Field Notes '26 Rooster ToB Ruled

Once again, Field Notes are the title sponsor of The Morning News Tournament of Books that runs during March each year. The Tournament of Books is an annual springtime event where a group of the best works of fiction enter a battle royale.

These novels will be seeded and paired off in a tournament-like bracket. For each pairing, one of the esteemed judges will read both novels and advance one.

This small batch of Memo Books From Field Notes features the ToB Rooster on the cover in a unique design that is printed as a limited run each year. Inside you’ll find 48 pages of ruled paper along with a checklist of the tournament books on the back cover.

Specifications:

01. Proudly printed by the good people of The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill.

02. Cover: Mohawk Via Felt 100#C “Cool White,” with a thick, brute force, 2-color application of “Black” and “Red All Over” soy-based Superior inks.

03. Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas Light Brown” soy-based Superior ink.

04. Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102S six-color printing press.

05. Bound with a Muller Martini 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”

06. Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.

07. Ruled lines: 1/4" (6.4mm).

08. Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm x 140mm).

09. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.

10. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.