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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Pedant w kuchni | The Pedant in the Kitchen. Warsaw: Świat Książki Wydawnictwo, 2017. Pp. 182 [183] + [1]. 20.6 x 13 cm. Translated by Dominika Lewandowska-Rodak. ISBN: 9788380316294. (Polish).
Illustrated hardback with yellow endpages. Also features an introduction by Mark Hix.
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).
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.
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.
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”.
Notes on this edition: Elizabeth David. A Book of Mediterranean Food: And Other Writings. London: The Folio Society, 2005. Pp. 265. 26 cm.
Preface by Julian Barnes (ix-xxii). Decorations by John Minton. Watercolors by Sophie MacCarthy
Notes on this edition: First edition – London: Jonathan Cape, 2004. £16.99.
Descriptive Bibliography:
Title Page: THE | LEMON TABLE | Julian Barnes | [Jonathan Cape device] | JONATHAN CAPE | LONDON
Copyright Page: Published by Jonathan Cape 2004 | 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 | Copyright © Julian Barnes 2004 | Julian Barnes has asserted his right under the Copyright, | Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work | This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of | trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the | publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in | which it is published and without a similar condition including this | condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser | First published in Great Britain in 2004 by | Jonathan Cape | Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, | London SW1V 2SA | Random House Australia (Pty) Limited | 20 Alfred Street, Milsons Point, Sydney, | New South Wales 2061, Australia | Random House New Zealand Limited | 18 Poland Road, Glenfield, | Auckland 10, New Zealand | Random House South Africa (Pty) Limited | Endulini, 5A Jubilee Road, Parktown 2193, South Africa | The Random House Group Limited Reg. No. 954009 | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library | ISBN 0-224-07198-X | Papers used by Random House 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 by Palimpsest Book Production Limited | Polmont, Stirlingshire | Printed and bound in Great Britain by | Mackays of Chatham plc, Chatham, Kent
Collation: 21.6 x 13.7 cm. Pp. [i-viii, 1-2] 3-22 [23-24] 25-48 [49-50] 51-65 [66-68] 69-83 [84-86] 87-101 [102-104] 105-120 [121-122] 123-136 [137-138] 139-158 [159-160] 161-173 [174-176] 177-199 [200-202] 203-213 [214-216]. [i]: ‘THE LEMON TABLE’. [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 | non-fiction | LETTERS FROM LONDON 1990–1995 | SOMETHING TO DECLARE | THE PEDANT IN THE KITCHEN | translation | IN THE LAND OF PAIN by Alphonse Daudet’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘to Pat’. [vi]: blank. [vii]: contents. [vi]: blank. [1]: ‘A | SHORT HISTORY | OF | HAIRDRESSING’. [2]: blank. 3-22: text. [23]: ‘THE STORY | OF | MATS ISRAELSON’. [24]: blank. 25-48: text. [49]: ‘THE THINGS YOU KNOW’. [50]: blank. 51-65: text. [66]: blank. [67]: ‘HYGIENE’. [68]: blank. 69-83: text. [84]: blank. [85]: ‘THE REVIVAL’. [86]: blank. 87-101: text. [102]: blank. [103]: ‘VIGILANCE’. [104]: blank. 105-120: text. [121]: ‘BARK’. [122]: blank. 123-136: text. [137]: ‘KNOWING FRENCH’. [138]: blank. 139-158: text. [159]: ‘APPETITE’. [160]: blank. 161-173: text. [174]: blank. [175]: ‘THE FRUIT CAGE’. [176]: blank. 177-199: text. [200]: blank. [201]: ‘THE SILENCE’. [202]: blank. 203-213: text. [214-216]: blank.
General description: Binding 22.3 x 14.5 cm. Brown boards, gold blocked on spine. Gold endpapers. Colored dust jacket lettered in white, deep yellow, and orange. Features ‘Lemon (no.2)’ by Neal Brown on both upper and lower panels. Flaps are white with black lettering. Author photograph by Jillian Edelstein on back flap.
Notes on this edition: First American edition – New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. $25.00. Barnes has dedicated the book to his parents using their initials: ‘A. L. B. | 1909-1992 | K. M. B. | 1915-1997’. The back cover of the book features an embossed publisher’s device near the bottom edge, as pictured.
