThis year marks the 150th birthday of Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who gave us Sherlock Holmes. To celebrate I’ve designed a blank notebook with a Holmes theme. First I asked my friend Glen, expert in all things Sherlock, for some quotes I might use along with the portrait. He suggested

My brain has always governed my heart

and

I am glad of all details, whether they seem to you to be relevant or not

The first is from The Sign of Four and the second from The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.
I letterpress printed the covers and bound the books using a perfect (glued) binding. I really like the zippy red spine paper as a contrast to the black & white cover (I also used the red paper for endsheets). They are 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″, with at least 100 blank pages for writing, sketching, or note taking. For sale here.

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