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the author's medical thesis on the life and work of the Hungarian obstetrician Ignace Semmelweis (1818-1865), with an unpublished preface.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.
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