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First illustrated edition

Inscribed to Bonabel, in a delicate Nobuko Kiyomiya binding

Le Voyage in Bonet's publisher's boards

A fine copy in wrappers

Céline's rediscovered trilogy, deluxe issue

First edition of a surviving Céline manuscript

The number of copies on alfa paper: about 150 in all

Mea culpa was Céline's fourth published book, and the only one of his pamphlets to be reissued, as it contains not a single line of the rampant antisemitism found in the later ones. The indictment here is directed against communism, at a time rich in such writings (Gide, Aragon...). "The great pretension to happiness, that…

Céline's third pamphlet, published less than a year after Bagatelles pour un massacre, intensified the controversy over Céline's antisemitism, leading six months later, in May 1939, to the withdrawal of both titles from sale after Dr. Rouquès filed a defamation suit for “insults, public defamation” against Céline and “complicity” against his publisher, Denoël. The charge…

It was only after his return to France in the spring of 1951, following his amnesty, that Céline resumed work on the final versions of Féerie pour une autre fois, of which Normance forms the concluding volume. Four preparatory versions of the text are known, the earliest outline dating from late 1946, followed by successive…

"From the sending of the manuscript of Voyage au bout de la nuit in 1931 to this last letter, sent the day before his death, this volume brings together more than two hundred letters from the author to Éditions Gallimard, along with the replies of his correspondents. These exchanges — sometimes friendly, often virulent, always…

Tardi illustrates Céline

Hayoit's own deluxe Mort à crédit

Our census supplements the lists and research of Henri Thyssens and Pascal de Saadeler, as well as the Dauphin-Fouché bibliography on the subject:No. 1. In wrappers (Librairie Bernard Loliée; Artcurial, 2013; private collection).No. 2. In wrappers (Librairie Loewy, 1933, no. 66; Librairie Vrain, attributed to Léon Daudet in 2008, without supporting evidence; Librairie Hérodote, 2020).No.…