The Moleskine pocket Japanese book has a rigid, durable oilcloth bound 'moleskine' cover and sturdy thread bound binding with fine heavy-weight Italian acid-free paper pages, a built-in elastic closure that holds the sturdy cover closed when not in use and an expandable accordion pocket in the back made of cardboard and oilcloth for holding tickets, notes and clippings. Moleskine journals are made in Italy.
Each Moleskine notebook includes a short history of the legendary Moleskine notebook (printed in English, Italian, French, Spanish, German and Japanese) found inserted inside the back cover of the book.
Moleskine (mol-a-skeen'-a) journals are truly legendary, possessing a minimalism, style and quality that literally has centuries of experience. To the initiated, there is no substitute. Moleskine journals - and rest assured, they're not made from the skin of a mole - are the legendary notebooks used by artists and intellectuals who defined 20th century culture, including such luminaries as Hemingway, Van Gogh, and Matisse.
Today they are seen absorbing stories on trails and mountains journaling adventures; recording data at engineering sites; at coffee shops soaking up ideas and capturing artistic designs; at hospitals recording procedures, on planes keeping track of what has and is to happen - - in all cases being a trusted traveling companion.
Moleskine books are printed and bound China and designed and assembled in Italy.
