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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. New York: Vintage International, 2002. Pp. 227 + [3]. 20.2 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 0375725881
First U.S. paperback edition issued by Vintage International. The title page reuses the “Love, etc.” graphics for the first U.S. hardback edition.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Amor & etc | Love, etc. Portugal: ASA Editores , 2002. Pp. 189 + [1]. 21.5 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Helena Cardoso. ISBN: 9789724130545. (Portuguese).
Copyright page lists this specimen as the second edition: “2a Edição” published in November 2002. The first edition was published by ASA in October 2002 with a different cover.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Amor, etc | Love, etc. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 2002. Pp. 204 + [4]. 20.9 x 14 cm. ISBN: 8532514308. Translated by Léa Viveiros de Castro. (Portuguese — Brazil)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. Pp. 250. 20.6 x 13.5 cm.
Uncorrected Proof in light green paper cover with black lettering. ‘JONATHAN CAPE UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF’ in black along bottom of upper panel. Issued with an orange publicity sheet stating publication information and author bio. Title listed as ‘Love, etc.’ [full stop]. The full stop was later removed in the first edition U.K. hardback. (20.6 x 13.5 cm).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Liefde, enz. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Uitgeverij Atlas, 2001. Pp. 222 [223] + [1]. 21 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Marijke Versluys. (Dutch).
Visit the Atlas website: http://www.atlascontact.nl/auteur/julian-barnes/
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Aşk Vesaire. Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayinlari, 2002. Pp. 230 + [10]. 19.5 x 13 cm. Translated by Serdar Rıfat Kırkoğlu. (Turkish).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Amor, etcétera. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2001. Pp. 236 + [4]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Jaime Zulaika. ISBN: 8433969455. (Spanish).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. London: Quality Paperbacks Direct, 2000. Pp. 249 [250]. 21.4 x 13.5 cm.
Quality Paperbacks Direct is a book club based in England, and it published this soft cover edition the same year as the Jonathan Cape hardback. The cover design matches the Cape edition, and the copyright page states, “First Reprint 2000”.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Szerelem meg miegymás. Budapest: Ulpius-ház, 2001. Pp. 249 + [7]. 19.7 x 12.7 cm. Translated by Szentgyörgyi József. (Hungarian).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Pp. 224 + [8]. 21.2 x 14.4 cm.
Uncorrected Proof in red wraps with black lettering. Publication information and the statement, ‘THIS IS AN UNCORRECTED PROOF’ on bottom of upper panel. Title listed as, ‘Love, Etc.’ [full stop].
Alfred A. Knopf published two editions of the uncorrected proof for Julian Barnes’s novel Love, etc. The first proof was bound in red wraps, as pictured above, and appears to have been limited in its distribution. The more commonly distributed uncorrected proof features a paper cover that reproduces the colors and layout of the final hardback edition.