CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Mort à crédit. Novel. Paris : Denoël et Steele, [1936]. - In-8, 214 x 140 : 697 pp, (1 blank f.), printed cover. Orange morocco, spine with large central rib including author's name, title and year in gilt lettering and numerals, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). First edition. One of 790 numbered copies on Alpha, this being one of 750 placed on the market (no. 537), with the passages removed at the request of the publishers. Cover slightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy in modern binding.

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