"Let him on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of the man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs. Purile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for." -- Holmes (STUD).

Books, Articles, and Other Publications

“I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.” Holmes (LION)

De Jure inter Gentes (published in Liège, Belgium (in the Lowlands) in 1642 (STUD) Holmes' Index (cobbled together from various newspaper articles, etc.) (Various) Byron's Don Juan A Pocket-sized publication of Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca), an Italian poet (perhaps his Canzoniere or the Trionfi) (BOSC) A George Meredith work (Meredith was a poet) (BOSC) Year-books (VEIL) Dispatch-cases filled with documents (VEIL) A large tin box filled 1/3 full of paper bundles tied up with red tape into separate packages (notes of his cases) (MUSG) (located in his bedroom) Unanswered correspondence transfixed into his fireplace mantle (in Holmes' bedroom) by a jack-knife (MUSG)

Philippe de Croy

A publication by Georges Baron Cuvier (or more properly Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier), perhaps his Regne animal distribué d'après son organisation, his most famous work (FIVE)
Henry David Thoreau's "Excusions" (NOBL)
Common-place book into which Holmes pasted extracts (MUSG)
Old case papers and materials (such as the tarnished cylinder with the cypher inside from GLOR)
Telegrams (Various)
A publication concerning the "Bertillon system of measurements" (NAVA)

Stimulants

Cocaine (Various) Tobacco: see Tobaccana

Cocaine

Accessories

Heavy hunting crop (REDH) Walking stick(s) (see Walking Sticks) (Various)

Hunting Crop

Luggage

Gladstone Bag (FINA)
Portmanteaus & boxes for moving (STUD)
Heavy chamois leather bag from King of Bohemia with 300 lbs in gold and 700 lbs in notes (SCAN)

Travel Items

Toothbrush (SPEC) for overnight trip Pannikin [a small pan or cup (usually of tin)] (HOUN) Cooking utensils (HOUN)

Pewter Pannikin

Desk Items

Telegraph forms (HOUN) Pencil (HOUN) Pen (Various)

Post Office Telegraph Form

Gifts

Photo of Irene Adler (SCAN) Ring from reigning family of Holland with cut diamond or gem in it as thanks for solving unnamed case for them (IDEN) Other Stradivarius Violin (CARD) Steel handcuffs with spring (STUD) Latch-key (STUD) Towel (STUD) Strong-box with lock (BLUE) Blankets (HOUN) beg of wood with a ball of string attached to it and 3 rusty old discs of metal (MUSG) An old-fashioned brass key (MUSG) A peg of wood with a ball of string attached to it (MUSG) 3 old discs of metal (MUSG)

Victorian Photo

If You Turned Holmes' Pockets Out, You Might Find . . .

Pocket compass (MUSG) Pocket flask (NAVA) Pocket watch (GREE) (Probably on a Double Albert with the other end attached to the Pocket Compass) Revolver (GREE, FINA) (of pocket size) / Revolver (with 6 rounds) (Various) Used Boxer cartridges for his pistol (MUSG) Sovereign on watch chain (as a gift from Irene Adler so a pre 1888-minted coin) (SCAN) Magnifying lens, convex lens (Various) Tape measure (STUD, SIGN) Calling cards (NAVA) Pocket Notebook (FINA) Jack-knife (MUSG)

Pocket Watch with Double Albert Chain

1876 Sovereign

Calling Card

Pocket Flask