Field Notes | Dime New Edition

Field Notes simply announced their newest express edition notebook, (and their 36th), for the autumn of 2017, The Dime Novel Edition. An homage to an 1860s American publishing phenomenon.

"After lots of research, reaching out to experts, in addition to purchasing a few examples from collectors, nosotros became obsessed amongst the shape of the Dime Novel; the typesetting, the printing, the compact size, the newspaper stock, in addition to the sewn bindings."

The Dime Novel goes dorsum to the 1860s New York, where the Beadles brothers created these budget-friendly 100 page novels that were available at whatever newsstand in addition to became quite pop in addition to eventually topped 300 titles, each selling 35–80,000 copies.

Field Note's version reproduced the hold off of the Dime Novel in addition to created a notebook inspired past times the typesetting, compact size in addition to iconic dusty-orange covers. Perfect for drawing, writing in addition to note-taking, the 72 trunk pages are Smyth-sewn inwards three, 24-page signatures amongst Coats Dual-Duty thread, hence securely glued into the cover.




Check out the video below where the folks at Field Notes visited the Northern Illinois University where in that place is a real large collection of Dime Novels in addition to like publications from that period:


Field Notes Quarterly Release - Fall 2017 - Dime Novel from Coudal Partners on Vimeo.


For to a greater extent than information on the novel Dime Novel Edition view Field Notes online here.

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