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New York. 2002. New Directions. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0811214974. Translated from the Spanish by Patricia Haugaard. 211 pages. hardcover. Cover Illustration by Juan Pablo Rada. Jacket design by Semadar Megged. keywords: Europe Spain Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - BOXWOOD, which can perhaps best be described as a non-novel, has none of the structural signposts readers generally expect: there is no plot, no crux, no denouement. Instead we have a mix of folklore, tradition, superstition, autobiographical snatches, cooking directions, a litany of nautical disasters on the Coast of Death - ships from afar with cargoes of oranges, typewriters, iron ore, oil, spices - elements of nature both cruel and beautiful, of man both saint and sinner, whales, witches, mermaids, ghosts, the exquisite, the crass, all against the background of Cela's birthplace, Galicia. In one of the early exchanges between reader and author that occur randomly in the text the reader understandably asks: �Isn't this getting a little jumbled? ~' �Just a shade jumbled.' �Like life itself?' �Yes, though I try not to say so.' Reader bear with him. There's gold to mine! Camilo Jose Cela was born in Galicia in 1916 - his father, Spanish; his mother, English. He studied law, medicine, and philosophy in London and Madrid and in his younger years worked as a journalist and an actor. Cela published over fifty books - among them The Family of Pascual Duarte, HIVE, and MAZURKA FOR TWO DEAD MEN. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1989 and died in 2002. Patricia Haugaard lives in Ireland and has translated a number of books from the Spanish. She is very familiar with Galicia and its coastal area. �If there is any Spanish novelist who deserves the Nobel Prize on the merit of experimentation alone, it is without doubt Camilo Jose Cela.' - Miguel Ugarte, The Nation. inventory #32373

Madrid.: Alfaguara., 1974.. Hardcover. Good. 20 cm. 348 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta. Lengua española. Argots y jergas. Cela, Camilo José, 1916-2002. Español. Palabras y frases malsonantes. Diccionarios. Jerga . Literatura.(82) [[82]]

Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, 1965. Cloth. Fine/Near Good. Text in Spanish. Smaller book, dark blue cloth with raised illustration of fish and anchor at top front, gilt lettering and logo very bright on spine, 210 lightly browned pages. (Coleccion Ancora Volumen 74) DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, light purple background, illustraiton of bloody hand on front, two price tags from Cornell University on back bottom. DJ has microtear at top front edge, slight surface wear to bottom front tip, microtear at bottom front edge, very slight wear at spine top edge, very slight wear with micronick at spine bottom edge, tiny tear and thin near-chip at top back edge, micronick at bottom back tip. Near Good DJ/Fine book.

Madrid, Spain: Pedro Duran Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 255pp. HARDCOVER. Outstanding copy. No inscriptions. Not dated. Published by the Duran company in Spain post 1998. Text in English. Size: 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall.

Madrid.: Martínez del Olmo SC., 1995.. Hardcover. Sobrecubierta deslucida. Good. 32 cm. 192 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Sobrecubierta deslucida. ISBN: 9788492111305; 8492111305 Prosa: (DN), España (1DSE), Español / Castellano (2ADS)

Farrar Straus Young, 1953. Book. Very Good + Corner Bumped. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A very nice copy of this somewhat uncommon first printing..

Barcelona.: Alfaguara., 1968.. Hardcover. Sobrecubierta deslucida. Good. 22 cm. 1 v. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Colección 'Hombres, hechos e ideas', numero coleccion(15). Cela, Camilo José 1916-2002. Diccionario secreto. Índices. t. 1. Series col?o y afines (348 p. ). No se publicó más. Lengua española. Palabras y frases malsonantes. Diccionarios. Argots y jergas . Sobrecubierta deslucida. null

New York: New Directions, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust price clipped jacket that has some wear at the spine extremities.. 8vo., 312 pp. Author is the 1989 Nobel Prize winner.

Madrid, Spain: Alfaguara, 1967. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. English language edition! Beige cloth boards in dust jacket and original bellyband, octavo, illustrated in color. Book has mild edgewear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. DJ has toning and mild edgewear, bellyband has toning and rubbing, now in archival mylar wrap.

Edición conmemorativa del XXV aniversario de Círculo de Lectores.- Barcelona: Círculo de Lectores, 1987.- 2 VOLS. El Viaje a la Alcarria, facsímil de la 1ª Ed. original, con [4 h.], [3 h.], 223 p., [5 h.]: Láminas fotográficas / y el Cancionero de la Alcarria, con 73 p. + 30 folios facsímiles del manuscrito de Cela; Ambos libros en 4º (24,6 x 16,5 cm); Cuidada impresión sobre papel de excelente calidad; Cartoné Ed. ilustrado con decoración floral, con camisa y estuche que los protege, con la misma decoración floral y cinta de seda para la fácil extracción de los libros.* Impecable estado. LITERATURA Y FILOSOFÍA ESPAÑOLAS DE LOS SIGLOS XIX-XXI Y SU HISTORIA EN GENERAL Libro en español