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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. London: Picador, 1990. Pp. 176. 19.7 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 0330313819 (UK £3.99; $11.99 Australia; NZ $15.95)
First edition Picador paperback, published by Pan Books in association with Jonathan Cape. Cover illustration by Kenny McKendry.
Signed by Julian Barnes to the title page. Paper cover is in rough condition, so we are seeking additional specimens.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Vom Ende einer Geschichte | The Sense of an Ending. btb, 2013. Pp. 181 [182] + [10]. 18.7 x 11.8 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783442745470. (German).
Copyright page lists the specific date of publication as “Juli 2013”. Spine label states this is btb “774547”.
In 2017, btb issued a reprint of this edition. The reprint features the same ISBN, pagination, and btb number of “774547”, but the layout of the title page and copyright page are changed and there are minor alterations to the cover, as shown below.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun. Toronto: Random House, 1987. Pp. 197 + [3]. 21.5 x 13.9 cm. ISBN: 0394220471.
Second Canadian edition issued in paperback, as stated on the copyright page.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Pp. 278. 21.6 x 17.2 cm.
Uncorrected proof in teal paper cover, as pictured. Front cover lists the publication date as “9 OCTOBER 2015”, a provisional price of $30.00.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun. Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Pp. 195 + [5]. 21.2 x 13.7 cm.
Uncorrected Proof of Julian Barnes’s fourth novel Staring at the Sun. Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1987, and bound in orange wraps with black lettering.
Two versions of this proof are shown. The first is as published, while the second has a slip of paper taped to the cover directly under the author’s name. The paper states, “Author of FLAUBERT’S PARROT.” This version also includes a handwritten tentative publication date of “April 2, 1987” and the tentative price of “$15.95.” Stapled inside the front cover are two promotional sheets. The first describes and promotes Staring at the Sun, and the second features review blurbs in promotion of Barnes’s widely acclaimed novel Flaubert’s Parrot.
Notes on this edition: The London Limited Edition of Talking It Over is the second limited edition produced of Julian Barnes’s works. Limited to 200 copies, the text is identical to the first U.K. edition published by Jonathan Cape, except for some preliminary pages, including the limitation signature page.
Descriptive Bibliography: First Limited edition – London: London Limited Editions, 1991. £32.00. 200 copies.
Title Page: As in the first edition hardback published by Jonathan Cape.
Copyright Page: As in the first edition hardback published by Jonathan Cape.
Collation: 21.5 x 13.7 cm. As the first edition hardback published by Jonathan Cape, except with two new sheets tipped in to endpapers. Sheet One (front): ‘JULIAN BARNES | TALKING IT OVER | [asterisk] | LONDON | LIMITED | EDITIONS’. (verso): blank. Sheet Two (front): ‘One of 200 numbered copies of the | First Edition of | Talking It Over | signed by the author and | specially bound. | No. [hand numbered] | [author signature]’. (verso): blank.
General description: Binding 22.3 x 14.3 cm. Marble paper over boards, dark blue cloth quarter binding gold blocked on spine. Issued with glassine dustwrapper. White endpapers.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Nothing to Be Frightened Of. New York: Vintage International, 2008. Pp. 243 [244] + [2]. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 9780307389985. $15.00.
First edition U.S. paperback of Julian Barnes’s Nothing to Be Frightened Of. Cover design by Megan Wilson.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. История на света в 10 ½ глави | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Sofia: Obsidian, 2001. Pp. 341 [343] +[1]. 20 x 12.7 cm. Translated by Dimitrina Kondeva and Zornitsa Dimova. ISBN: 9548240904. (Bulgarian).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. Bucureşti: Humanitas, 2004. Pp. 213 + [3]. 20 x 13 cm. Translated by Mihai Moroiu. ISBN: 9735007835. (Romanian)
Paper cover with red promotional band, as pictured.
Notes on this edition: フロベールの鸚鵡 | Flaubert’s Parrot. Tokyo: 白水社 [Hakusuisha], 1993. Pp. 294 + [2]. 17.6 x 11.2 cm. Translated by 斎藤 [Saitō Yoshifumi]. ISBN: 9784560071021. (Japanese).
Paper cream cover covered in white dust wrapper. Part of series: 白水Uブックス ; 102. 海外小說の誘惑.