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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. El puercoespín | The Porcupine. Madrid: Nevsky Prospects, 2011. Pp. 234 + [6]. 21.4 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Marian Womack. ISBN: 9788493824648. (Spanish).
Brown paper wraps with red and black geometric illustrations to front, back, and flaps. Features red end pages, as shown. Contains an introduction by Víctor Andresco. This edition is No. 3 in the Colección Perspectivas series. El puercoespin.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Amore, ecc. | Talking It Over. Torino: Einaudi, 1998. Pp. 266 + [18]. 19.4 x 11.9 cm. Translated by Riccardo Mainardi. ISBN: 9788806143053. (Italian).
Stated to the copyright page: “Questo volume è apparso nel 1992 presso l’editore Rizzoli con il titolo Parliamone. [This volume appeared in 1992 by the publisher Rizzoli under the title Parliamone.] This edition is also marked as “Einaudi Tascabili. Letteratura 568”.
Cover features art by George Underwood.
Visit Einaudi’s author page for Julian Barnes here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/julian-barnes/
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Tristeţi de lămîie: povestiri | The Lemon Table. Bucharest: Editura Nemira, 2005. Pp. 252 [253] + [3]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Mihai Moroiu. ISBN: 9789735697273. (Romanian).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Letters from London. New York: Vintage International, 1995. Pp. 311 + [5]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. Uncorrected Proof in light blue wraps with black lettering.
Tentative publication date set for July 26, 1995, with a tentative price of $13.00.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Trois | Talking It Over. Bucharest: Nemira, 2006. Pp. 284 [285] + [3] . 17.8 x 10.6 cm. Translated by Cornelia Bucur. ISBN: 9789735698355. (Romanian).
Notes on this edition: David Rees – Bruce Chatwin, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes: A Bibliography of Their First Editions. London: Colophon Press, 1992. Pp. 24. ISBN (numbered edition): 1874122024; (lettered edition): 1874122032.
An early bibliography of Julian Barnes’s works from Metroland to Talking It Over, including his novels written under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh.
Number 2 in the Colophon Press Bibliography Series, published on 14 February 1992. Published in an edition of 250 numbered copies, with an additional 26 signed copies lettered A-Z.
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Duffy. Berlin: Ullstein Krimi, 1981. Pp. 156 + [4]. 17.8 x 11.6 cm. Translated by Bernd Jost. ISBN: 3548101313. (German).
German translated of Duffy by Dan Kavanagh. Published in December 1981, this is number 10131 in the Ullstein Krimi series of paperback thrillers.
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Airportratten | Fiddle City. Berlin: Ullstein Krimi, 1983. Pp. 157 + [3]. 17.8 x 11.6 cm. Translated by Bernd Jost. ISBN: 3548101852. (German).
German translated of Fiddle City by Dan Kavanagh. Published in February 1983, this is number 10185 in the Ullstein Krimi series of paperback thrillers.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. Pp. 195 + [1]. 20.6 x 13.8 cm. Uncorrected Proof in brown, white and orange pictorial wraps. Image is similar to the final dust jacket. White lettering, except ‘UNCORRECTED PROOF’ in black along bottom.
Provisional U.K. publication date set for 18 September 1986, for a provisional price of £9.95.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun. Groningen: Marlies Louwes, 1997. Pp. [12]. 11.7 x 18.5 cm.
Limited, letterpress edition of the opening section of Julian Barnes’s novel Staring at the Sun. This pamphlet features artwork by Marlies Louwes. The colophon states: ‘Typeset in Bembo and Printed in 40 copies on Zerkall-Bütten.’ Text reprinted with the author’s permission. Yellow paper cover.