Mortification: Writer’s Stories of Their Public Shame (Fourth Estate, 2004)


Notes on this edition: Mortification: Writer’s Stories of Their Public Shame. Edited by Robin Robertson. New York: Fourth Estate, 2004. Pp. 266 + [4]. 21.6 x 14.4 cm. ISBN: 0007170580.

Julian Barnes appears on pp. [36]-38.

The Good Soldier: Ford Madox Ford | “Preface” (Ellipses, 2005)


Notes on this edition: The Good Soldier: Ford Madox Ford. Edited by François Gallix. Paris: Ellipses, 2005. Pp. 102 + [10]. 24 x 16 cm. ISBN: 2729825290.

Julian Barnes’s preface to this publication is titled, “He Confused to Make Clear” (pp. [11]-15. The preface is published in English, while essays within the volume are either French or English.

First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords (Folio Society, 2008)


Notes on this edition: First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords. London: Folio Society, 2008. Pp. 132. 19.9 x 13.4 cm (book). 20.8 x 14.2 cm (slipcase).

Julian Barnes’s foreword to Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier appears on pp. 122-130.

Other contributors of note found in this collection include: Peter Ackroyd, Philip Pullman, A. S. Byatt, Jonathan Coe, and William Trevor.

 

South Wind Through the Kitchen: The Best of Elizabeth David | “Foreword” (David R. Godine, 2006)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Foreword.” South Wind Through the Kitchen: The Best of Elizabeth David. Compiled by Jill Norman. Boston: David R. Godine, 2006. Pp. [xxxii], 383 [384]. 22.8 x 15.2 cm. ISBN: 1567923097.

Julian Barnes’s foreword appears on pp. vii-xvii.

Areté Magazine | “Appetite” (Issue 2: Spring/Summer 2000)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Appetite.” Areté Magazine, Issue 2 (Spring/Summer 2000): [53]-61. Areté Magazine is edited by Craig Raine.

The Wild Blue Yonder (Picador, 1997)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Fear of Flying.” The Wild Blue Yonder: The Picador Book of Aviation. Edited by Graham Coster. London: Picador, 1997. Pp. 280. 22.2 x 14.1 cm. ISBN: 0330330292.

Julian Barnes’s contribution, an excerpt from his novel Staring at the Sun, appears on pp. [253]-255.

Black Water 2 | “A Self-Possessed Woman” (Clarkson Potter, 1990)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “A Self-Possessed Woman.” Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic. Edited by Alberto Manguel. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1990. Pp. 941 + [7]. 19.7 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0517575590.

Julian Barnes’s story appears on pp. [444]-459.

The Fun of It | “What’s in a Domain Name?” (Modern Library, 2001)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “What’s in a Domain Name?” The Fun of It: Stories from the Talk of the Town. Edited by Lillian Ross. New York: The Modern Library, 2001. Pp. 478 + [10]. 23.4 x 15.5 cm. ISBN: 0375756493.

Julian Barnes’s essay appears on pp. [448]-449. Originally published in the 3 April 2000 issue of The New Yorker.

Writers at the Movies (Perennial, 2000)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Book into Film: Chabrol’s Madame Bovary.” Writers at the Movies: Twenty-Six Contemporary Authors Celebrate Twenty-Six Memorable Movies. Edited by Jim Shepard. New York: Perennial, 2000. Pp. 277 + [1].23.1 x 15.5 cm. ISBN: 0060954914.

 

The Best American Essays: 1989 (Ticknor & Fields, 1989)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Playing Chess with Arthur Koestler.” The Best American Essays: 1989. Edited by Geoffrey Wolff. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. Pp. 298. 21.5 x 14.3 cm. ISBN: 0899198910.

Barnes’s essay appears on pp. [1]-14. This example has a large stain on the jacket.