1 / 3
Gros & Delettrez
162
-
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE.
See original version (French)
162
-
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE.
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE.
[A collection of the author’s works] .
LOT of 6 titles in 9 volumes.
- *A l’Agité du bocal*.
Paris, Lanauve de Tartas, (1948).
One of five copies on brown Ingres laid paper, loose-leaf and in the publisher’s folder with flaps, title pasted onto the front cover. Wide margins (1)-26-(2) pp.
Bears Céline’s autograph signature.
First edition. A scathing and satirical response to Jean-Paul Sartre’s *Portrait de l’antisémite* (published in the journal *Les Temps modernes*, 1945). Pamphlet.
-*Mort à crédit*.
Paris, Denoël et Steele, 1936
Large 8vo, paperback (8)-697-(1) pp. Censored edition (white blanks in the text)
First edition on publishing paper, printed on 8 May 1936.
-Journey to the End of the Night.
Paris, Denoël et Steele, 1932.
in-12, paperback. Reprint published in the same year as the original. It contains errors which were corrected in 1933 (e.g. on page 59, the ‘Pasteur’s’ house should be the ‘passeur’s’ house; and an inverted letter M on page 150 and at the bottom of page 541).
A good copy with the publisher’s catalogue, 3 green folios at the end (slight oxidation and a small tear at the lower left-hand corner of the back cover).
-SERVEAU. Wood engravings: *Journey to the End of the Night*
Livre moderne, 1935.
2 in-8 volumes, paperback, printed covers (slight wear to the cover).
-Bagatelles pour un massacre.
Paris, Editions Denoël, 1937.
In-8. First edition, standard print run (paper slightly oxidised).
-Guignol’s Band (2 copies).
Paris, Denoël, 1944.
In-12, paperback, fold-out frontispiece.
In good condition considering the fragility of this poor-quality wartime paper.
-Les Beaux Draps.
Paris, Nouvelles Editions françaises, [25 February] 1941.
In-12, paperback, printed cover. (Cover partially detached, a few annotations in grey pencil). Reprint dated the same as the original.
Céline’s last major political pamphlet, published on 25 February 1941 by a publishing house founded by Robert Denoël. It was banned and withdrawn from sale.
Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné.
Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller with a passion for bookbinding, a flautist and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, moved in both Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the decorative arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and Academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were mainly staged in the Paris region.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like