paper covers – Page 65 – Julian Barnes Bibliography

La table citron | The Lemon Table (Mercure de France, 2006; French)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. La table citron | The Lemon Table. Paris: Mercure de France, 2006. Pp. 252 [253] + [5]. 20.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 2715225180. (French).

Published in January 2006, this edition features a promotional, paper band with an image of lemons.

Uit het raam: essays | Through the Window (Atlas Contact, 2012; Dutch)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Uit het raam: essays | Through the Window: Seventeen Essays (and one short story). Amsterdam: Atlas Contact, 2012. Pp. 286 [287] + [1] . 21 x 13.4 cm. ISBN: 9789045019314. (Dutch).

Atlas Contact published the Dutch edition of Through the Window approximately two months prior to the first British edition, making the Dutch edition the first printed appearance of the collection.

Note: In the pictured specimen, the title page has been altered to remove a lengthy, personal inscription.

Visit the Atlas website: http://www.atlascontact.nl/auteur/julian-barnes/

Arthur & George (Vintage Canada, 2006)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Arthur & George. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2006. Pp. 430 + [6]. 20.3 x 13.2 cm. ISBN: 0679314180.

First Canadian paperback edition. The specimen pictured here shows signs of acidity to the inside covers (as shown).

The paperback edition was reprinted with the same covers and pagination. The example below is the third reprint edition with the copyright page listing the number line as “4 6 8 9 7 5”.

Arthur & George | Trade Paperback (Jonathan Cape, 2005)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Arthur & George. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. Pp. 360 + [2]. 23.2 x 15.7 cm. ISBN: 0224078771 (“Trade Paperback”).

Jonathan Cape published this paperback edition with redesigned covers as part of an effort to capitalize on the novel’s selection for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Some copies also featured “Richard & Judy” stickers affixed to the front cover, as shown in the last photo above.

Unlike an earlier trade paperback (or “airport edition”), this edition features redesigned covers and a smaller text block. Note the lettering to the front cover is embossed, suggesting a stylistic connection to the embossed Jonathan Cape hardback edition. This edition provides a different ISBN number to the copyright page to distinguish it as a separate and distinct trade paperback.

Arthur & George | “Airport” Paperback (Jonathan Cape, 2005)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Arthur & George. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. Pp. 360 + [2]. 23.2 x 15.2 cm. ISBN: 0224077821. (“Trade Paperback”).

This edition was published shortly after Jonathan Cape released the first hardback edition. While the copyright pages suggests this is a “Trade Paperback”, the intention was to capitalize on the novel’s popularity by introducing a cheaper edition to select markets, such as airports, while traditional bookstores still carried the hardback edition (i.e. prior to Jonathan Cape’s publication of the regular paperback edition later in 2005). For this reason, the paper covers replicate the Jonathan Cape hardback edition.

Title page appears identical to the hardback edition, and the copyright page states this particular specimen is a fourth printing.