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CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand) - Mea Culpa [followed by ] La vie et l'oeuvre de Semmerlweis. Paris, Editions Denoël et Steele - Imprimerie L. Bellenand et Fils, Fontenay aux Roses, 1937 [December 26, 1936]. In-8, 124p. Paperback. Original edition for Mea Culpa, reprint for Semmelweis of the 1924 text. Fairly good condition. Paper browned. [Dauphin-Fouché-36A2]

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CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand) - Mea Culpa [followed by ] La vie et l'oeuvre de Semmerlweis. Paris, Editions Denoël et Steele - Imprimerie L. Bellenand et Fils, Fontenay aux Roses, 1937 [December 26, 1936]. In-8, 124p. Paperback. Original edition for Mea Culpa, reprint for Semmelweis of the 1924 text. Fairly good condition. Paper browned. [Dauphin-Fouché-36A2]

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[CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand)] - DESTOUCHES (Louis). Quinine in therapeutics. Paris: Librairie O. Doin, [1925]. -In-16, 157 x 118: 138 pp, (3 ff. last blank), printed cover. Paperback. Dauphin & Fouché, 25A1. Uncommon first edition of this medical work by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, published under his real name, Louis Destouches. This was Céline's very first published book, just one year after his medical thesis entitled La Vie et l'œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. A very well preserved copy, despite a tear on the edge of the front cover and at the bottom of the spine, as well as fold marks.

Lot 714

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Mea culpa followed by the life and work of Semmelweis. Paris : Denoël et Steele, [1937]. - In-16, 184 x 118: 124 pp, (2 ff. last blank), printed cover. Full unbleached cloth, speckled head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). Dauphin & Fouché, 36A2. - Boudrot, 210. First edition of Mea culpa, the first of Céline's pamphlets on his conception of communism, followed by the second edition, but first trade, of the author's medical thesis on the life and work of the Hungarian obstetrician Ignace Semmelweis (1818-1865), with an unpublished preface. One of 40 copies on pur fil, this being one of 15 hors commerce (n° XIV). A very well preserved copy in a modest modern binding. Also included: CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Mea culpa. Preparatory version and definitive text. Edited by Henri Godard with full reproduction of the manuscript. Tusson: De Lérot, 2011. - In-4, paperback, filled cover. Very well preserved, uncut copy.

Lot 734

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

[CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand)] - DAUPHIN (JEAN-PIERRE) - FOUCHÉ (Pascal). Bibliography of the writings of Louis-Ferdinand Céline. 1918-1984. Paris: Bibliothèque de Littérature française contemporaine de l'Université Paris 7, [1985]. -Fort in-8, paperback. The reference bibliography on Céline, printed in an edition of 800 numbered copies (no. 173). A very well preserved copy.

Lot 67

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, known as Louis-Ferdinand). Autograph letter to a friend. S.l., "August 21" [1936]. 2 pp. in-folio, one split restored, trace of tab in one margin. "Mon pote, tu as toujours, je l'imagine, cette amiable relation avec une amie de Mr Rouché [Jacques Rouché, director of the Opéra, but also then acting director of the Opéra-Comique]. Will you (for a fee) alert him to the matter of A LITTLE FRIEND, FORMER DANCER AT THE OPERA-COMIQUE, who would like to be reinstated (following an unfortunate tour of America). THE LITTLE ONE'S NAME IS LUCETTE ALMANZOR (24). 3 years Conservatoire. 3 Opéra comique. 1st category dancer. Unionized. A little helping hand. A simple reinstatement in the corps de ballet. Will you take care of it? You have my full gratitude as well as my affection. I'M OFF TO RUSSIA. I go back to the dispensary on October 15. I'll write to you on the way. [To spend the royalties from the Russian translation of Journey to the End of the Night, the ruble not being convertible, Céline made a trip to Russia from the end of August to September 1936, which inspired his famous libel Mea culpa, published on December 28, 1936 by Denoël et Steele]. If you'd like to see her, she's at your disposal. I repeat: Lucette Almanzor, 108 boulevard Berthier, Paris.

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