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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Alsof het voorbij is | The Sense of an Ending. Amsterdam: Atlas Contact, 2012. Pp. 158 + [2]. 21.6 x 14 cm. Translated by Ronald Vlek. ISBN: 9789045022673. (Dutch).
This example is the 16th printing published in 2012. The first Dutch edition was published in 2011. “Eerste druk oktober 2011 | Zestiende druk augustus 2012”.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 終わりの感覚 | The Sense of an Ending. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2012. Pp. 188 + [8]. 19.3 x 13 cm. Translated by 土屋政雄 [Masao Tsuchiya]. ISBN: 9784105900991. (Japanese).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending. London: London Review Bookshop, 2011. Limited Edition Full Leather. The book itself measures 20.6 x 13.8 cm. The slipcase measures 21.5 x 14.2 cm.
In 2011, the London Review Bookshop issued two limited editions of Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending, one quarter-bound in leather (75 copies) and one full leather (25 copies). The text block of both editions is tinted green, as pictured.
The limitation page of both editions are identical:
A special signed limited First Edition of
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
comprising 100 copies housed in a cloth slipcase
of which 25 have been full bound in leather
numbered I to XXV and 75 quarter bound in the
same leather with cloth sides, numbered 1 to 75.
The bindings have been designed by
Andrew Stilwell and the books have been bound by
The Fine Book Bindery, Finedon, Northants, under
the direction of Patrick Roe.
This is number
[# and signature by Julian Barnes]
Note: The limitation page of this example has been cropped to remove the personalized inscription from Julian Barnes to the edition’s owner.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending. London: London Review Bookshop, 2011. Limited Edition Quarter Leather. The book itself measures 20.6 x 13.8 cm. The slipcase measures 21.5 x 14.2 cm.
In 2011, the London Review Bookshop issued two limited editions of Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending, one quarter-bound in leather (75 copies) and one full leather (25 copies). The text block of both editions is tinted green, as pictured.
The limitation page of both editions are identical:
A special signed limited First Edition of
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
comprising 100 copies housed in a cloth slipcase
of which 25 have been full bound in leather
numbered I to XXV and 75 quarter bound in the
same leather with cloth sides, numbered 1 to 75.
The bindings have been designed by
Andrew Stilwell and the books have been bound by
The Fine Book Bindery, Finedon, Northants, under
the direction of Patrick Roe.
This is number
[# and signature by Julian Barnes]
Note: The limitation page of this example has been digitally altered to remove the personalized inscription from Julian Barnes to the edition’s owner.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Vom Ende einer Geschichte | The Sense of an Ending. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2012. Pp. 181 [182] + [8]. 20.9 x 13 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783462044331. (German).
The photos show two states of the dust jacket, one with promotional and sales stickers.
The book below is a special edition given to the author by his publisher on the publication of the 100,000th copy of The Sense of an Ending in German. Inscribed by his publishers, this is the only extant copy of the “Gold” version. From the author’s personal collection.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Når noget slutter | The Sense of an Ending. Copenhagen: Tiderne Skifter, 2011. Pp. 167 + [1]. 21 x 13 cm. Translated by Claus Bech. ISBN: 9788779734944. (Danish).
Below is the first edition with a second state dust jacket announcing Julian Barnes as the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. kui on lõpp | The Sense of an Ending. Varrak, 2013. Pp. 174 + [2]. 20.6 x 14.8 cm. Translated by Aet Varik. ISBN: 9789985326930. (Estonian).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Publishing, 2012. Pp. 189 + [3]. 22.1 x 14.5 cm. ISBN: 9781611733259. (Large Print edition).
Large print edition with dust jacket. Smooth board binding with imagery and text of jacket printed to covers, as shown. This example features a unique inscription from the author to his webmaster.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. El sentido de un final | The Sense of an Ending. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama Compactos, 2017. Pp. 186 + [6]. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Jaime Zulaika. ISBN: 9788433977373. (Spanish).
The example above of the “Compactos” edition is the third printing published in July 2017.
Below are examples of later printings in 2018 and 2021.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Alsof het voorbij is | The Sense of an Ending. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2017. Pp. 158 + [2]. 21 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Ronald Vlek. ISBN: 9789025450571. (Dutch).
Movie tie-in edition of the Dutch translation.
Visit the Atlas website: http://www.atlascontact.nl/auteur/julian-barnes/