{"product_id":"field-notes-limited-edition-is-a-river-alive-notebook","title":"Field Notes Limited Edition Is A River Alive Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eField Notes 67th Quarterly Edition for the summer of 2025 coincides with the American publication of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e Is a River Alive?,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a brilliant and important new book by author \u003c\/span\u003eRobert Macfarlane.\u003cspan\u003e Recounting three epic journeys, Macfarlane surveys the state of Earth’s rivers and the people who are fighting for them. It’s an impossibly large story, interwoven with an extremely personal fourth river tale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacfarlane is a long-time Field Notes user and occasional co-conspirator. Field Notes first worked with him a few years ago, making a companion 3-Pack to his book, \u003cem\u003eUnderland\u003c\/em\u003e. The team at Field Notes were thrilled to learn that once again, with \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive?\u003c\/em\u003e, Field Notes played an important part in his writing process:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“These notebooks were my constant companions during the years of writing \u003c\/em\u003eIs A River Alive?;\u003cem\u003e always there in pocket or pack. Into them I poured the glitter of primary encounter; image, dialogue, idea. They got dog-eared and foxed and soaked –– and filled with words. The closing of the circle which now sees a new ‘River’ edition of Field Notes flowing out of the finished book makes me very happy indeed.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso returning is Macfarlane’s frequent collaborator, legendary visual artist Stanley Donwood, best known for his artwork for Radiohead and The Smile.Donwood’s starting point for the \u003cem\u003eIs a River Alive? \u003c\/em\u003ecovers was his entrancing, hand-carved linocut titled “Meander.” Manipulation of the colors and textures of the resulting prints led to a series of works, two of which were chosen for the U.S.A. and U.K. editions of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe highly textured and colorful covers are printed and embossed on Sappi McCoy 100#C Silk stock. Three gloss-white staples bind-in 48 Domtar Lynx 60#T pages featuring a “Cloud Forest Gray” graph grid.\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo of the three Memo Books in the 3-Pack reproduce the U.S.A. and U.K. hardcover edition covers, treated with matte, gloss, and reticulated U.V. varnishes. \u003c\/span\u003eThe third book\u003cspan\u003e features the labor of Donwood’s artistic process, the linocut itself—treated with matte and gloss U.V. varnishes. The embossing and varnishes lend an added tactile element to Donwood’s stunning visuals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"spec-list__specs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Sappi McCoy Silk 100#C “White,” with a 4-color application of process-color soy-based inks, UV gloss coating and matte varnish, and sculpted emboss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInnards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Cloud Forest Grey” soy-based ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40\" 6-color UV printing press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound by a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. 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