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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. London: Picador, 2005. Pp. 214 + [2]. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 0330313819.
Picador reset the type for this edition in 1995. They also created new cover art for this 2005 reissue. The pagination varies from the earlier Picador edition (1990). The books each carry the same ISBN. This is the 20th printing.
Author photograph by Ellen Warner.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. London: Picador, 1990. Pp. 309 + [3]. 19.6 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 0330313991.
Picador reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) printing of Barnes’s novel. This is stated as the 31st edition. The text pagination is the same earlier Picador printings. The exact date of this reissue is uncertain, but the list of titles ends with Letters from London 1990-1995, so the printing was issued after 1996.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. London: Picador, 1990. Pp. 309 + [3]. 19.5 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 0330313991.
Julian Barnes’s novel went through numerous printings with Picador. The first set of photos is for the 4th printing. Below is the 21st printing with variations to the sales price and small changes to the cover text. The text block for each printing remains the same.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun. New York: Vintage International, 1993. Pp. 197 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 0679748202.
Julian Barnes changed the dedication page for the Vintage American edition to honor his former editor Frances Lindley (1911-1987).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. New York: Vintage International, 1992. Pp. 176. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679736085.
The printing below shows the 3rd printing of the Vintage International edition.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Before She Met Me. New York: Vintage International, 1992. Pp. 183 + [3]. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679736093.
The printing below is for a 3rd printing of the Vintage International paperback edition.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel. New York: Vintage International, 1997. Pp. 211 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 067976755X.
First U.S. paperback edition of Julian Barnes’s first collection of short stories.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 249 + [1]. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9780099540168.
The copyright page states the book is a 7th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.
The cover design lines up with the cover art for Talking It Over.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Talking It Over. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 273 + [7]. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9780099540137.
The copyright page states the book is a 9th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.
The cover design lines up with the cover art for Love, etc.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 211 + [5]. 19.7 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9780099540151.
The copyright page states the book is a 5th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.