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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 211 + [5]. 19.7 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9780099540151.
The copyright page states the book is a 5th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 176. 19.6 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9780099540069.
The copyright page states the book is a 6th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Through the Window: Seventeen Essays and a Short Story. London: Vintage Books, 2012. Pp. 243 + [3]. 19.8 x 12.8 cm.
Uncorrected Proof of the first U.K. Vintage edition. Inscribed by Julian Barnes to his bibliographer.
Notes on this edition: Gift Bag distributed by Vintage to its employees at Christmas in 2012. The bag features ornamental rules designed in the shape of a Christmas tree to both sides. The bags contained three books published by Vintage or Jonathan Cape: a copy of Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier (Vintage Books, 2010), Julian Barnes’s A Life with Books (Jonathan Cape, 2012), and his collection of essays Through the Window (Vintage Books, 2012). This bag was sent by Barnes to his bibliographer with a special inscription from the author.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Arthur & George. London: Vintage Books, 2006. Pp. 505 + [1]. 19.8 x 13 cm. ISBN: 978099492733.
This first edition Vintage paperback looks very similar to the first trade paperback issued by Jonathan Cape in 2005. The front and back covers share the same art design and text, with subtle changes in price and publisher where necessary. The title and copyright pages distinguish the two editions, as each notes the specific publisher.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Pulse. London: Vintage Books, 2011. Pp. 228 + [4]. 19.7 x 12.6 cm. ISBN: 9780099552475.
Stories included: East Wind | At Phil & Joanna’s 1: 60/40 | Sleeping with John Updike | At Phil & Joanna’s 2: Marmalade | Gardeners’ World | At Phil & Joanna’s 3: Look, No Hands | Trespass | At Phil & Joanna’s 4: One in Five | Marriage Lines | The Limner | Complicity | Harmony | Carcassonne | Pulse
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Porcupine. Toronto: Vintage International, 1993. Pp.138 + [8]. 20.2 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 9780394223308. $12.50.
Stated to copyright page: “FIRST VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, OCTOBER 1993”. This particular edition was published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House Canada. Blurb to front cover from the The Toronto Star.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Arthur & George. London: Vintage Books, 2012. Pp. 505 + [1]. 19.3 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9780099492733.
Vintage issued the paperback edition of Julian Barnes’s Arthur & George with an updated cover following the success of Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending in 2011. The cover lettering echoes the lettering on the jacket of the Jonathan Cape edition of the Man Booker Prize winning novel. Both covers were designed by Suzanne Dean. The edition pictured is a eleventh printing with the number sequence on the copyright page: “12 14 16 18 20 19 17 15 13 11”.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. England, England. London: Vintage Books, 2008. Pp. 266. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9780099526544.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending. London: Vintage Books, 2012. Pp. 150 + [4]. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9780099564973.
First Vintage paperback edition for the U.K. market. Cover design by Suzanne Dean. This copy features a darkened fore edge to accentuate the cover design.