Tag: paper covers

“Emma Bovary’s Eyes” (Granta 7: Best of Young British Novelists, 1983)

Notes on this edition: Granta: Best of Young British Novelists, issue 7 (Granta, 1983). ISSN: 0017-3231; ISBN: 0140068333. Edited by Bill Buford and distributed by Penguin Books.

First appearance of Julian Barnes’s story “Emma Bovary’s Eyes” which later appeared as a chapter in his novel Flaubert’s Parrot. The Granta version contains some textual differences from the finished novel and appears on pages 59-67.

Other authors featured in this collection include: Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Ursula Bentley, William Boyd, Buchi Emecheta, Maggie Gee, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alan Judd, Adam Mars-Jones, Ian McEwan, Shiva Naipaul, Philip Norman, Christopher Priest, Salman Rushdie, Lisa de Terán, Clive Sinclair, Graham Swift, Rose Tremain, A. N. Wilson.

Der Rabe No. 42 (Haffmans, 1995; German)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “1981” & “Ansprache des Shakespeare-Preisträgers 1993.” Der Rabe: Magazin fur jede , No. 42, Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1995. Pp. 242 + [14]. 18 x 10.8 cm. ISBN: 3251100424.

Julian Barnes contributes two works to this issue of Der Rabe. “1981” (pp. [11]-25) and “Ansprache des Shakespeare-Preisträgers 1993” (pp. [223]-231). Both pieces were translated by Gertraude Krueger.

The Truth about Dogs by Volker Kriegel (Bloomsbury, 1990)

Notes on this edition: Volker Kriegel. The Truth about Dogs. London: Bloomsbury, 1990. Pp. 121 + [7]. 15.1 x 9.2 cm. Translated and introduced by Julian Barnes. Introduction on pages 7-10.

Evermore (Penguin Books, 1996; Pictures by Howard Hodgkin)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Evermore. London: Penguin Books, 1996. Pp. 42 [43] + [5]. 13.7 x 10.5 cm. ISBN: 9780140260410.

This small format paperback features the short story “Evermore” from Julian Barnes’s collection Cross Channel. Published at 75p in the UK and $1.99 in Canada.

Pictures by Howard Hodgkin included. Two deluxe, signed, limited editions of this story were published by the Palawan Press. One edition was limited to 50 copies and the other to 150 copies.

A small number of the Penguin paperback were signed by Howard Hodgkin, as shown in the last picture above. This particular copy was also signed by Julian Barnes to his bibliographer in July 2018.

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.

Going to the Dogs (Penguin Books, 1988)

Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Going to the Dogs. London: Penguin Books, 1988. Pp. 207 [208]. 18 x 11 cm. ISBN: 0140103376.

Julian Barnes’s fourth novel published under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. First U.K. paperback edition following the publication of the first hardback edition by Viking in 1987.

Inglaterra, Inglaterra | England, England (Anagrama, 1999; Spanish)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Inglaterra, Inglaterra | England, England. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1999. Pp. 317 + [3]. 22 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Jaime Zulaika. ISBN: 8433968912. (Spanish).

This example is the third printing issued in October 1999. Includes a red promotional wrap-around band stating the printing.

Going to the Dogs (Perennial Library, 1989)

Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Going to the Dogs. New York: Perennial Library, 1989. Pp. 207 [208]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. ISBN: 0060809531.

American paperback edition with “A PERENNIAL BRITISH MYSTERY” noted on the front cover.

El Perfeccionista en la cocina | The Pedant in the Kitchen (Anagrama, 2006; Spanish)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. El Perfeccionista en la cocina | The Pedant in the Kitchen. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006. Pp. 131 + [5]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Jaime Zulaika. ISBN: 8433971018. (Spanish).

The copy pictured is a 2nd printing from “septiembre 2006”.

Mirando al sol | Starting at the Sun (Anagrama, 1987; Spanish)

Notes on this edition: Mirando al sol | Starting at the Sun. Barcelona: Anagrama, 1987). Pp. 207 + [1]. 19.8 x 14 cm. Translated by Agustín Tena. ISBN: 8433931113. (Spanish). First Spanish edition in paper covers issued in “octubre 1987”.

Below, the second printing of this edition from “noviembre 1987”.