The Noise of Time (Jonathan Cape, 2016)


Notes on this edition: The first English language edition of Julian Barnes’s The Noise of Time was preceded in publication by the Dutch and Georgian translations. A very small quantity of dust jackets for the first edition were published with a printing error in which the red lettering was not applied (see example).

Descriptive Bibliography: First edition – London: Jonathan Cape, 2016. £14.99. ISBN: 9781910702604

Title Page: JULIAN BARNES | THE NOISE | OF TIME | [Jonathan Cape device] | JONATHAN CAPE | LONDON

Copyright Page: 1 3 5 7 9 20 8 6 4 2 | Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, | 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, | London SW1V 2SA | Jonathan Cape is part of the Penguin Random House | group of companies whose addresses can be found at | global.penguinrandomhouse.com. | [Penguin Random House UK device] | Copyright © Julian Barnes 2016 | Julian Barnes has asserted his right to be identified as the | author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, | Designs and Patents Act 1988. | First published by Jonathan Cape in 2016 | www.vintage-books.co.uk | A CIP catalogue record for this book | is available from the British Library | ISBN: 9781910702604 | Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Ltd, Falkirk, Stirlingshire | Printed and bound by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Penguin Random House is committed to a sustainable | future for our business, our readers and our planet. This book is | made from Forest Stewardship Council® certified paper. | [FSC® logo]

Collation: 19.7 x 12.8 cm. Pp. [i-viii] 1-3 [4-6] 7-58 [59-60] 61-111 [112-114] 115-179 [180-182] 183 [184]. [i]: ‘THE NOISE OF TIME’. [ii]: ‘Also by Julian Barnes | FICTION | Metroland | Before She Met Me | Flaubert’s Parrot | Staring at the Sun | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters | Talking it Over | The Porcupine | Cross Channel | England, England | Love, etc | The Lemon Table | Arthur & George | Pulse | The Sense of an Ending | NON-FICTION | Letters from London 1990–1995 | Something to Declare | The Pedant in the Kitchen | Nothing to Be Frightened Of | Through the Window | Levels of Life | Keeping an Eye Open | TRANSLATION | In the Land of Pain | by Alphonse Daudet’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘for Pat’. [vi]: blank. [vii]: ‘One to hear | One to remember | And one to drink. | traditional’. [viii]: blank. 1-3: text. [4]: blank. [5]: ‘1: On the Landing’. [6]: blank. 7-58: text. [59]: ‘2: On the Plane’. [60]: blank. 61-111: text. [112]: blank. [113]: ‘3: In the Car’. [114]: blank. 115-[180]: text. [181-182]: blank. 183-[184]: [‘Author’s note’].

General description: Binding 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Black cloth boards stamped in red lettering to spine. Black endpapers. Cover design by Suzanne Dean with an illustration by Vladimir Zimokov. Back flap of dust jacket features an author photograph by Alan Edwards.


The example below is the 11th printing:

The Noise of Time | Waterstones Exclusive Edition (Vintage, 2017)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Noise of Time. London: Vintage, 2017. Pp. 183 [184]. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9781784703325.

Waterstones issued an exclusive paperback edition of Julian Barnes’s The Noise of Time. The book is identical to the standard Vintage paperback edition, except the cover of the Waterstones edition has French flaps with promotional blurbs printed to the flaps, as shown. Both editions share the same ISBN.

The Noise of Time (Vintage, 2017)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Noise of Time. London: Vintage, 2017. Pp. 183 [184]. 19.7 x 12.7 cm. ISBN: 9781784703325.

The first paperback edition issued by Vintage in the United Kingdom. Paper covers with promotional blurbs printed on the inside covers. Precedes the Waterstones exclusive edition, which is identical (size, ISBN, title page, copyright page, etc.), except that the cover of the Waterstones edition has French flaps.

Also featured is a promotional bookmark for the novel.


Below is the third printing of the Vintage paperback edition:

The Noise of Time (Thorndike Press, 2016; Large Print)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Noise of Time. Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2016. Pp. 269 + [3]. 22.3 x 14.5 cm. ISBN: 9781410490193.

Large Print edition published by Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.