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Notes on this edition: Laura Cumming. Julian Barnes. London: Book Trust in Conjunction with the British Council, 1990.
Pamphlet with three folds making four panels per side. Measures 10 x 21 cm when folded. Includes biographical information written by Laura Cumming, a short bibliography of Barnes’s novels, blurbs from critics, and Barnes’s photo and facsimile signature to the front panel.
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: Julian Barnes. “The Stowaway” from A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. The Reader’s Collection, 1989. Pp.28. 23 x 15.5 cm.
Sample chapter from Julian Barnes’s novel bound in paper covers. Stated on the inside pages: “This free sample chapter is one of the four specially printed for the Summer Reader’s Collection […]”.
The sample chapter includes a reproduction of the novel’s title page and copyright page. As this is the only sample examined, it remains unclear why the Barnes chapter was bound in a cover featuring cover art from Gita Mehta’s Raj.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Polsslag | Pulse. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas, 2011. Pp. 252 [253] + [3]. 21 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Ronald Vlek. ISBN: 9789045018607. (Dutch).
Visit the Atlas website: http://www.atlascontact.nl/auteur/julian-barnes/
Notes on this edition: “One of a Kind” by Julian Barnes. The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories. Edited with an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. London: Penguin, 1988.
Julian Barnes’s short story “One of a Kind” is published on pages 400-406. In this example, Barnes has signed his entry. Formerly from the library of book collector Rolland Comstock.
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.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Артър & Джордж | Arthur & George. Sofia: Obsidian, 2006. Pp. 478 [479] + [1]. 19.9 x 13 cm. Translated by любомир николов. ISBN: 9789547691339. (Bulgarian).
Notes on this edition: Alphonse Daudet. In the Land of Pain. Translated by Julian Barnes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Pp. 87 + [3]. 18.5 x 13 cm.
Uncorrected Proof in lavendar wraps with black lettering. Publication information and the statement, ‘THIS IS AN UNCORRECTED PROOF’ on bottom of front cover. Preliminary publication date set for 16 January 2003. Title page lists date as ‘2002’. Dust jacket art reproduced on first page. (18.5 x 12.9 cm).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel: Stories. London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. Pp. 211 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.3 cm. ISBN: 0224043013.
Uncorrected Proof in cream card wraps with black and red lettering. Designed to resemble a traditional French Gallimard paperback edition. ‘JONATHAN CAPE UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF’ in black along bottom of upper panel. Limited to 500 copies with the numbering to the first sheet.
An unknown number of copies of this uncorrected proof were printed without the limitation line. The assumption is that this print run was extremely low and was supplied to in-house employees only, rather than reviewers. A copy of this proof, with a lengthy inscription from Julian Barnes, is in his bibliographer’s private collection.
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Duffy en de pornokoning | Duffy. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij de Arbeiderspers, 1982. Pp. 199 + [5]. 20 x 11.5 cm. Translated by C. A. G. van den Broek. ISBN: 9029524588. (Dutch).