CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Casse pipe. Paris: Frédéric Chambriand, 1949. - In-16, 183 x 117: 150 pp, (1 f.), printed cover. Bordeaux half-maroquin, spine ribbed, untrimmed, cover preserved (J. P. Laurenchet). First edition of this largely autobiographical unfinished novel. One of 100 copies on Papeteries de Renage vellum (no. 150), the third and last large paper after 15 hors commerce on Rives vellum and 50 on B.F.K. de Rives vellum. A very well preserved copy.