Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Duffy, Il Doppio | Duffy. Milano: Giallo d’Azione Mondadori, 1982. Pp. 182 + [10]. 19.6 x 11.4 cm. Translated by Gigi Coretti. (Italian).
When purchased, this example was wrapped in plastic, as shown.
Month: April 2022
Waterstone’s Guide to Books 1989/90 (Waterstone & Co., 1989)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Cooking by the Books.” Waterstone’s Guide to Books 1989/90. London: Waterstone & Co., 1989. Pp. 842 + [48]. 24.5 x 19.7 cm. ISBN: 0951258958.
Julian Barnes’s essay on cookery and cook books appears on pp. 477-478. The last 48 pages are unnumbered and encompass the index for the volume.
طوطی فلوبر | Flaubert’s Parrot (Cheshmeh, 2016; Persian)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes (جولیان بارنز). طوطی فلوبر | Flaubert’s Parrot. Tehran: Cheshmeh, 2016. Pp. 249 + [1]. 21.4 x 14.5 cm. Translated by Erfan Mojib. ISBN: 9786002296900. (Persian).
England, England (Metaixmio, 2021; Greek)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. England, England. Athens: Metaixmio, 2002. Pp. 421 + [3]. 20.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Αλεξάνδρα Κονταξάκη [Alexandra Kontaxaki]. ISBN: 9786180326642. (Greek).
The first Metaixmio edition of England, England was published in 2002.
A Única História | The Only Story (Quetzal Editores, 2019; Portuguese)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. A Única História | The Only Story. Quetzal Editores, 2019. Pp. 253 + [3]. 23.5 x 15 cm. Translated by Helena Cardoso. ISBN: 9789897224690. (Portuguese – Portugal).
L’uomo con la vestaglia rossa | The Man in the Red Coat (Mondolibri, 2021; Italian Book Club)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. L’uomo con la vestaglia rossa | The Man in the Red Coat. Milan: Mondolibri, 2021. Pp. 299 + [1]. 21.8 x 14.6 cm. Translated by Daniela Fargione. (Italian).
This Italian book club edition has no price listed on the dust jacket. While the copyright page suggests a publication date of 2020, the book elsewhere indicates the printing was concluded in February 2021.
Staring at the Sun | Dust Jacket Slide (Alfred A. Knopf, 1987)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun | Dust Jacket Slide Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
This ephemeral slide depicts the dust jacket art work for the Alfred A. Knopf edition of Julian Barnes’s novel Starting at the Sun. Julian Barnes sent the slide to Rolland Comstock, noted book collector who specialized in contemporary authors. Barnes has inscribed the paper enclosing the slide and included a note dated 10 May 1996 to Comstock that reads:
“Dear Rolland:
Turning out my study I came across
this Knopf transparency for the SAS cover.
I bet you haven’t got it. I shall be dismayed
if you have. This is to assuage the guilt
I still feel at only being able to sign 48%
of your suitcase.
Hope one of your children is getting
interested in books.
Best wishes,
Julian B.”
Schieber-City | Fiddle City (Rowohlt, 2001; German)
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Schieber-City | Fiddle City. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 2001. Pp. 219 [220] + [4]. 19 x 11.5 cm. Translated by Michael Bodmer. ISBN: 3499221314. (German).
Ιστορία του κόσμου σε 10 1/2 κεφάλαια | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Metaixmio, 2021; Greek)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Ιστορία του κόσμου σε 10 1/2 κεφάλαια | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Athens: Metaixmio, 2021. Pp. 459 + [5]. 20.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Θωμάς Σκάσσης [Thomas Skassis]. ISBN: 9786180326628. (Greek).
Nothing to Be Frightened Of (Windsor, 2009; Large Print)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Nothing to Be Frightened Of. Bath: Windsor Paragon / AudioGO, 2009. Pp. 300 + [6]. 24 x 16 cm. ISBN: 9781471345616. Large Print edition in arrangement with Random House Group Limited. Permabound hardback with no dust jacket.