Notes on this edition: 10½장으로 쓴 세계 역사 | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Seoul: Dong Yeun, 1993. Pp. 400. 22.3 x 15.4 cm. ISBN: 898546700x. (Korean).
Category: History of the World in 10½ Chapters, A
Povijest svijeta u 10 i 1/2 poglavlja | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (CELEBER, 2004; Croatian)
Notes on this edition: Povijest svijeta u 10 i 1/2 poglavlja | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Zagreb: CELEBER, 2004. Pp. 277 + [3]. 23.2 x 16.3 cm. Translated by Lada Silađin. ISBN: 9536825465. (Croatian).
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters: A Commentary (Perm State University, 2006)
Notes on this edition: A History of the World in 10½ Chapters: A Commentary with Annotations. Edited by Karen Hewitt. Perm: Perm State University, 2006. Pp. 85 + [1]. 20.6 x 14.6 cm. ISBN: 5794406755.
Text is printed in English.
Zgodovina sveta v desetih poglavjih in pol | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Mladinska knjiga, 2015; Slovenian)
Notes on this edition: Zgodovina sveta v desetih poglavjih in pol | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 2015. Pp. 395 + [9]. 20.7 x 14.5 cm. Translated by Valerija Cokan. ISBN: 9789610130734. (Slovenian).
История мира в 10 1/2 главах | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Eksmo, 2013; Russian)
Notes on this edition: История мира в 10½ главах | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Moscow: Eksmo, 2013. Pp. 442 + [6]. 20.7 x 13.2 cm. Translated by В. Бабкова (B. Babkova). ISBN: 9785699683604. (Russian).
10½章世界史 | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Yilin Press, 2015; Chinese)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes [朱利安·巴恩斯]. 10½章世界史 | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. 南京 [Nanjing]: 译林出版社 | Yilin Press, 2015. Pp. 339 + [3]. 20.8 x 14.5 cm. Translated by 宋东升 (Song Dongsheng) and 林本椿 (Lin Benchun). ISBN: 9787544752596. (Chinese).
Eine Geschichte der Welt in 10½ Kapiteln | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Haffmans Verlag, 1990; German)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Eine geschichte der welt in 10½ kapiteln | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1990. Pp. 363 [364] + [2]. 21.9 x 14 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3251001620. (German).
Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Anagrama, 1990; Spanish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1990. Pp. 359 + [9]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. ISBN: 8433911279.
Promotional band pictured from the specimen copy in Julian Barnes’s personal collection.
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Alfred A. Knopf, 1989; Canadian Edition)
Notes on this edition: First Canadian edition – Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1989. $21.95.
Descriptive Bibliography:
Title Page: A HISTORY | OF THE WORLD | IN 10½ CHAPTERS | JULIAN BARNES | [Knopf device] | ALFRED A. KNOPF New York · Toronto 1989
Copyright Page: Copyright © 1989 by Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and | Pan-American Copyright Conventions. | Published in Canada by Random House of Canada | Limited, Toronto, and simultaneously in the | United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. | Originally published in Great Britain | by Jonathan Cape, Ltd., London. | Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data | Barnes, Julian | A history of the world in 10½ chapters | ISBN 0-394-22121-4 | I. Title. | PR6052.A6657H58 1989 823’.914 C89-094445-8 | A portion of this book was originally published in The New Yorker. | Manufactured in the United States of America | Facing page 124: Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1819. | Louvre Museum, Paris © Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
Collation: 21.2 x 14.4 cm. Untrimmed pages. Pp. [i-xii, 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] 191-220 [221-222] 223-244 [245-246] 247-278 [279-280] 281-307 [308]. [i-iii]: blank. [iv]: ‘ALSO BY JULIAN BARNES | Metroland | Before She Met Me | Flaubert’s Parrot | Staring at the Sun’. [v]: ‘A HISTORY | OF THE WORLD | IN 10½ CHAPTERS’. [vi]: blank. [vii]: title page. [viii]: copyright page. [ix]: ‘to Pat Kavanagh’. [x]: blank. [xi]: contents. [xii]: 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. 191-220: text. [221]: ‘PARENTHESIS’. [222]: blank. 223-244: text. [245]: ‘9 | PROJECT ARARAT’. [246]: blank. 247-278: text. [279]: ’10 | THE DREAM’. [280]: blank. 281-307: text. [308]: author’s note.
General description: Binding 22 x 15.2 cm. Dark green boards, green quarter binding silver blocked on spine. White endpapers. Géricault image tipped in between pages 124-25. White dust jacket lettered in black (title) and maroon (author) blue (author and quotes on lower panel). Color illustration on upper panel by Tom Sciacca. Photograph of the author by Miriam Berkley located on back flap. Differs from the American edition dust jacket in subtle ways — contains ‘Knopf’ and the Knopf device on spine, but includes ‘Toronto’ on the back flap.
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Alfred A. Knopf, 1989)
Notes on this edition: First American edition – New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. $18.95.
Descriptive Bibliography:
Title Page: A HISTORY | OF THE WORLD | IN 10½ CHAPTERS | JULIAN BARNES | [Knopf device] | ALFRED A. KNOPF New York 1989
Copyright Page: THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK | PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. | Copyright © 1989 by Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright | Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, | Inc., New York. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. | Originally published in Great Britain | by Jonathan Cape, Ltd., London. | A portion of this book was originally published in The New Yorker. | Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data | Barnes, Julian. | A history of the world in 10½ chapters / Julian Barnes. – 1st ed. | p. cm. I ISBN 0-394-58061-3 | I. Title. | PR6052.A6657H5 1989 | 823’.914—dc20 89-45266 CIP | Manufactured in the United States of America | FIRST AMERICAN EDITION | Facing page 124: Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1819. | Louvre Museum, Paris | © Réunion des Musées Nationaux.
Collation: 21.2 x 14.4 cm. Untrimmed pages. Pp. [i-xii, 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] 191-220 [221-222] 223-244 [245-246] 247-278 [279-280] 281-307 [308]. [i-iii]: blank. [iv]: ‘ALSO BY JULIAN BARNES | Metroland | Before She Met Me | Flaubert’s Parrot | Staring at the Sun’. [v]: ‘A HISTORY | OF THE WORLD | IN 10½ CHAPTERS’. [vi]: blank. [vii]: title page. [viii]: copyright page. [ix]: ‘to Pat Kavanagh’. [x]: blank. [xi]: contents. [xii]: 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. 191-220: text. [221]: ‘PARENTHESIS’. [222]: blank. 223-244: text. [245]: ‘9 | PROJECT ARARAT’. [246]: blank. 247-278: text. [279]: ’10 | THE DREAM’. [280]: blank. 281-307: text. [308]: author’s note.
General description: Binding 22 x 15.2 cm. Dark green boards, green quarter binding silver blocked on spine. Embossed author initials ‘JB’ to front board. White endpapers. Géricault image tipped in between pages 124-25. White dust jacket lettered in black (title) and maroon (author) blue (author and quotes on lower panel). Color illustration on upper panel by Tom Sciacca. Photograph of the author by Miriam Berkley located on back flap.