# Is "The Family of Pascual Duarte" by Camilo José Cela (trans. John Marks; later Anthony Kerrigan) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela (trans. John Marks; later Anthony Kerrigan) (Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1946) is identified by: First English edition is the UK Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, translated by John Marks, issued under the title 'Pascual Duarte's Family' (not 'The Family of Pascual Duarte'). True first of the work is the Spanish 'La familia de Pascual Duarte' (Ediciones Aldecoa, Burgos, 1942).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First English edition is the UK Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, translated by John Marks, issued under the title 'Pascual Duarte's Family' (not 'The Family of Pascual Duarte')
- Cloth in dust jacket
- This precedes the better-known Anthony Kerrigan translation, which appeared as 'The Family of Pascual Duarte' from Little, Brown (Boston, 1964)
- Publisher imprint reads Eyre & Spottiswoode, London
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Camilo José Cela (trans. John Marks; later Anthony Kerrigan) |
| Publisher | Eyre & Spottiswoode, London |
| Year | 1946 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First English edition is the UK Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, translated by John Marks, issued under the title 'Pascual Duarte's Family' (not… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First English edition is the UK Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, translated by John Marks, issued under the title 'Pascual Duarte's Family' (not 'The Family of Pascual Duarte'). Cloth in dust jacket. This precedes the better-known Anthony Kerrigan translation, which appeared as 'The Family of Pascual Duarte' from Little, Brown (Boston, 1964).

## Is this the true first?
True first of the work is the Spanish 'La familia de Pascual Duarte' (Ediciones Aldecoa, Burgos, 1942). The first edition in English is the 1946 Eyre & Spottiswoode (Marks translation, titled 'Pascual Duarte's Family'), not the 1964 Kerrigan. The familiar title 'The Family of Pascual Duarte' belongs to the later 1964 Kerrigan translation, which is a 'first thus' for that text.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The 1964 Little, Brown Kerrigan edition (titled 'The Family of Pascual Duarte') and Dalkey Archive reissues are not the 1946 first English.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Family of Pascual Duarte* by Camilo José Cela (trans. John Marks; later Anthony Kerrigan) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-family-of-pascual-duarte
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.