Descriptive Bibliography:
Title Page: JULIAN BARNES | Something to Declare | Essays on France | [Knopf device] | Alfred A. Knopf New York 2002
Copyright Page: THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK | PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF | Copyright © 2002 by Julian Barnes | All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright | Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, | a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Distributed by | Random House, Inc., New York. | www.aaknopf.com | Originally published in Great Britain by Picador, London. | Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered | trademarks of Random House, Inc. | ISBN: 0-375-41513-0 | LLCN: 2002109567 | Manufactured in the United States of America | First American Edition
Collation: 21.1 x 14.2 cm. Untrimmed pages. Pp. [–i-–ii, i-xii] xiii-xix [xx; 1-4] 5-13 [14-18] 19-29 [30-34] 35-41 [42-46] 47-55 [56-60] 61-69 [70-74] 75-89 [90-94] 95-99 [100-104] 105-133 [134-138] 139-157 [158-162] 163-177 [178-182] 183-193 [194-198] 199 [200-204] 205-217 [218-222] 223-231 [232-236] 237-247 [248-252] 253-265 [266-270] 271-279 [280-284] 285-295 [296-298] [Note: no even page numbers were printed]. [–ii]: blank. [–i]: ‘ALSO BY JULIAN BARNES | England, England | Cross Channel | Letters from London | The Porcupine | Talking It Over | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters | Staring at the Sun | Flaubert’s Parrot | Before She Met Me | Metroland | Love, etc.’. [i]: ‘Something to Declare’. [ii]: blank. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘A. L. B. | 1909–1992 | K. M. B. | 1915–1997’. [vi]: blank. [vii-viii]: contents. [ix]: list of illustrations. [x]: blank. [xi]-xix: preface. [xx]: blank. [1]: ‘( 1 ) | An Englishman Abroad’. [2]: ‘[photo] | A typical Ultimate Peasant’. [3-14]: text. [15]: ‘( 2 ) | Spending Their Deaths | on Holiday’. [16]: ‘[photo] | Three beers, one ashtray, three singers: (l. to r.) | Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, George Brassens’. [17-30]: text. [31]: ‘( 3 ) | The Promises of Their | Ordination’. [32]: ‘[photo] | Jean Seberg kisses Jean-Paul Belmondo | to advertise A bout de souffle’. [33-42]: text. [43]: ‘( 4 ) | The Land Without Brussels Sprouts’. [44]: ‘[recipe for tomato soup] | A simple recipe’. [45]-55: text. [56]: blank. [57]: ‘( 5 ) | Tour de France 1907’. [58]: ‘[photo] | The Pont du Gard: “a little stupid,” | according to Henry James’. [59-70]: text. [71]: ‘( 6 ) | Tour de France 2000’. [72]: ‘[photo] | “To the memory of Tom Simpson, Olympic medallist, | World champion, British sporting ambassador, | died 13th July (Tour de France 1967)”’. [73]-89: text. [90]: blank. [91]: ‘( 7 ) | The Pouncer’. [92]: ‘[photo] | George Simenon with all his needs | (the maid is off camera), 1930s’. [93-100]: text. [101]: ‘( 8 ) | French Letters’. [102]: ‘[photo] | Not an Ultimate Peasant but a | sophisticated poet: Stéphane Mallarmé’. [103]-133: text. [134]: blank. [135]: ‘( 9 ) | Flaubert’s Death-Masks’. [136]: ‘[photo] | Flaubert’s death-mask’. [137]-157: text. [158]: blank. [159]: ‘( 10 ) | Not Drowning But Waving: | The Case of Louise Colet’. [160]: ‘[photo] | Louise Colet in riding costume, | by Courbet’. [161-178]: text. [179]: ‘( 11 ) | Drinking Ink’. [180]: ‘[photo] | Alphonse Karr in his garden at Saint-Raphaël’. [181]-193: text. [194]: blank. [195]: ‘( 12 ) | Two Moles’. [196]: ‘[photo] | Turgenev at forty: the age of renunciation’. [197-200]: text. [201]: ‘( 13 ) | Consolation v. Desolation’. [202]: ‘[photo] | George Sand, by Nadar’. [203-218]: text. [219]: ‘( 14 ) | Tail-Flaying’. [220]: ‘[photo] | A bad sight for Flaubert: Prussians in the | studio of a Rouen photographer, 1871’. [221-232]: text. [233]: ‘( 15 ) | The Cost of Conscientious | Literature’. [234]: ‘[photo] | Caroline Commanville, | Flaubert’s niece’. [235-248]: text. [249]: ‘( 16 ) | Faithful Betrayal’. [250]: ‘[photo] | Isabelle Huppert as Emma Bovary, “a victim who | does not behave as a victim”’. [251]-265: text. [266]: blank. [267]: ‘( 17 ) | Justin: A Small Major | Character’. [268]: ‘[photo] | J.B. at the tomb of G.F., Rouen, 1983’. [269]-279: text. [280]: blank. [281-282]: acknowledgements. [283]-295: index. [296]: blank. [297]: ‘A Note About the Author | Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, a book of | stories, and a collection of essays. He is a recipient of | the Prix Femina, and in 1988 was made an Officier | de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London.’. [298]: ‘A Note on the Type | This book was set in Fournier, a typeface name for | Pierre Simon Fournier, a celebrated type designer in | eighteenth-century France. Fournier’s type is consid- | ered transitional in that it drew its inspiration from the | old style yet was ingeniously innovational, providing | for an elegant yet legible appearance. | Composed by Creative Graphics, | Allentown, Pennsylvania | Printed and bound by R. R. Donnelley & Sons, | Harrisonburg, Virginia | Typography and binding design by | Dorothy S. Baker’.
