The Emergence of Sherlock Holmes
The Emergence of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer Book Arts, 2022.
Full goatskin binding with laced-in boards. Marbled flexi-endsheets with leather hinge, hand sewn, three-color silk headbands. Décor of backpared onlays, inlaid lines and pochoir. Machine-stamped label.
8.75 x 6 x 1.25”
22 x 15 x 3 cm
The Emergence of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of eleven short stories marking the canon’s final year of copyright protection in the United States. The book’s twelve illustrations include a frontispiece by Sidney Paget. Text formatted by the binder from public domain sources and laser printed onto 70 lb text weight paper.
This text block was created for students to bind in a Leather Binding 3: Fine Binding workshop, and this copy was the instructor’s demo book, using decorative techniques selected to require minimal specialized tools.
