Keeping an Eye Open (Vintage International, 2017)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art. New York: Vintage International, 2017. Pp. 278. 21.6 x 17.1 cm. ISBN: 9781101873373.

The Only Story (Vintage International, 2019)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Only Story. New York: Vintage International, 2019. Pp. 253 [254] + [6]. 20.3 + 13 cm. ISBN: 9780525563068.

The Noise of Time (Vintage International, 2017)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Noise of Time. New York: Vintage International, 2017. Pp. 201 + [5]. 20.2 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 9781101971185.

Letters from London (Vintage International, 1995)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Letters from London. New York: Vintage International, 1995. Pp. 320. 20.4 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679761616.

The example above appears to be a second printing with a number line of “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2”. It has a price of $13.00 on the back cover.

The example below appears to be a sixth printing with a number line of “10 9 8 7 6”. It has a price of $14.00 on the back cover. It has the same measurements and pagination as the earlier edition.

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Vintage International, 1990)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. New York: Vintage International, 1990. Pp. 307 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 0679731377.

The copy photographed above is the 5th printing.

Staring at the Sun (Vintage International, 1993)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun. New York: Vintage International, 1993. Pp. 197 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 0679748202.

Julian Barnes changed the dedication page for the Vintage American edition to honor his former editor Frances Lindley (1911-1987).

Metroland (Vintage International, 1992)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. New York: Vintage International, 1992. Pp. 176. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679736085.

The printing below shows the 3rd printing of the Vintage International edition.

Before She Met Me (Vintage International, 1992)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Before She Met Me. New York: Vintage International, 1992. Pp. 183 + [3]. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679736093.

The printing below is for a 3rd printing of the Vintage International paperback edition.

Cross Channel (Vintage International, 1997)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel. New York: Vintage International, 1997. Pp. 211 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 067976755X.

First U.S. paperback edition of Julian Barnes’s first collection of short stories.

Levels of Life (Vintage International, 2013)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Levels of Life. New York: Vintage International, 2013. Pp. 128 + [4]. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 9780345806581.

Cover design by Megan Wilson. Cover painting Grief, 1999-2002 (oil on wood; detail) by Howard Hodgkin. Author photograph by Jillian Edelstein.