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NOTEBOOKS OF LEGEND
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"Sitting on a wine barrel, facing the sea, in the far south, I make notes in an authentic Moleskine, a museum piece which Bruce gave me especially for this trip..."—Luis Sepúlveda
The history below is related by the makers of the Moleskine notebooks:
For two centuries now, Moleskine has been the legendary notebook of European artists and intellectuals, from van Gogh to Henri Matisse to Hemingway. They used these modest little notebooks for sketches and notes, to put down ideas and emotions. These jottings often became the impulse for famous paintings or novels.
This long-standing tradition was continued by writer-traveler Bruce Chatwin who used to buy his Moleskines at a stationery shop in the rue de l'Ancienne Comédie in Paris before embarking on one of his journeys. Over the years he had developed a ritual before using them: numbering the pages, inscribing his name, at least two addresses, and a message promising a reward for anyone finding the notebook if lost. This was the method he suggested to his friend Luis Sepúlveda when he made him the gift of a precious Moleskine—precious because by then notebooks were no longer to be found. The last Moleskine manufacturer, a small family-run firm in Tours, had discontinued production in 1986. "Le vrais Moleskine n'est plus" was the curt statement of the owner of the stationery shop where Chatwin had ordered one hundred before leaving for Australia. Despite having literally swept up all the Moleskines he could find, they were not enough.
Every Moleskine notebook comes with a removable card with the Moleskine history.
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Classic Moleskines
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Now, these small black oilcloth-covered notebooks have been brought back into production by an Italian company. Each notebook contains an indispensable pocket in the back cover, an attached ribbon bookmark, and an elastic to keep the book closed.
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Plain - 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 —$12.95
192 pages
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Plain - 5 x 8 —$17.95
240 pages
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Ruled - 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 —$12.95
192 pages
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Ruled - 5 x 8 — $17.95
240 pages
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Squared - 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" —$12.95
192 pages
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Van Gogh Moleskines
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In 2002, on the occasion of the great exhibition at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum in honor of the artist, the museum commissioned these special editions of the Moleskine notebooks. They are covered in six brilliant colors of silk shantung, inspired by van Gogh's palette. On each notebook, a paper sash reproduces one of the artist's paintings which inspired the color. Ruled books have 192 pages each; Blank/Sketch books have 80 pages each. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" size. Set of 6 colors, one each: Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.
(For a limited time, we're offering some of the colors individually for $19.95 each. Please call 646-215-2500 or email orders@nybooks.com for details.)
Plain or ruled — $119.95
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Moleskine Music Notebook
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Great gift for the musicians and sound designers in your life for composing songs and melodies.
192 pages with 8 staves per page. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" with expandable inner pocket.
$12.95
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Moleskine Volant Pocket and Extra Small Notebooks
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Your favorite Moleskine Notebooks just got smaller and brighter. The Volant notebooks come packaged in sets of two with a lighter and darker shade of the same color to suit your mood. The pocket size (3-1/2" x 5-1/2") has 80 ruled pages with the last 16 sheets being detachable. The XSmall size (2-1/2" x 4") has 56 ruled detachable pages. Will fit in your shirt pocket or purse.
Pocket Ruled - Pink —$8.95
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XSmall Ruled - Blue —$5.95
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Pocket Ruled - Green —$8.95
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XSmall Ruled - Green —$5.95
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Pocket Ruled - Blue —$8.95
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Moleskine Memo Pockets
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Six cardboard and cloth pockets to hold receipts, tickets, documents, memories. Elastic closure.
3-1/2" x 5-1/2" — $12.95
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Moleskine Info Notebook
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Divided into five categories—bed, food, people, sights, facilities—this notebook will help you find the "right places" again as you travel the world. 192 lined pages. Contains an indispensable pocket in the back cover, an attached ribbon bookmark, and an elastic to keep the book closed.
3-1/2" x 5-1/2" — $12.95
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Moleskine Sketch Book
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80 pages of top-quality paper for drawings and tempera colors. Like all Moleskines, the pages are acid-free and thread-bound. Contains an indispensable pocket in the back cover, an attached ribbon bookmark, and an elastic to keep the book closed.
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 — $12.95
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Moleskine Ruled Reporter Notebook
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The newest in the Moleskine line of notebooks are these supremely practical Reporter Notebooks, a format long used by journalists to take notes (though the design reminds some of Inspector Columbo). Bound on the "short" side. The larger notebook has 240 lined pages and the last 24 pages can be detached. The 3-1/2" x 5-12/" notebook has 192 lined pages and the last 24 sheets are detachable. Both have an elastic to keep the book closed.
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