Céline - Guignol's band - 1944

Céline - Guignol's Band - 1944
Guignol's Band by Céline (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches)
Original edition dated March 15, 1944, Denoël
18.5 by 12 cm, 348 pages.
Complete from the frontispiece to the figurehead (on the Thames?)
Ordinary edition of the original, limited to 5,000 unnumbered copies.
Cover and paper yellowed as is customary for books printed at the end of the war...
The author announces two more volumes and only "Le Pont de Londres" (or Guignol's Band II) will be published after Céline's death.
The press clippings from the era that were present in the book are included...
Light stains on the cover, interior clean
A fine copy of this masterpiece