The Porcupine

by Barnes, Julian

Julian Barnes was born in Leicester in 1946 and educated in London and Oxford. He worked as a lexicographer on the Oxford English Dictionary, then as a journalist for the New Statesman, the Sunday Times and the Observer. He is the author of eight novels, a collection of essays, a book of short stories, and is the first Englishman to have won both the Prix Medicis and the Prix Femina. In 1988 he was made a Chevalier and in 1995 he became an Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.From the Hardcover edition.

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London: J. Cape. Good. Paperback. 1992. 150 pages. Cover worn.<br>138 pages ; 20 cm A sharp novel about the most dramatic political downfall of our time - that of Easter n Europe The Porcupine was first published in Bulgarian, under t he title Bodlivo svinche -- Back jacket flap .
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. Jacket with minor creasing and wear on edges. Superficial marks on jacket front and rear. Head and foot of jacket and hardcover spine are a little bumped. Pencil on FEP. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH.. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.
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Jonathan Cape, 1992-11-05. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, Jonathan Cape hardcover w/ DJ, 1992. Ex-library, but has no markings other than a card pocket on ffe page and red sticker on DJ spine. Book is otherwise in VG condition, w/ clean text, tight binding. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no… Read more about this item
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London: Jonathan Cape. This is a Near Fine Copy of this book in burgundy cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped with (£9.99 showing to the inner flap).The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning or rolling to spine.The dust-wrapper is now well protected in a removable… Read more about this item
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London : J. Cape, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 138 pages ; 20cm. Subjects: Eastern Europe -- Politics and government -- Fiction.
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Random House Canada. Fine+. 1992. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0394223241 . Black Hardcover, black cloth spine covering. In Fine+ condition. The DJ is unclipped and also in Fine+ condition. " Barnes trains his laser-bright prose on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range… Read more about this item
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KNOPF. NY 1992. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679419179 . First American edition. SIGNED by Julian Barnes on title page. Close to fine in fine dust jacket. (Trace of foxing at top edge. ) .
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Random House Canada, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Canadian Edition. Not price-clipped ($19.50 price intact). Published by Random House, 1992. Octavo. Black cloth over black boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. A few light marks… Read more about this item
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Jonathan Cape. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Clear wrap added. (political fiction, communism, Eastern Europe)
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1992 VG+/VG. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt in dustwrapper (edges rubbed, two discrete closed tears, internally repaired); pp. [vi (last blank)], 138. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.
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London: Vintage, 2014. reprint. p/b. Very good, small crease on cover; owner's stamp inside cover.. B (198 x 129). Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own… Read more about this item
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.. 1992.. Fine. SIGNED BY JULIAN BARNES - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed. Half-title, title, [1] leaf & 138 pages. Near fine. <p>First American edition.<p>Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page.
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