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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending. Paris: Harrap/Larousse, 2013. Pp. 156 + [4]. 19.1 x 12.5 cm. ISBN: 9782818702796.
This edition publishes the English text with key words translated into French in the margins to assist French readers wishing to read the original English. The cover states: “Lire en anglais avec la traduction des mots-clés” (“Read in English with the translation of key words”).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Une histoire du monde en 10 chapitres 1/2 | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Paris: Mercure de France, 2011. Pp. 482 + [14]. 20.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Michel Courtois-Fourcy. ISBN: 9782715231566 (French).
French edition reissued in 2011, with wrap-around paper band.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Rien à craindre | Nothing to Be Frightened of. Mercure de France, 2009. Pp. 301 [302] + [4]. 20.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782715228726. (French).
This is the first French edition published in January 2009, issued with wrap-around paper band. Later in 2009, the Gallimard Folio edition appeared (series no. 5070).
Notes on this edition: Volker Kriegel. The Truth about Dogs. London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Pp. 121 + [7]. 17.7 x 11. cm. ISBN: 0747578524. £5.99.
First published by Bloomsbury in hardback, this edition features a newly designed paper cover in blue-green. Originally published as Kriegels Kleine Hunde-Kunde by Volker Kriegel. Translated and with an introduction by Julian Barnes.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Pedantul în bucătărie | The Pedant in the Kitchen. Bucureşti: Editura Nemira, 2006. Pp. 182 [183] + [9]. 17.9 x 10.2 cm. Translated by Marina Radu. ISBN: 9735697882. (Romanian).
The Romanian edition of Julian Barnes’s collection of cookery essays The Pedant in the Kitchen include the original illustrations by Joe Berger that first appeared in The Guardian alongside Barnes’s essays.
Also featured in the photographs is a promotional bookmark that was inserted into this copy of the book.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Café au Lait | Cross Channel. Bucureşti: Editura Nemira, 2005. Pp. 249 [250] + [6]. 17.8 x 10.7 cm. Translated by Mihai Moroiu. ISBN: 9789735697846. (Romanian).
Café au lait is the Roman translation of Julian Barnes’s short story collection Cross Channel. Story titles in this edition include: Ermitaj | Interferențe | Nod de cale ferată | Pepene galben | Experiment | Veșnic | Gnossienne | Dragoni | Brambilla | Tunel
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes .Arthur & George. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2012. Pp. 430 + [6]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 9780307363220.
In 2012, Random House Canada’s three paperback divisions (Anchor Canada, Vintage Canada, and Emblem Editions) joined efforts to publish a series of colorful paperback books. Julian Barnes’s Arthur & George was selected for the series and published in blue with text edges tinted blue to match, as pictured.
You may read more about the series and view images of books on display at “Random House of Canada Taps into Trend of Books Doubling as Decor” (Quill & Quire, 18 October 2012).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Papagalul lui Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot. Bucureşti: Nemira Grup Editorial, 2006. Pp. 251 [252] + [4]. 17.8 x 10.6 cm. Translated by Virgil Stanciu. ISBN: 9735698455 (Romania).
An earlier Romanian edition was published by Editura Univers in 1997.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Talking It Over. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Pp. 275 + [3]. 21.2 x 13.6 cm.
In 1991, prior to publishing the hardback edition, Alfred A. Knopf issued a special, signed “proof” edition of Julian Barnes’s novel Talking It Over. The text is bound in white wraps with black text and is housed in a glossy, black, stiff paper slip case/container with the title and graphics printed in white.
Though booksellers routinely refer to this edtion as a “limited” or signed “uncorrected proof”, nowhere on the book or cover does it clearly state that the book is an uncorrected proof, nor is there a limitation statement. That said, this edition was clearly published prior to the Knopf hardback and used as a promotional item.
Not to be confused with the standard uncorrected proof printed in blue paper covers and sent to reviewers.
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Le Port de la Magouille | Fiddle City. [Paris]: Gallimard, 1982. Pp. 250 [251] + [5]. 17.8 x 10.7 cm. Translated by R. Fitzgerald. ISBN: 2070488705. (French).
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