This simple and classic checked notebook is one of the most popular and best-selling notebooks from Moleskine. A faithful travel companion, it is ideal for calculations and graphics as well as for jotting down thoughts and bullet points, featuring a hard cover, an elastic band for closure, and a bookmark. The chlorine-free bleached pages are thread-bound, and a foldable inner pocket provides space for loose notes. Moleskine is the classic among notebooks. In 1997, the legendary, anonymous notebook, which had been produced by a French manufacturer in Tours for over 100 years and had been the carrier of sketches and stories from many artists and intellectuals, was revived by a Milanese publisher. The name is attributed to the British writer Bruce Chatwin, who favored these simple black notebooks from the French paper manufacturer for his work and affectionately called them Moleskin (mole skin).