CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Nord. Novel. Paris : Gallimard, 1960. - In-8, 202 x 138: 461 pp, (1 f.), printed cover. Black half-maroquin with stripes, gilded fillets, smooth spine, gilded head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, edged slipcase (D. Montecot). Dauphin & Fouché, 60A1. First edition of this partly autobiographical novel, the last to appear during the author's lifetime. It is called "unexpurgated" and includes a double-page map of Germany at the end, which was not included in the definitive 1964 edition. Céline recounts the adventures of his escape to Germany from June to October 1944 with his wife Lili, their cat Bébert and the actor Le Vigan, first in Baden Baden, then in the dilapidated city of Berlin and the village of Zornhof. ONE OF THE 45 FIRST COPIES ON HOLLAND VELIN (no. 19), perfectly and soberly bound by Didier Montécot.