CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Voyage au bout de la nuit. Paris : Denoël et Steele (Grande imprimerie de Troyes), 1932. - In-8, 184 x 115 : 623 pp. printed cover. Dark blue jansenist morocco, smooth spine, dark blue velvet lining bordered with a red morocco listel, dark blue velvet endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, lined case (A. Bourdet). Dauphin, Fouché, Bibliographie des écrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 32A1. First edition dedicated to Elisabeth Craig, of Céline's first and most famous novel . The author transmits in this novel his vision of the world and men through the peregrinations of Ferdinand Bardamu. The latter undertakes a journey to Africa and then to America, which leads him further and further down into misery and social decay. Written in a spoken and slang language, this novel is a virulent criticism of war, its cruelty and the cowardice to which it pushes humans. One of the copies out of trade on esparto, bearing the printed inscription "Exemplaire hors commerce N°..." (without number). (without number), this one enriched with this autograph sending signed by the author addressed to the painter and writer Jean de Boschère (1878-1953) : A mons Jean de Bosschère // Hommage de l'Auteur // Louis CélineVery nice copy, perfectly preserved. Scattered foxing on the first and last pages. Provenance: Jean de Boschère, with a letter from the author. - Ex-libris M.D.