Notes on this edition: Шумът на времето | The Noise of Time. Sofia: Obsidian, 2016. Pp. 213 [214] + [2]. 20 x 13 cm. Translated by Любомир Николов [Ljubomir Nikolov]. ISBN: 9789547694019. (Bulgarian).
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Предчувствие за край | The Sense of an Ending (Obsidian, 2012; Bulgarian)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Предчувствие за край | The Sense of an Ending. Sofia: Obsidian, 2012. Pp. 166 [167] + [168]: Colophon. 20 x 13 cm. Translated by Любомир Николов [Ljubomir Nikolov]. ISBN: 9789547692848. (Bulgarian).
Одна история | The Only Story (Иностранка [Inostranka], 2018; Russian)
Notes on this edition: Одна история | The Only Story. Moscow: Издательство “Иностранка” [Inostranka], 2018. Pp. 317 [318] + [319]: Table of Contents, [320]: Colophon. 20.6 x 11.2 cm. Translated by Е. Петровой [E. Petrova]. ISBN: 9785389140141. (Russian).
Den Eneste Historie | The Only Story (Gyldendal, 2018; Danish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Den Eneste Historie | The Only Story. [Copenhagen]: Gyldendal, 2018. Pp. 259 [260] +4 blank. 20 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Claus Bech. ISBN: 9788702259889. (Danish).
The publisher Gyldendal is located in Copenhagen, but the copyright page states the book was “Printed in Latvia 2018”.
A “Gyldendals Bogklubber” edition was also issued in 2018 with slight color difference to cover and textual difference to title page and copyright page. Pagination for both editions appears identical.
Al otro lado del canal | Cross Channel (Anagrama, 1997; Spanish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Al otro lado del Canal | Cross Channel. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1997. Pp. 208 + [8]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Carmen Francí and Juan Gabriel López Guix. ISBN: 8433908391. (Spanish).
The copy presented below is the second printing (May 1997): “Segunda edición: mayo 1997”.
Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Anagrama, 1990; Spanish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1990. Pp. 359 + [9]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. ISBN: 8433911279.
Promotional band pictured from the specimen copy in Julian Barnes’s personal collection.
Når noget slutter | The Sense of an Ending (Tiderne Skifter, 2011; Danish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Når noget slutter | The Sense of an Ending. Copenhagen: Tiderne Skifter, 2011. Pp. 167 + [1]. 21 x 13 cm. Translated by Claus Bech. ISBN: 9788779734944. (Danish).
Below is the first edition with a second state dust jacket announcing Julian Barnes as the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.
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.
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”.
Nada que temer | Nothing to Be Frightened of (Editorial Anagrama, 2010; Spanish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Nada que temer | Nothing to Be Frightened of. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2010. Pp. 300 + [4]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Jaime Zulaika. ISBN: 9788433975263. (Spanish).
The first printing was published in February 2010, with a second printing in May, as pictured below.