Staring at the Sun | Dust Jacket Slide (Alfred A. Knopf, 1987)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun | Dust Jacket Slide Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

This ephemeral slide depicts the dust jacket art work for  the Alfred A. Knopf edition of Julian Barnes’s novel Starting at the Sun. Julian Barnes sent the slide to Rolland Comstock, noted book collector who specialized in contemporary authors. Barnes has inscribed the paper enclosing the slide and included a note dated 10 May 1996 to Comstock that reads:

“Dear Rolland:
Turning out my study I came across
this Knopf transparency for the SAS cover.
I bet you haven’t got it. I shall be dismayed
if you have. This is to assuage the guilt
I still feel at only being able to sign 48%
of your suitcase.
Hope one of your children is getting
interested in books.
Best wishes,
Julian B.”

In the Land of Pain | Unbound Proof (Jonathan Cape, 2002)


Notes on this edition: Alphonse Daudet. In the Land of Pain. Edited and translated by Julian Barnes. London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. Pp. [xvi] + 87 + [1].

Unbound Proof printed on one side only. Sheets measure 29.7 x 21 cm (A4). Dust jacket proof also featured.

 

Talking It Over | Uncorrected Proof (Jonathan Cape, 1991)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Talking It Over. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. Pp. 273 + [1]. 21.6 x 13.7 cm.

Uncorrected Proof in stiff white card wrappers reproducing dust jacket illustration in black and white. Lettered in black, except for ‘UNCORRECTED PROOF’ in white along bottom of front cover. Issued with proof jacket that states ‘PROOF ONLY’ and provides provisional publication date of ’11 July 1991′ on back flap. This provisional date is also listed to the back cover of the proof along with a provisional price of £13.99.