Is a River Alive? Field Notes
The 67th Quarterly Edition for the summer of 2025 coincides with the American publication of Is a River Alive?, a brilliant and important new book by author Robert Macfarlane. 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.
Two of the three Memo Books in this 3-Pack reproduce the U.S.A. and U.K. hardcover edition covers, treated with matte, gloss, and reticulated U.V. varnishes. The third book 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.
- Proudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.
- Cover: 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.
- Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Cloud Forest Grey” soy-based ink.
- Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40" 6-color UV printing press.
- Bound by a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
- Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge round-corner machine.
- Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
- Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
- FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
- All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
- Limited Edition of 30,000 3-Packs.