Das Stachelschwein | The Porcupine (Heyne, 1993; German)


Notes on this edition: Das Stachelschwein | The Porcupine. Munich: Wilhelm Heyne, 1993. Pp. 173 [174] + [2]. 18 x 11.5 cm. Translated by Stefan Howald and Ingrid Heinrich-Jost. ISBN: 3453071212. (German).

Arthur & George (btb, 2008; German)


Notes on this edition: Arthur & George. Munich: btb, 2008. Pp. 524 [525] + [3]. 18.6 x 11.7 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783442735624. (German).

福婁拜的鸚鵡 | Flaubert’s Parrot (麥田出版, 2004; Chinese)


Notes on this edition: 福婁拜的鸚鵡 | Flaubert’s Parrot. 臺北市: 麥田出版 [Taipei City: Rye Field Publications], 2004. Pp. 393 + [7]. 20.8 x 14.8 cm. Translated by  李佳純 [Li Jiachun] and 楊南倩 [Yang Nanqian]. ISBN: 9867537343. (Chinese).

Piggsvinet | The Porcupine (Forum, 1993; Swedish)


Notes on this edition: Piggsvinet | The Porcupine. Stockholm: Forum, 1993. Pp. 231 [232]. 17.3 x 12.5 cm. Translated by Ingvar Skogsberg. ISBN: 9137103474. (Swedish).

To view all of Julian Barnes’s books on the Forum website, please visit: https://www.forum.se/forfattare/15307/julian-barnes/

Flaubertův papoušek | Flaubert’s Parrot (Mladá fronta, 1996; Czech)


Notes on this edition: Flaubertův papoušek | Flaubert’s Parrot. Prague: Mladá fronta, 1996. Pp. 255 + [5]. 19 x 11.5 cm. Translated by Miloš Urban. ISBN: 8020405658. (Czech).

Une histoire du monde en 10 chapitres ½ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Mercure de France/Folio, 2013; French)


Notes on this edition: Une histoire du monde en 10 chapitres ½ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Paris: Mercure de France/Folio, 2013. Pp. 517 + [11]. 17.9 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Michel Courtois-Fourcy. ISBN: 9782070452033. (French).

Folio no. 5612.

Pod Słońce | Staring at the Sun (Zysk i S-ka Wydawn, 1994; Polish)


Notes on this edition: Pod Słońce | Staring at the Sun. Poznań: Zysk i S-ka Wydawn, 1994. Pp. 181 [182] + [2]. 19.5 x 12.8 cm. Translated by Tomasz Bieroń. ISBN: 8386211180. (Polish).

Arthur & George | Uncorrected Proof (Mercure de France, 2007; French)


Notes on this edition: Arthur & George. Paris: Mercure de France, 2007. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. (French).

Uncorrected Proof of the French edition of Julian Barnes’s Arthur & George. From the author’s personal collection.

Arthur & George | Man Booker Shortlist Leather Bound (Author’s Copy)


Notes on this edition: Each author shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize receives a specially bound edition created by a Designer Bookbinders Fellow. The bookbinder designs and completes the edition in 4-5 weeks, and authors are presented with their special editions on the evening of the Man Booker award ceremony.

Julian Barnes’s Arthur & George was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2005, and this special edition was bound by Lester Capon. Photographed from Julian Barnes’s personal collection.

For more information about the Designer Bookbinders, please visit their website.

Before She Met Me (Pavanne/Pan Books, 1983)


Notes on this edition: Before She Met Me. London: Pavanne, 1983. Pp. 174 + [4]. 17.7 x 11 cm.

Published by Pan Books.