Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 回憶的餘燼 (Hui yi de yu jin) | The Sense of an Ending. Tian Xia Wen Hua, 2012. Pp. 205 + [3]. 21 x 15 cm. (Chinese).
Paper cover with dust jacket and promotional band. Copyright page appears on page [206].
Month: July 2017
Love, etc. | Talking It Over (Éditions Denoël / Le Grand Livre du Mois, 1992; French | Book of the Month)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. | Talking It Over. Paris: Éditions Denoël / Le Grand Livre du Mois, 1992. Pp. 314 + [2]. 21.7 x 14.6 cm. Translated by Raymond Las Vergnas. ISBN: 9782286040642. (French).
French translation of Julian Barnes’s Talking It Over under the title Love, etc. This “Book of the Month” selection in bound in red. Printed in October 1992.
Love, etc. | Uncorrected Proof (Alfred A. Knopf, 2001)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Pp. 224 + [8]. 21.2 x 13.9 cm.
Advance Reader’s Proof in cream wraps with black and red lettering, as in the first American edition. Upper panel includes the statement, ‘ADVANCE READER’S EDITION’. Publication information on lower panel. Title listed as, ‘Love, etc.’ [full stop].
This proof was printed for wider distribution than Knopf’s in-house, red proof.
Fiddle City (Harper & Row/Perennial Library, 1989)
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Fiddle City. New York: Harper & Row (First Perennial Library Edition), 1989. Pp. 173 + [3]. 17.7 x 10.5 cm. ISBN: 0060809523.
Death (Vintage Minis, 2017)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Death. London: Vintage, 2017. Pp. 106 + [18]. 17.7 x 11 cm. ISBN: 9781784872601.
Published as part of the “Vintage Mini” series, Death excerpts portions of Julian Barnes’s book Nothing to Be Frightened of (Jonathan Cape, 2008.)
10½ Bölümde Dünya Tarihi | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Ayrıntı, 1999; Turkish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 10½ Bölümde Dünya Tarihi | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Istanbul: Ayrinti Yayinlari, 1999. Pp. 312 + [8]. 19.5 x 12.9 cm. Translated by Serdar Rifat Kirkoğlu. ISBN: 975539236x. (Turkish).
Two specimens featured, one with a numeric sticker on the back cover. Otherwise, the two copies are identical.
Previously published in Turkish by AFA Yayinlari (1994).
England, England (Picador, 1999)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. England, England. London: Picador, 1999. Pp. 266. 19.6 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 9780330373449.
This particular specimen is the third printing of the Picador paperback edition. Included in the photos is a detail of the title, stamped in gold lettering.
The Sense of an Ending (Vintage Open-Market Edition, 2012)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending. Vintage International, 2012. Pp. 163 + [5]. 17.4 x 10.6 cm. ISBN: 9780307951243. $7.99.
Copyright page states: “FIRST VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL OPEN-MARKET EDITION, | FEBRUARY 2012”. The format is smaller than the regular Vintage International paperback edition issued around the same time.
Prerekanja | Talking It Over (Mladinska knjiga, 1997; Slovenian)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Prerekanja | Talking It Over. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1997. Pp. 232 + [4]. 20.5 x 14.8 cm. Translated by Valerija Cokan. ISBN: 8611149572. (Slovenian).
Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over (Compactos Anagrama, 2003; Spanish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over. Barcelona: Compactos Anagrama, 2003. Pp. 237 + [3]. 20.5 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. (Spanish).
This is the second printing of the Compactos Anagrama paperback edition. The first printing of the Compactos edition was in 1999, and the third printing was in 2006.