“Le vrai moleskine n’est plus …”

… this was the disappointing news that Bruce Chatwin heard from his stationer in Tours. The notebooks had always had a cloth moleskin-like cover and were used not only by Bruce Chatwin, but also by many other great names, notably Ernest Hemingway. We feel this one to be the best of all the various modern imitations. It is made with 192 bound pages of cream, ink-fast paper (80 g/sq m), bookmark, special rubber band to keep it closed, pocket for extra notes in the back cover, a black, slightly knobbly, water-resistant cover made of Balacron (a vinyl-coated type of paper) and – a long-awaited improvement – a loop to hold the writer’s pen or pencil. (Pen not included.)