The Sense of an Ending (Random House Canada, 2011)


Notes on this edition: First edition – Toronto: Random House Canada, 2011. $25.00. 

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Title Page: JULIAN BARNES | THE SENSE | OF AN ENDING | [Random House Canada device] | RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

Copyright Page: PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE CANADA | Copyright © 2011 Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. | No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or | mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without | permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote | brief passages in a review. Published in 2011 by Random House Canada, a division | of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, and simultaneously in the United | Kingdom by Jonathan Cape, a division of The Random House Grouup, Ltd., | London. Distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited. | www.randomhouse.ca | Random House Canada and colophon are registered trademarks. | This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents | either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, | and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, | companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental | Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication | Barnes, Julian | The sense of an ending / Julian Barnes. | Issued also in electronic format. | ISBN 978-0-307-36081-6 | I. Title. | PR6052.A6657S45 2011   823’.914 C2011-901715-6 | Typeset in Bembo by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, Falkirk, Stirlingshire | Jacket design © Suzanne Dean, incorporates a photograph of | dandelions © Paul Tomlins/Flowerphotos.com | Printed and bound in the United States of America | 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1

Collation: 20.8 x 14.2 cm. Pp. [i-vi, 1-2] 3-56 [57-58] 59-150 [151-154]. [i]: ‘THE SENSE | OF AN ENDING’. [ii]: ‘By the same author | 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 | NON-FICTION | Letters From London 1990–1995 | Something To Declare | The Pedant In The Kitchen | Nothing To Be Frightened Of | TRANSLATION | In The Land Of Pain | by Alphonse Daudet’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘for Pat’. [vi]: blank. [1]: ‘ONE’. [2]: blank. 3-56: text. [57]: ‘TWO’. [58]: blank. 59-150: text. [151]: blank. [152]: [Author bio]. [153-154]: blank.

General description: Binding 21.6 x 15.0 cm. Black paper boards stamped in silver lettering to spine. White endpapers. Deckle or ‘uncut’ fore edge. Back flap of dust jacket features an author photograph by Alan Edwards. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean.

The Porcupine (Random House, 1992; Canadian Edition)


Notes on this edition: First Canadian edition – Toronto: Random House, 1992. $19.50.

 

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Title Page: THE PORCUPINE | JULIAN BARNES | [Random House device] | RANDOM HOUSE | TORONTO

Copyright Page: Copyright © 1992 by Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and Pan- | American Copyright Conventions. Published in | Canada in 1992 by Random House of Canada | Limited, Toronto, and simultaneously in the United | States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. Published | in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Limited, London. | ISBN 0-394-22324-1 | Manufactured in the United States of America | FIRST CANADIAN EDITION

Collation: Appears identical to the First U.S. edition. 19 x 13.2 cm. Pp. [i-vi] 1-138. [i]: ‘THE PORCUPINE’. [ii]: ‘ALSO BY JULIAN BARNES | Metroland | Before She Met Me | Flaubert’s Parrot | Staring at the Sun | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters | Talking It Over’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘THE PORCUPINE’. [vi]: blank. 1-138: text.

General description: Appears identical to the First U.S. edition. Binding 19.8 x 13.9 cm. Black boards, black quarter binding gold blocked on spine. White endpapers. Dust jacket in black, red, and white. Lettering is white on upper panel and black on lower panel.  Black and grey photo of shaking hands located on upper panel; photo by Eva Rubinstein. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Photograph of the author by Jillian Edelstein located on back flap.

Kuin jokin päättyisi | The Sense of an Ending (Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, [2012]; Finnish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Kuin jokin päättyisi | The Sense of an Ending. Helsinki: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö (WSOY), [2012]. Pp. 157 + [1]. 21.3 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Kersti Juva. ISBN: 9789510391112. (Finnish).

Alsof het voorbij is | The Sense of an Ending (Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2012; Dutch)


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”.

England, England (Einaudi, 2000; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. England, England. Torino: Einaudi, 2000. Pp. 291 + [9]. 22.2 x 14.2 cm. Translated by Susanna Basso. ISBN: 8806151266. (Italian).

Visit Einaudi’s author page for Julian Barnes here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/julian-barnes/

 

 

Dover – Calais | Cross Channel (Haffmans, 1996; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Dover-Calais | Cross Channel. Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1997. Pp. 271 [272]. 18.4 x 11.4 cm Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3251003283. (German).

Love, etc (Random House Canada, 2000)


Notes on this edition: First Canadian edition – Canada: Random House Canada, 2000. $32.95.

