Maigret by Georges Simenon (The Folio Society, 2018; Introduction)


Notes on this edition: Georges Simenon. Maigret. London: The Folio Society, 2018.

Julian Barnes introduces this 3-volume Folio Society set. His introduction appears on pages vii-xv in the volume titled Maigret and the Calame Report. Pp. 160. 22.3 x 14.4 cm. Translated by Moura Budberg. Wood engravings by Harry Brockway.

The set includes three novels:

Maigret and the Calame Report
Maigret and the Wine Merchant
Maigret and the Saturday Caller

Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! (Éditions La Pionnière, 2020; French | Limited Edition of 15)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! Éditions La Pionnière, 2020. Pp. 26 + [6]. 25 x 14.5 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. (French).

This excerpt from Keeping an Eye Open was published as a pamphlet in a limited edition of 585 copies and an additional limited edition of XV numbered with Roman numerals.

The copy photographed above is numbered “I” and is signed on the limitation page. It is also inscribed on the title page.

Each copy has 9 inset color images throughout (one pictured above). The edition of XV was printed on larger pages that were uncut when bound. This edition is also placed in a slipcase, as pictured.

O sentido de um fim | The Sense of an Ending (TAG/Rocco, 2019; Portuguese-Brazil)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. O sentido de um fim | The Sense of an Ending. Rio de Janeiro: TAG/Rocco, 2019. Pp. 175 + [1]. 21.7 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Léa Viveiros de Castro. ISBN: 9788532531391. (Portuguese-Brazil).

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The TAG edition of O sentido de um fim includes the novel, a pamphlet containing articles and information about the book, a bookmark, and a blank notebook, all housed in a slipcase, as shown.

Pamphlet: Pp. 32. 21.5 x 14 cm.
Notebook: 20.7 x 14.1 cm. The pages are dotted, not blank or lined.
Slipcase: 21.9 x 14.2 cm.

Ein Leben by Maupassant | “Nachwort” (Mare Verlag, 2015; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Nachwort.” Guy de Maupassant. Ein Leben. Hamburg: Mare Verlag, 2015. Pp. 379 + [5]. 21 x 13.2 cm. “Nachwort” translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783866481947. (German).

First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords (Folio Society, 2008)


Notes on this edition: First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords. London: Folio Society, 2008. Pp. 132. 19.9 x 13.4 cm (book). 20.8 x 14.2 cm (slipcase).

Julian Barnes’s foreword to Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier appears on pp. 122-130.

Other contributors of note found in this collection include: Peter Ackroyd, Philip Pullman, A. S. Byatt, Jonathan Coe, and William Trevor.

 

The Sense of an Ending | Man Booker Shortlist Leather Bound (Author’s Copy)


Notes on this edition: Each author shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize receives a specially bound edition created by a Designer Bookbinders Fellow. The bookbinder designs and completes the edition in 4-5 weeks, and authors are presented with their special editions on the evening of the Man Booker award ceremony.

Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2011, and this special edition was bound by Philip Smith. Photographed from Julian Barnes’s personal collection.

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England, England | Man Booker Shortlist Leather Bound (Author’s Copy)


Notes on this edition: Each author shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize receives a specially bound edition created by a Designer Bookbinders Fellow. The bookbinder designs and completes the edition in 4-5 weeks, and authors are presented with their special editions on the evening of the Man Booker award ceremony.

Julian Barnes’s England, England was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1998, and this special edition was bound by Ann Thornton. Photographed from Julian Barnes’s personal collection.

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Evermore | Standard Edition 1/150 (Palawan Press, 1996)


Notes on this edition: Evermore. London: Palawan Press, 1996.

Julian Barnes’s story “Everymore” was privately printed by Palawan Press in two limited editions. The most limited “Blue Edition” was limited to 50 copies. The “Standard Edition” was limited to 150 copies. Both editions feature text by Julian Barnes with prints by Howard Hodgkin.

The example presented here is the author’s personal copy “AP 4” [Artist Proof no. 4] from an artist’s proof set of 15.

The “Standard Edition” is described on the Palawan Press website as:

“Limited to 150 copies numbered and signed by the writer and the artist. The book, in hand painted blue wrappers, comprises six original etchings. The bound book is encased in a silver clothbound sleeve and enclosed in a cardboard box and sleeve.”

Die Briefe an Louise Colet (Haffmans, 1995; German; Foreword by Julian Barnes)


Notes on this edition: Die Briefe an Louise Colet | The Letters of Louise Colet. Translated from the French and with notes by Cornelia Hasting. Zürich: Haffmans, 1995. Pp. 991 [992]. 18.6 x 11.5 cm. Julian Barnes’s foreword translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3251201875. (German).

Julian Barnes’s foreword appears on pp. 7-[16].

Arthur & George | Man Booker Shortlist Leather Bound (Author’s Copy)


Notes on this edition: Each author shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize receives a specially bound edition created by a Designer Bookbinders Fellow. The bookbinder designs and completes the edition in 4-5 weeks, and authors are presented with their special editions on the evening of the Man Booker award ceremony.

Julian Barnes’s Arthur & George was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2005, and this special edition was bound by Lester Capon. Photographed from Julian Barnes’s personal collection.

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