Abblocken | Putting the Boot In (Haffmans, 1992; German)


Notes on this edition: Abblocken | Putting the Boot In. Zürich: Haffmans, 1992. Pp. 233 [234] + [6]. 18 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Verena Schröder. ISBN: 3251011715. (German).

Haffmans TaschenBuch 171, published in July 1992.

Duffy (Ullstein, 2008; German)


Notes on this edition: Duffy. Berlin: Ullstein, 2008. Pp. 238 [239] + [1]. 18.8 x 12 cm. Translated by Willi Winkler. ISBN: 9783548264912. (German).

The first printing by Ullstein appeared in 1981.

Duffy (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2006; German)


Notes on this edition: Duffy. Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2006. Pp. 173 + [3]. 21 x 12.1 cm. Translated by Willi Winkler. ISBN: 9783866152649. (German).

Дэн Кавана | Duffy (У-Фактория, 2005; Russian)


Notes on this edition: Дэн Кавана | Duffy. ЕКАТЕРИНБУРГ [Yekaterinburg]: У-Фактория, 2005. Pp. 216 [2117] + [7]. 18.5 x 12 cm. Translated by О. Якименко [O. Yakimenko]. ISBN: 5970901024. (Russian).

Duffy sau os de ros | Going to the Dogs (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau os de ros | Going to the Dogs. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 235 [236] + [4]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697645. (Romanian).

Duffy sau Cu stângu-n dreptu’ | Putting the Boot In (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau Cu stângu-n dreptu’ | Putting the Boot In. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 196 [197] + [3]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697572. (Romanian).

Duffy sau Praf în ochi | Fiddle City (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau Praf în ochi | Fiddle City. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 205 [206] + [2]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697351. (Romanian).

Duffy sau Cum se taie caşcavalul | Duffy (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau Cum se taie caşcavalul | Duffy. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 188 [189] + [3]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697319. (Romanian).

Duffy (Einaudi, 2015; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy. Torino: Einaudi, 2015. Pp. 179 + [9]. 22 x 14.5 cm. Translated by Norman Gobetti. ISBN: 9788806224288. (Italian).

Visit Einaudi’s author page for Julian Barnes here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/julian-barnes/ and for Dan Kavanagh here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/dan-kavanagh/

Going to the Dogs (Viking, 1987)


Notes on this edition: First edition – London: Viking, 1987. £10.95. Print run: 4000. 

This particular example is uncharacteristically signed by Julian Barnes, rather than as his pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. The inscription image has been digitally modified to remove the name of the recipient.


Descriptive Bibliography: 

Title Page: [thick rule] | [rule] | GOING TO THE DOGS | [rule] | [dot] DAN KAVANAGH | [rule] | VIKING

Copyright Page: VIKING | Penguin Books Ltd, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ (Publishing and | Editorial) | and Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England (Distributed and Warehouse) | Viking Penguin Inc., 40 West 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010, | USA | Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia | Penguin Books Canada Limited, 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario, | Canada L3R 1B4 | Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, 182-190 Wairau Road, Auckland 10, New | Zealand | First Published 1987 | Copyright © Dan Kavanagh, 1987 | All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved | above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored | in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form | or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, | recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book | Typeset in Linotron 202 Bembo | Typeset, printed and bound in Great Britain by | Hazell Watson & Viney Limited, | Member of the BPCC Group, | Aylesbury, Bucks | British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data | Kavanagh, Dan | Going to the dogs. | Rn : Julian Barnes  I. Title | 823’.914 [F] PR6052.A6657 | ISBN: 0-670-81829-1

Collation: 21.6 x 13.5 cm. Pp. [1-10] 11-15 [16-18] 19-29 [30-32] 33-50 [51-54] 55-94 [95-98] 99-121 [122-124] 125-178 [179-182] 183-207 [208]. [1]: [Viking device]. [2]: blank. [3]: title page. [4]: copyright page. [5]: ‘to Ruth and Don’. [6]: ‘I am grateful to Mickey ‘the Grass’ Sissons for slipping | me the words of ‘The Dogs’.  D.K.’. [7]: text. [8]: blank. [9]: ‘1 [dot] LIBRARY’. [10]: blank. 11-[16]: text. [17]: ‘2 [dot] DRIVEWAY’. [18]: blank. 19-[30]: text. [31]: ‘3 [dot] KITCHEN/DINING-ROOM’. [32]: blank. 33-[51]: text. [52]: blank. [53]: ‘4 [dot] BILLIARD ROOM’. [54]: blank. 55-[95]: text. [96]: blank. [97]: ‘5 [dot] GROUNDS’. [98]: blank. 99-[122]: text. [123]: ‘6 [dot] BEDROOMS’. [124]: blank. 125-[179]: text. [180]: blank. [181]: ‘7 [dot] NEIGHBOURHOOD’. [182]: blank. 183-[208]: text.

General description: Binding 22.2 x 14 cm. Dark green boards, gold lettering on spine. White endpapers. Green and yellow dust jacket lettered in black (author) and yellow (title) on upper panel and yellow and white on lower panel. Jacket photograph by David Fairman and design by Tony Green. Author biography on back flap.