162 - Louis-Ferdinand CELINE.

Louis-Ferdinand CELINE. [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 flap folder, 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 of an Anti-Semite” (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 May 8, 1936. -Journey to the End of the Night. Paris, Denoël et Steele, 1932. 12mo, paperback. Reprint published in the same year as the original. Some errors remain that were corrected in 1933 (e.g., on page 59, the “Pastor’s” house instead of the “ferryman’s” house, and an inverted letter M on page 150 and at the bottom of page 541). A fine copy with the publisher’s catalog, 3 green folios at the end (slight oxidation and a small tear at the lower left corner of the back cover). -SERVEAU. Woodcuts: *Journey to the End of the Night* Livre moderne, 1935. 2 in-8 volumes, paperback with printed covers (slight wear on the cover). -Bagatelles pour un massacre. Paris, Editions Denoël, 1937. In-8. First edition, standard print run (paper slightly oxidized). -Guignol’s Band (2 copies). Paris, Denoël, 1944. In-12, paperback, fold-out frontispiece. Good condition considering the fragility of this poor-quality wartime paper. -Les Beaux Draps. Paris, Nouvelles Editions françaises, [February 25] 1941. In-12, paperback, printed cover. (Cover partially detached, a few annotations in gray pencil). Reprint from the same date as the original. Céline’s last major political pamphlet, published on February 25, 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 It was banned and withdrawn from sale.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 flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the 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 staged primarily in the Paris region.