 

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Title Page: Love, etc | JULIAN BARNES | [Random House device] | RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

Copyright Page: Copyright © 2000 Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright | Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any | electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval | systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a | reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published in | Canada in 2000 by Random House Canada, a division of | Random House of Canada Limited, and simultaneously in | Great Britain by Jonathan Cape | Random House Canada and colophon are trademarks | Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data | Barnes, Julian | Love, etc. | ISBN 0-679-31083-5 | 1. Title | PR6052. A6657L68  2000 823’.914 COO-931154-8 | Papers used by The Random House Group Limited are natural, | recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests; | the manufacturing processes conform to the environmental | regulations of the country of origin. | Typeset in Deltatype Ltd, Birkenhead, Merseyside | Printed and bound in Great Britain by | Mackays of Chatham PLC | 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1

Collation: 21.6 x 13.7 cm. Pp. [i-vi] 1-249 [250]. [i]: ‘Love, etc’. [ii]: ‘by the same author | 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 | LETTERS FROM LONDON 1990–1995 | CROSS CHANNEL | ENGLAND, ENGLAND’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘to Pat’. [vi]: blank. 1-[250]: text.

General description: Nearly identical to the first U.K. edition, but with slight alteration to dust jacket text on back flap. Binding 22.2 x 14.5 cm. Black boards, gold blocked on spine. Burgundy end pages. White dust jacket lettered in grey, red, and black. Color image of three shoes to upper panel and two shoes to lower panel. Jacket photograph by Ashley Rudolph. Author photograph by Jillian Edelstein on back flap. Title listed as ‘Love, etc’ [no full stop].

El loro de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot (Editorial Anagrama, 2015; Spanish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. .El loro de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2015. Pp. 228 + [4]. 21 x 14.2 cm. Translated by Antonio Mauri. ISBN: 9788433928382. (Spanish).

Hardback “Edición Limitada” published in 2015.

Oltremanica | Cross Channel (Einaudi, 1997; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Oltremanica | Cross ChannelTorino: Einaudi, 1997. Pp. 192 + [4]. 22.2 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Susanna Basso. ISBN: 9788806141585. (Italian).

Visit Einaudi’s author page for Julian Barnes here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/julian-barnes/

 

Levels of Life (Random House Canada, 2013)


Notes on this edition: First edition – Toronto: Random House Canada, 2013. $25.00. 

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Title Page: JULIAN BARNES | LEVELS OF | LIFE | [Jonathan Cape device] | JONATHAN CAPE | LONDON

Copyright Page: PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE CANADA | Copyright © 2013 Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No | part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical | means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in | writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a | review. Published in 2013 by Random House Canada, a division of Random House | of Canada Limited, Toronto, and simultaneously in the United Kingdom by Jonathan | Cape, a division of Random House Group Limited, London. Distributed in | Canada by Random House of Canada Limited. | www.randomhouse.ca | Random House Canada and colophon are registered trademarks. | Lines from ‘Exasperated Piety’ by Christopher Reid reproduced by kind permission of | the poet. | Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication | Barnes, Julian | Levels of life / Julian Barnes. | Issued also in electronic format. | ISBN 978-0-345-81355-8 | I. Title. | PR6052.A6657L49 2013     823’.914 C2013-900285-5 | Jacket design by Suzanne Dean | Image credit: ‘Mr Glaisher’s Voyage’, 5 September 1862 © Science Museum / Science | & Society Picture Library — All rights reserved. |Printed and bound in the United States of America | 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2

Collation: 20.9 x 14.5 cm. Pp. [i-x] [1-2] 3-27 [28-30] 31-64 [65-66] 67-117 [118]. [i]: ‘LEVELS OF LIFE’. [ii]: blank. [iii]: ‘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 | The Sense of an Ending | NON-FICTION | Letters from London 1990–1995 | Something to Declare | The Pedant in the Kitchen | Nothing to Be Frightened Of | Through the Window | TRANSLATION | In the Land of Pain by Alphonse Daudet’.[iv]: blank. [v]: title page. [vi]: copyright page. [vii]: ‘for Pat’. [viii]: blank. [ix]: ‘CONTENTS | [decorative rule] | THE SIN OF HEIGHT | 1 | ON THE LEVEL | 29 | THE LOSS OF DEPTH | 65’. [x]: blank. [1]: ‘THE SIN OF HEIGHT |  [decorative rule]’. [2]: blank. 3-27: text. [28]: blank. [29]: ‘ON THE LEVEL | [decorative rule]’. [30]: blank. 31-64: text. [65]: ‘THE LOSS OF DEPTH | [decorative rule]’. [66]: blank. 67-[118]: text. [119-120]: blank.

General description: Binding 21.6 x 15.0 cm. Black paper boards stamped in red lettering to spine. White endpapers. Cover design by Suzanne Dean. Features a deckle or uncut fore edge. Back flap of dust jacket features an author photograph by Alan Edwards and a photograph of Pat Kavanagh by Derek Thompson.