CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Mort à crédit. Novel. Paris : Denoël et Steele, [1936]. - In-8, 221 x 152: 697 pp, (1 blank f.), printed cover. Paperback, filled cover, in red box with window, cream-colored Japanese silk lining (Benjamin Elbel). First edition. ONE OF THE 47 FIRST EXAMPLES ON IMPERIAL JAPON PAPER, this being one of the 25 placed in trade, numbered in Arabic numerals (no. 9), with the censored text. It is enriched with an autograph letter signed by the author, one page in-4, dated December 2, 1953, about this copy: "Dear Sir, I am very happy to know that you have finally been fulfilled by this copy, which must be very rare indeed, since I myself do not own any, either deluxe or others...". A very well preserved copy, set in a window box perfectly designed by Benjamin Elbel.