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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “And I’m not saying love will make you happy …” Berkeley, CA: Black Oak Books / Okeanos Press, 1989.
Broadside printed in two colors (black and blue) and measuring 7″x 11″. This broadside was distributed by Black Oak Books upon the occasion of a reading by Barnes at Black Oak Books.
Notes on this item: Julian Barnes. “Der fremde Nabi: Félix Vallotton.” Blau, no. 10, April 2016. Pp. 30-43. Translated by Thomas Bodmer. (German).
Notes on this edition: First edition – Julian Barnes. Nothing to Be Frightened of. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2008. £32.95.
Descriptive Bibliography:
Title Page: nothing | to be | frightened | of | [decorative rule] | Julian Barnes | [Random House Canada device] | RANDOM HOUSE CANADA
Copyright Page: Copyright © 2008 Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conven- | tions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic | or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, | without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may | quote brief passages in a review. Published in 2008 by Random House Canada, a | division of Random House of Canada Limited, and subsequently in the United | States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. | Distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited. | Random House Canada and colophon are trademarks. | www.randomhouse.ca | Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of the | Random House Group Limited, London. | This book is a work of non-fiction based on the life, experiences and | recollections of the author. The author has stated to the publisher that the | contents of this book are true. | Permissions | ‘Aubade’, ‘Church Going’ and ‘Wants’ from Collected Poems by Philip Larkin | edited by Anthony Thwaite (The Marvell Press & Faber and Faber 2003). | Extracts from Changing Daylight by Eugene O’Kelly (© Eugene O’Kelly 2006) | reproduced by kind permission of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. | Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication | Barnes, Julian | Nothing to be frightened of / Julian Barnes. | ISBN 978-0-307-35698-7 | I. Barnes, Julian. 2. Death. 3. Authors, English–20th century– | Biography. I. Title. | PR6052.A6657Z4 2008 823’.914 C2008-900646-1 | Typeset in Adobe Garamond by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, | Grangemouth, Stirlingshire | Printed and bound in the United States of America | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Collation: 21.3 x 14.0 cm. Pp. [i-vi] 1-250. [i]: ‘nothing | to be | frightened | of | [decorative rule]’. [ii]: ‘By the same author | Fiction | METROLAND | BEFORE SHE MET ME | FLAUBERT’S PARROT | STARING AT THE SUN | A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10½ CHAPTERS | TALKING IT OVER | THE PORCUPINE | CROSS CHANNEL | ENGLAND, ENGLAND | LOVE, ETC | THE LEMON TABLE ARTHUR & GEORGE | Non-fiction | LETTERS FROM LONDON 1990–1995 | SOMETHING TO DECLARE | THE PEDANT IN THE KITCHEN | Translation | IN THE LAND OF PAIN | by Alphonse Daudet’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘to P.’. [vi]: blank. 1-250: text.
General description: Binding 22.0 x 14.7 cm. Red cloth boards with gold lettering to the spine. White endpapers. Jacket design by CS Richardson with author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Letters from London. New York: Vintage International, 1995. Pp. 320. 20.4 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679761616.
The example above appears to be a second printing with a number line of “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2”. It has a price of $13.00 on the back cover.
The example below appears to be a sixth printing with a number line of “10 9 8 7 6”. It has a price of $14.00 on the back cover. It has the same measurements and pagination as the earlier edition.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. New York: Vintage International, 1990. Pp. 307 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 0679731377.
The copy photographed above is the 5th printing.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Staring at the Sun [excerpt].” Writers on World War II: An Anthology. Edited by Mordecai Richler. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 727 + [9]. 24 x 16 cm. ISBN: 0394572580.
Julian Barnes’s excerpt from Staring at the Sun appears on pp. 159-160.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes (Contributor). The Dictionary of Biographical Quotation of British and American Subjects. Edited by Richard Kenin and Justin Wintle. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Pp. 860 + [2]. 25.3 x 19.4 cm. ISBN: 039450027x.
While specific entries are not identified as being researched by Julian Barnes, he is listed as one of the contributors to this volume. The work for this volume was done in the years before the publication of Barnes’s first novel (Metroland, 1980). Other contributors include John Baxter and Jonathan Keates amongst others.
According to Julian Barnes, researchers were paid 50p for each quotation that made it into the final publication. Barnes can’t remember at this distance the exact entries he contributed, but based on the payments he received the number was substantial (in the hundreds).
Notes on this item: Cryptic Crossword No. 24,901. The Guardian, 7 January 2010.
The crossword pictured here was completed by Julian Barnes himself prior to being sent to his bibliographer. The puzzle features numerous answers based on Julian Barnes, his writings, and his interests (e.g. Flaubert, etc.).
To complete the crossword, please visit The Guardian website: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/24901
Notes on this item: Dan Kavanagh Photo. Advertisement Rate Card, London Review of Books, 1989. 20.9 x 14.8 cm.
This London Review of Books advertisement rate card features a photo of Dan Kavanagh (Julian Barnes’s pseudonym) by Tim O’Sullivan.
Notes on this item: Promotional Poster for A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Jonathan Cape, 1989.
Large format promotional poster featuring the cover art for the Jonathan Cape edition of Julian Barnes’s novel A History of the World in 10½ Chapters.