Julian Barnes: Romans (Quarto Gallimard, 2021; French)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Romans. Edited by Vanessa Guignery. Quarto Gallimard, 2021. Pp. 1242 + [4]. 20.5 x 14 cm.

The Quarto edition includes translations of five Julian Barnes novels, including:

Le Perroquet de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot, translated by Jean Guiloineau
England, England, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin
Arthur & George, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin
Une Fille, Qui Danse, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin
La Seule Histoire, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin

Julian Barnes scholar Vanessa Guignery edited the volume, which includes an extremely detailed biographical chronology and essays titled  “Au cœur de la création: une lecture des archives de Julian Barnes” and “Julian Barnes essayiste : un observateur de son temps et d’autrefois.”

The volume also contains numerous photographs and illustrations supplied by Julian Barnes and his bibliographer.

Letters from London / Lettres de Londres (Gallimard, 2005; Bilingual Edition)


Notes on this edition: Letters from London (selected letters) / Lettres de Londres (choix). Paris: Gallimard, 2005. Pp. 211 + [13]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Josette Chicheportiche and Maryse Leynaud. ISBN: 9782070308391. (English/French: Bilingual Edition).

Second Printing: Letters from London (selected letters) / Lettres de Londres (choix). Paris: Gallimard, 2011. Pp. 211 + [13]. 17.9 x 10.9 cm. Translated by Josette Chicheportiche and Maryse Leynaud. ISBN: 9782070308392. (English/French: Bilingual Edition).

Metroland (Gallimard/Folio, 1997; French)


Notes on this edition: Metroland. Paris: Gallimard/Folio, 1997. Pp. 299 + [5]. 17.7 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 2070403386. (French).

Folio no. 298.

Love, etc. | Talking It Over (Denoël / Gallimard Folio, 1994; French)


Notes on this edition: Love, etc. | Talking It Over. Paris: Denoël / Gallimard Folio, 1994. Pp. 374 [375] + [7]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Raymond Las Vergnas. ISBN: 9782070389353. (French).

Folio no. 2632.

Dix ans Après | Love, etc (Gallimard Folio, 2003; French)


Notes on this edition: Dix ans Après | Love, etc. Paris: Gallimard Folio, 2003. Pp. 308 [309] + [9]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782070424375. (French).

Folio no. 2632.

Avant moi | Before She Met Me (Denoël / Gallimard Folio, 1993; French)


Notes on this edition: Avant moi | Before She Met Me. Paris: Denoël / Gallimard Folio, 1993. Pp. 283 [284] + [4]. 17.7 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Michel Courtois-Fourcy. ISBN: 2070388026. (French).

Title page lists the publisher as Denoël. The spine states the book is folio book no. 2505.

The printing below was published in 1999 and features a new photograph to the front cover.

À jamais: et autres nouvelles (Denoël / Gallimard Folio, 2009; French)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. À jamais: et autres nouvelles. Paris: Denoël / Gallimard Folio, 2009. Pp. 110 + [2]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782070360956.

Three short stories reprinted from the French translation of Julian Barnes’s collection Cross Channel (“Nouvelles extraites du recueil Outre-Manche“). The stories include “Evermore”, “Experience”, and “Hermitage”.

Title page lists the publisher as Denoël. The spine states the book is folio book no. 4839.

Le Port de la Magouille | Fiddle City (Gallimard, 1982; French)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Le Port de la Magouille | Fiddle City. [Paris]: Gallimard, 1982. Pp. 250 [251] + [5]. 17.8 x 10.7 cm. Translated by R. Fitzgerald. ISBN: 2070488705. (French).

Série noire. 

La nuit est sale | Duffy (Gallimard, 1981; French)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. La nuit est sale | Duffy. [Paris]: Gallimard, 1981. Pp. 217 [218] + [6]. 17.8 x 10.7 cm. Translated by F.M. Watkins. Série noire. (French).

The inscription in the photo has been slightly edited to remove the names to whom Julian Barnes inscribed the copy as well as the location and date of the inscription.