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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Duffy. London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. Pp. 180 [181] + [3]. 20 x 13.8 cm.
Uncorrected Proof in red wraps with black lettering. Inscribed by Julian Barnes in fountain ink and as his pseudonym Dan Kavanagh in ballpoint. Inserted into the proof is a letter to Barnes from Marilyn Edwards at Jonathan Cape stating, “I have just discovered one solitary proof of DUFFY that I thought you might like to have as they can be useful and anyway they are nice things to have.”
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Unbefugtes Betreten” | “Trespass”. Häuptling Eigener Herd, no. 39, July 2009. Edited by Vincent Klink. Translated by Thomas Bodmer. (German).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Levels of Life. London: Vintage Books, 2014. Pp. 117 + [3]. 19.8 x 13 cm. ISBN: 9780099584537.
This copy inscribed by Julian Barnes to his bibliographer.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Letters from London. New York: Vintage International, 1995. Pp. 320. 20.4 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679761616.
The example above appears to be a second printing with a number line of “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2”. It has a price of $13.00 on the back cover.
The example below appears to be a sixth printing with a number line of “10 9 8 7 6”. It has a price of $14.00 on the back cover. It has the same measurements and pagination as the earlier edition.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. New York: Vintage International, 1990. Pp. 307 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 0679731377.
The copy photographed above is the 5th printing.
Notes on this edition: Prerekanja (Theatre Programme). Ljubljana: Slovene National Theatre, 2007. Pp.72. 20.9 x 19.9 cm.
Theatre programme for Prerekanja performed by the Slovene National Theatre during their 2007/08 season. Performance opened on 23 and 24 November 2007.
Directed by Boris Cavazza from the translation of the novel by Valerija Cokan. The program contains excerpts from Barnes’s novels Talking It Over and A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. It also includes excerpts from a book on Julian Barnes by Vanessa Guignery.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Remembering Alan.” Areté Magazine, Issue 47 (Autumn 2015): 9-11.
Barnes’s writes about Alan Howard, Actor (1937-2015).
Areté Magazine is edited by Craig Raine.
Notes on this edition: A Study Guide for Julian Barnes’s “Melon”. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2007. Pp. [48]. 20.3 x 12.7 cm. ISBN: 9780787670320. ISSN: 1092-7735.
Secondary source analyzing Julian Barnes’s short story “Melon” for high school and college students. Contents include:
Introduction
Author Biography
Plot Summary
Characters
Themes
Style
Historical Context
Critical Overview
Sources
Notes on this item: Julian Barnes. “O Silêncio | The Silence.” Programme for the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (SESP), August 2010. Translated by Ana Deiró. (Portuguese-Brazil).
Julian Barnes’s short story appears on pp. 12-19.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Noise of Time. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Pp. 199 + [5]. 19 x 13.3 cm. Uncorrected Proof in paper cover with a preliminary publication date scheduled for 10 May 2016.