Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 시대의 소음 | The Noise of Time. Kyŏnggi-do P’aju-si: 다산 북스 [Dasan Books], 2017. Pp. 269 + [3]. 19.4 x 13.3 cm. Translated by 송 은주 (Ŭn-ju Song). ISBN: 9791130612485. (Korean).
УРОВНИ ЖИЗНИ | Levels of Life (Eksmo, 2017; Russian)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. УРОВНИ ЖИЗНИ | Levels of Life. Eksmo, 2017. Pp. 189 + [3]. 14 x 10 cm. Translated by Елена Петровoй (Elena Petrovoy). ISBN: 9785699970810. (Russian).
Der Zitronentisch: Erzählungen | The Lemon Table: Stories (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2017; German)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Der Zitronentisch Erzählungen | The Lemon Table. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2017. Pp. 268 [269] + [3]. 19 x 12.4 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783462050318. (German).
Originally translated in 2005, this example is a new edition of the German translation.
Julian Barnes by Laura Cumming (Book Trust, 1990; Pamphlet)
Notes on this edition: Laura Cumming. Julian Barnes. London: Book Trust in Conjunction with the British Council, 1990.
Pamphlet with three folds making four panels per side. Measures 10 x 21 cm when folded. Includes biographical information written by Laura Cumming, a short bibliography of Barnes’s novels, blurbs from critics, and Barnes’s photo and facsimile signature to the front panel.
Love, etc. (Chivers Press | Thorndike Press, 2001; Large Print)
Notes on this edition: Love, etc. Bath, England: Chivers Press and Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2001. Pp. 268 [269] + [5]. 21.6 x 13.7 cm. ISBN (UK): 0754045102; ISBN (US): 0786233354.
Large Print Edition published simultaneously by Chivers Press and Thorndike Press for U.K. and U.S. distribution. The hardback and paperback editions appear virtually identical. The hardback pictured above is from Julian Barnes’s personal collection and shows extreme sun bleaching to the spine.
Below, the paperback example shows stamps and markings as a former library book.
“The Stowaway” | Free Sample Chapter (Reader’s Collection, 1989)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “The Stowaway” from A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. The Reader’s Collection, 1989. Pp.28. 23 x 15.5 cm.
Sample chapter from Julian Barnes’s novel bound in paper covers. Stated on the inside pages: “This free sample chapter is one of the four specially printed for the Summer Reader’s Collection […]”.
The sample chapter includes a reproduction of the novel’s title page and copyright page. As this is the only sample examined, it remains unclear why the Barnes chapter was bound in a cover featuring cover art from Gita Mehta’s Raj.
Polsslag | Pulse (Uitgeverij Atlas, 2011; Dutch)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Polsslag | Pulse. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas, 2011. Pp. 252 [253] + [3]. 21 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Ronald Vlek. ISBN: 9789045018607. (Dutch).
Visit the Atlas website: http://www.atlascontact.nl/auteur/julian-barnes/
The Sense of an Ending (Alfred A. Knopf, 2011)
Notes on this edition: First edition – New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. $23.95 ISBN: 9780307957122
Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.
Descriptive Bibliography:
Title Page: THE SENSE | OF AN ENDING | JULIAN BARNES | [Alfred A. Knopf device] | ALFRED A. KNOPF | NEW YORK 2011
Copyright Page: THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK | PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF | Copyright © 2011 by Julian Barnes | All rights reserved. | Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, | a division of Random House, Inc., New York. | www.aaknopf.com | Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, | an imprint of The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2011. | Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are | registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. | Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data | Barnes, Julian. | The sense of an ending / Julian Barnes.—1st American ed. | p. cm. | “This is a Borzoi book.” | ISBN 978-0-307-95712-2 | 1. Middle-aged men—Fiction. 2. Life change events—Fiction. | 3. Male friendship—Fiction. 4. Psychological fiction. I. Title. | PR6052.A6657S46 2012 | 823’.914—dc23 | 2011025433 | This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents | either are the product of the author’s imagination or are | used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, | living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. | Jacket image by Roger Mayne/Mary Evans Picture Library | Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson | Manufactured in the United States of America | First United States Edition
Collation: 18.9 x 13.2 cm. Pp. [Note: All even numbered pages are unnumbered. Unless otherwise indicated within brackets, all odd numbered pages are numbered at the top center of the page.] [i-viii, 1-4] 5-61 [62-66] 67-163 [164-168]. [i]: blank. [ii]: ‘Also by Julian Barnes | FICTION | Metroland | Before She Met Me | Flaubert’s Parrot | Staring at the Sun | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters | Talking It Over | The Porcupine | Cross Channel | England, England | Love, Etc. | The Lemon Table | Arthur & George | Pulse | NONFICTION | Nothing to Be Frightened Of | Letters From London 1990–1995 | Something to Declare | The Pedant in the Kitchen | TRANSLATION | In The Land Of Pain | by Alphonse Daudet’. [iii]: ‘THE SENSE | OF AN ENDING’. [iv]: blank. [v]: title page. [vi]: copyright page. [vii]: ‘For Pat’. [vi]: blank. [1]: ‘ONE’. [2]: blank. [3]-61: text. [62]: blank. [63]: ‘TWO’. [64]: blank. [65]-163: text. [164]: blank. [165]: [‘A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR’]. [166]: blank. [167]: [‘NOTE ON THE TYPE’]. [168]: blank.
General description: Binding 19.7 x 13.9 cm. Speckled tan paper boards with black, quarter cloth at spine. Spine stamped in silver lettering. White endpapers. Cut fore edge. Back flap of dust jacket features an author photograph by Alan Edwards.
First State Dust Jacket with Man Booker Sticker
After winning the Man Booker Prize, Alfred A. Knopf placed stickers on the first state dust jackets that state, “WINNER | OF THE | MAN | BOOKER | PRIZE”. This example is from the 2nd printing.
Second State Dust Jacket
Following Barnes’s Man Booker Win, Knopf issued a second state jacket with “WINNER OF THE | 2011 MAN BOOKER PRIZE” displayed at the top of the jacket front. The back of the jacket also included a newly placed quote with white lettering in a black box to the top. The blurbs were also changed to reflect quotes from U.S. reviews. This example is from the 16th printing.
Cross Channel | 50th Birthday Edition (Jonathan Cape, 1996)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel: Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. Pp. 211 + [7].
Special limited edition of fifty (50) copies in celebration of Julian Barnes’s fiftieth birthday.
The text block is identical to the first Jonathan Cape edition, except that the title page features Julian Barnes’s signature and limitation numbering in his hand. Also contains a four page signature tipped in to the front, the first sheet glued to a blue marbled endpaper (pictured). Another four page signature tipped in back, the last sheet glued to a blue marbled endpaper.
Text block: 20.0 x 13.6 cm. Binding: 21.3 x 14.4 cm. First edition sheets with gilt edges, bound in dark blue leather with marbled endpapers. Gold embossed on the front: ‘A SPECIAL EDITION / TO CELEBRATE JULIAN BARNES’S / FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY’.
Also included with this example is a single sheet invitation from the Directors of Jonathan Cape to a special birthday dinner celebrating the author’s birthday.
The photos below are from the author’s personal copy of this limited edition. Included inside the book is a postcard related to Barnes’s short story “Evermore”.
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories | “One of a Kind” (Penguin, 1988)
Notes on this edition: “One of a Kind” by Julian Barnes. The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories. Edited with an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. London: Penguin, 1988.
Julian Barnes’s short story “One of a Kind” is published on pages 400-406. In this example, Barnes has signed his entry. Formerly from the library of book collector Rolland Comstock.