Auction 159

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Saturday, 25 April 2026 at 10:00 am

Lot 519 Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Bagatelles pour un massacre. …

Bagatelles pour un massacre. Paris, Les Éditions Denoel, o. J. (1937). 379 (5) S. Etw. spät. HLdr. mit goldgepr. RTit. u. Monogramm "P.M", die Decken bezogen mit Buntpapier, die Vorsätze aus Modeldruckpapier mit Verdrängungsdekor (Vordergelenk kaum sichtbar angebrochen, Rücken etw. lichtrandig, Ecken und Kanten gering bestoßen und berieben).

Moderne Literatur und Kunst – Erste Ausgabe. - Dauphin/Fouché 37A1. - Exemplar der nicht nummerierten Normalauflage (nach 500 für den Handel bestimmten nummerierten Exemplaren) dieser berühmt-berüchtigten Streitschrift Célines, "eine der grausamsten, wildesten, hasserfülltesten, aber auch unglaublich komischsten, die jemals auf der Welt erschienen sind." (Dauphin/Fouché). - Papierbedingt stärker gebräunt, sonst sauberes Exemplar im schmucken Einband.

Modern Literature and Art – First trade edition of this notorious polemic by Céline. Bound privately in half leather by using decorative cover papers and endpapers. - Dauphin/Fouché 37A1. - Our copy from the unnumbered edition (after 500 numbered copies intended for sale). 'One of the cruelest, wildest, most hateful, but also most incredibly funny books ever published in the world.' (Dauphin/Fouché). - Paper with browning, otherwise clean copy in an attractive binding.

Startprice: 200 €
Estimate: 300 €

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