Camilo José Cela; [Pablo] Picasso, illus. GAVILA DE FÁBULAS SIN AMOR. Palma de Mallorca: Las Ediciones de los Papeles de son Armadans, 1962. Limited edition, no. 417 of 2000 (of 2,135 total copies), hand-numbered and signed by Cela on the rear limitation page. Hardcover. Original burlap covered boards. Folio; 158pp. plus index, limitation statement, and colophon. Illustrated with reproductions of 32 Picasso pastel drawings. On Guarro paper with Picasso-designed "sun" and "sheaf" watermarks. Text in Spanish.

14 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Camilo José Cela (Spanish, 1916-2002) was a poet, novelist, member of the Royal Spanish Academy, and Royal Senator in the Spanish parliament. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature in 1989. This book, a collection of fables, presents a collaboration between Cela and his friend Picasso.

Light wear to boards with rubbed corners; light wear and toning to page edges, occasional minor mark, light foxing along top edge; a near fine copy.