General description: Binding 22 x 14.8 cm. Grey boards, silver blocked on blue board spine. White endpapers. Upper panel dust jacket features a photo of a Triumph Mayflower (courtesy of Julian Barnes), lettered in orange with red border (author) and white in a black rectangle. Lower panel has three vertical bands of color (blue, white, and red) with white, black, and red lettering. Flaps are white with black lettering. Jacket design by Abby Weintraub. Photograph of the author by Jillian Edelstein on back flap.
Notes on this edition: First edition U.K. hardback published by Jonathan Cape. This copy signed by Julian Barnes and dated “3/9/98”. ISBN: 0224052756.
Also includes an inscription from a different copy in which Barnes inscribes the preliminary page for a charity event.
Descriptive Bibliography: First Edition — England, England. London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. £15.99.
Title Page: ENGLAND, | ENGLAND | Julian Barnes | [Jonathan Cape device] | JONATHAN CAPE | LONDON
Copyright Page: First published 1998 | 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | Copyright © Julian Barnes 1998 | Julian Barnes has asserted his right | under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 | to be identified as the author of this work | First published in the United Kingdom in 1998 by | Jonathan Cape | Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA | Random House Australia (Pty) Limited | 20 Alfred Street, Milsons Point, Sydney, | New South Wales 2061, Australia | Random House New Zealand Limited | 18 Poland Road, Glenfield, | Auckland 10, New Zealand | Random House South Africa (Pty) Limited | PO Box 337, Bergvlei, 2012 South Africa | Random House UK Limited Reg. No. 954009 | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library | Papers used by Random House UK 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. | ISBN 0-224-05275-6 | Typeset in Baskerville by Deltatype Ltd, Birkenhead | Printed and bound in Great Britain | by Mackays of Chatham PLC
Collation: 21.5 x 13.8 cm. Pp. [i-vi, 1-2] 3-25 [26-27] 28-103 [104-105] 106-175 [176-177] 178-238 [239-240] 241-266. [i]: ‘ENGLAND, | ENGLAND’. [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’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘TO PAT’. [vi]: blank. [1]: ‘1: ENGLAND’. [2]: blank. 3-25: text. [26]: blank. [27]: ‘2: ENGLAND, | ENGLAND | One’. 28-103: text. [104]: blank. [105]: ‘Two’. 106-175: text. [176]: blank. [177]: ‘Three’. 178-238: text. [239]: ‘3: ANGLIA’. [240]: blank. 241-266: text.
General description: Binding 22.2 x 14.4 cm. Black boards, silver blocked on spine. Dark blue endpapers. Upper and lower panels of dust jacket depict a puzzle of England in blue, orange, yellow, purple, pink, and red. Lettered in white, excepting the price in red. Illustration by Bill Gregory. Author photograph by Jillian Edelstein on back flap.
Printing Error on First Cape Edition: Below is an unusual example of a printing error on the first Jonathan Cape edition of Julian Barnes’s England, England. In this book, four pages feature a paper overlay (pp. 71-74), presumably the results of a quality control issue related to the end of a large paper roll (or the connecting of two rolls) during the printing process. The connecting paper/overlay is of a slightly different, light blue color.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Il senso di una fine | The Sense of an Ending. Torino: Einaudi, 2012. Pp. 150 + [6]. 22.1 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Susanna Basso. ISBN: 9788806211561. (Italian).
Visit Einaudi’s author page for Julian Barnes here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/julian-barnes/