Null CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Louis-Ferdinand). 
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CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Louis-Ferdinand). Autograph letter signed "LFCéline" [to his Danish lawyer Thorvald Mikkelsen]. [Klarskovgaard near Korsør, Denmark], "Friday" [probably January 5, 1951]. 2 pp. large folio; number inscribed in red pencil; trace of rusty paperclip. "...It seems that a book has just been published in Denmark to your resistant glory..., "micros and slippers"! THERE'S A LOT OF TALK, IT SEEMS, ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO INDOCHINA! Not in the Blabla army! In the tanks! Only you will remain here, fortunately, my God! Dear Master, Minister of War! Oh, your uniform is perfect! I'll decorate you with the military medal, mine, since it was taken away from me! Oh, I fear no one for optimism! THAT MAC ARTHUR, WHAT A NASTY CLAMP! Ah, it's time for you to go over there and "cheer up"! Your faithful observer... " Céline also gives details of the Danish anatomist Jacob-Benignus Winsløw (1669-1760): "... His whole life was French, his career French, only his birth Danish".

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CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Louis-Ferdinand). Autograph letter signed "LFCéline" [to his Danish lawyer Thorvald Mikkelsen]. [Klarskovgaard near Korsør, Denmark], "Friday" [probably January 5, 1951]. 2 pp. large folio; number inscribed in red pencil; trace of rusty paperclip. "...It seems that a book has just been published in Denmark to your resistant glory..., "micros and slippers"! THERE'S A LOT OF TALK, IT SEEMS, ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO INDOCHINA! Not in the Blabla army! In the tanks! Only you will remain here, fortunately, my God! Dear Master, Minister of War! Oh, your uniform is perfect! I'll decorate you with the military medal, mine, since it was taken away from me! Oh, I fear no one for optimism! THAT MAC ARTHUR, WHAT A NASTY CLAMP! Ah, it's time for you to go over there and "cheer up"! Your faithful observer... " Céline also gives details of the Danish anatomist Jacob-Benignus Winsløw (1669-1760): "... His whole life was French, his career French, only his birth Danish".

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