Le Port de la Magouille | Fiddle City (Gallimard, 1982; French)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Le Port de la Magouille | Fiddle City. [Paris]: Gallimard, 1982. Pp. 250 [251] + [5]. 17.8 x 10.7 cm. Translated by R. Fitzgerald. ISBN: 2070488705. (French).

Série noire. 

La nuit est sale | Duffy (Gallimard, 1981; French)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. La nuit est sale | Duffy. [Paris]: Gallimard, 1981. Pp. 217 [218] + [6]. 17.8 x 10.7 cm. Translated by F.M. Watkins. Série noire. (French).

The inscription in the photo has been slightly edited to remove the names to whom Julian Barnes inscribed the copy as well as the location and date of the inscription.

Bendeniz Duffy | Duffy (Ayrinti Yayinlari, 2000; Turkish)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Bendeniz Duffy | Duffy. Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayinlari, 2000. Pp. 172 + [4]. 19.5 x 13 cm. Translated by Serdar Rifat Kıroğlu. ISBN: 9789755392707. (Turkish).

Попугай Флобера | Flaubert’s Parrot (ACT, 2005; Russian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Попугай Флобера | Flaubert’s Parrot. Moscow: ACT, 2005. Pp. 253 [254] + [2]. 20.6 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Т. Шинкарь. ISBN: 5170104375. (Russian).

Ritselstad | Fiddle City (Uitgeverij de Arbeiderspers, 1985; Dutch)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Ritselstad | Fiddle City. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij de Arbeiderspers, 1985. Pp. 196. 20 x 11.5 cm. Translated by C. Buddingh’. (Dutch).

История мира в 10 1/2 главах | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (ACT, 2005; Russian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. История мира в 10 1/2 главах | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Moscow: ACT, 2005. Pp. 348 [349] + [3]. 20.5 x 13.7 cm. Translated by Владимир Бабков. Hardcover, pictoral boards. ISBN: 5170287933. Russian.

История мира в 10 1/2 главах | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (BSG Press, 2000; Russian)


Notes on this edition:  Julian Barnes. История мира в 10 1/2 главах | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Moscow: Inostrannaya Literatura / BSG Press, 2000. Pp. 398 [399] + [1] . 17 x 12 cm. ISBN: 5936360059. Translated by Владимир Бабков. Hardcover, pictoral boards.

ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΣΕ 10 1/2 ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Ekdoseis Psychogios, 1997; Greek)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΣΕ 10 1/2 ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ [storia tou kosmou se 10½ kephalaia] | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Athens: Ekdoseis Psychogios, 1997. Pp. 383 + [1]. 20.7 x 13.1 cm. Translated by Demosthenes Kourtovik [Δημοσθένης Κούρτοβικ]. (Greek).

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Jonathan Cape, 1989)


Notes on this edition: First edition – London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. £11.95. Print run: 13,000.

Descriptive Bibliography:

Title Page: A HISTORY OF | THE WORLD | IN 10½ CHAPTERS | Julian Barnes | [Jonathan Cape device] | JONATHAN CAPE | THIRTY-TWO BEDFORD SQUARE | LONDON

Copyright Page: First published 1989 | © Julian Barnes 1989 | Jonathan Cape Ltd, 32 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3SG | Facing page 124: Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1819 | Louvre Museum, Paris  © Réunion des Musées Nationaux | A CIP catalogue record for this book | is available from the British Library | ISBN 0-224-02669-0 | Photoset in Great Britain by | Rowland Phototypesetting Ltd | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | Printed by Mackays of Chatham PLC | Chatham, Kent

Collation: 21.5 x 13.7 cm. Pp. [i-viii, 1-2] 3-30 [31-32] 33-58 [59-60] 61-80 [81-82] 83-111 [112-114] 115-139 [140-142] 143-168 [169-170] 171-188 [189-190] 191-222 [223-224] 225-246 [247-248] 249-280 [281-282] 283-309 [310-312]. [i]: ‘A HISTORY OF | THE WORLD | IN 10½ CHAPTERS’. [ii]: ‘by the same author | METROLAND | BEFORE SHE MET ME | FLAUBERT’S PARROT | STARING AT THE SUN’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘to Pat Kavanagh’. [vi]: blank. [vii]: contents. [viii]: blank. [1]: ‘I | THE STOWAWAY’. [2]: blank. 3-30: text. [31]: ‘2 | THE VISITORS’. [32]: blank. 33-58: text. [59]: ‘3 | THE WARS OF RELIGION’. [60]: blank. 61-80: text. [81]: ‘4 | THE SURVIVOR’. [82]: blank. 83-111: text. [112]: blank. [113]: ‘5 | SHIPWRECK’. [114]: blank. 115-139: text. [140]: blank. [141]: ‘6 | THE MOUNTAIN’. [142]: blank. 143-168: text. [169]: ‘7 | THREE SIMPLE STORIES’. [170]: blank. 171-188: text. [189]: ‘8 | UPSTREAM’. [190]: blank. 191-222: text. [223]: ‘PARENTHESIS’. [224]: blank. 225-246: text. [247]: ‘9 | PROJECT ARARAT’. [248]: blank. 249-280: text. [281]: ’10 | THE DREAM’. [282]: blank. 283-309: text. [310]: blank. [311]: author’s note. [312]: blank.

General description: Binding 22.2 x 14 cm. Dark blue boards, gold blocked on spine. Tan endpapers. Géricault image tipped in between pages 124-25. Blue dust jacket lettered in white. Color jacket illustration. White jacket flaps lettered in black. Author photograph by Ross MacGibbon on back flap.

ללטוש עיניים לשמש | Staring at the Sun (Zmora-Bitan, 1993; Hebrew)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. ללטוש עיניים לשמש (Liltosh enayim la-shemesh) | Staring at the Sun. Tel Aviv: Zmora-Bitan, 1993. Pp. 201 + [3]. 21 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Yair Borla. (Hebrew).