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CÉLINE, Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, dit (1894-1961)

Lot 110
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 110 | CÉLINE, Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, dit (1894-1961)
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€ 40 000 – 60 000
CÉLINE, Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, dit (1894-1961)
Mort à crédit. Paris : Denoël et Steele, 1936.

Exemplaire de tête sur Japon impérial, hors-commerce, non expurgé, non coupé.
Vingt ans après la publication du livre, Céline raconte les réserves de Denoël quant aux passages licencieux : "Ces passages trop osés, vraiment trop osés !... Évidemment, l'art a bien des droits, mais quand même !... Il ne faudrait pas qu'on nous taxât de pornographie... [...] Avec le texte intégral du roman, c'était bien simple : nous allions tout droit aux poursuites pour outrages aux bonnes moeurs. Nous avions manqué le Goncourt. Nous ne raterions pas la correctionnelle..." (R. Poulet, Mon ami Bardamu, p. 94) Les discussions entre éditeur et auteur furent mouvementées, le premier refusant tout simplement d'imprimer les passages les plus crus, et le second rechignant à les remanier ou les supprimer sans qu'il apparaisse clairement qu'une ou plusieurs phrases avaient été retirées du texte. La solution trouvée fut donc de faire figurer en blanc les passages impropres à la publication, avec une note explicative en début d'ouvrage : "à la demande des éditeurs, L.-F. Céline a supprimé plusieurs phrases de son livre ; les phrases n'ont pas été remplacées. Elles figurent en blanc dans l'ouvrage." Seuls quelques exemplaires hors-commerce sur grand papier échappent à la censure réclamée par l'éditeur – il faudra attendre 1982 avec l'édition de la Pléiade pour que les passages incriminés soient réintégrés au texte. OC, I, pp. 1505 et suiv.

In-8 (221 x 150 mm). Édition originale. Un des 22 hors-commerce sur Japon impérial, celui-ci n° XVII. Broché, non coupé. Sous chemise et étui cartonnés d'éditeur.

One of the few copies of the first edition with the text uncensored: a pristine, uncut copy on Imperial Japan paper.
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