Published by New Directions, 1947
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. In purple cloth, [14], 593 pages. (shelfwear, fading and soiling to extremities; toning to page edges). Later American imprint of the semi-autobiographical novel; with the US copyright date of 1938 on title page verso, and an introduction by Milton Hindus (dated July, 1947). Originally published in France under title: Mort a Credit. Printed in the US by Duenewald Printing Corporation, New York. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Reprint edition, published by New Directions in The Modern Readers Series. Original copyright by Little, Brown and Co., 1938., 1938
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Good to very good condition. Two telephone numbers written at top of front fly leaf. Spine is faded. Spine tips and cover corners are bumped. Some light spotting on front cover. 593 pages.
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1966
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Thus. First thus hardcover without dust jacket, in good condition. Front board is slightly marked and spine is sunned. Spine ends are a little bumped, and page block is lightly blemished. Previous owner's name penned to half-title and title page. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.
Published by Bodley Head, London, 1966
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(+). Third edition. Octavo in yellow DJ, xiv, 587 pages, 21 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. French literature -- 20th century. Ex-library book with usual markings (crossed out barcode to rear DJ, author last name to spine, crossed out stamp and discard stamp to front free endpaper, crossed out stamp to fore-edge, and discard stamp to rear free endpaper), DJ taped to boards, sunned DJ spine, extremely mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, faint soiling to fore-edges and DJ (mostly to rear DJ), pale sunning to DJ, clipped front DJ flap to upper and lower portions, else very good(+) in good(+) DJ. in good + dust-jacket.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1938
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 593 pg. p. Dark blue cloth over boards with gold gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition book. No dust jacket. Book shows wear to top and bottom of spine with two scuff marks at bottom and one at top. Straight, strong binding. Text clear with slight yellowing of pages. Front and back boards show average shelf wear with very light ink(? ) splash on front board. This is a solid First American Edition of an important book written in the maddening, heretical style that Celine was known for. Great affordable collector copy. First edition. First Edition, First Printing.
Published by New Directions, New York, 1938
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Purple cloth boards. No printing date stated, assumed 1938. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild shelf wear, covers very faintly spotted. Spine sunned. Upper text edge foxed. Binding tight and text unmarked. Fic. RGR.
Published by New Directions, 1960
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. copyright states 1934 Little Brown but title page states New Directions Modern Reader Series and doesn't state a print date but understood to be 1955 - hard cover - translated by Marks - no dust jacket - dark blue cloth with gold text - ding at top edge of cover - and at top and bottom edge of spine - some tanning and staining to page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - a rare find - enjoy.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1934
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Spine sun-faded. First U.S. edition. No jacket. Bookseller's stamp on ffep and previous owner's signature on title page. Else very good indeed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1934
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Spine sun-faded. First U.S. edition. No jacket. Bookseller's stamp on ffep and previous owner's signature on title page. Else very good indeed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Little, Brown, and Company,, Boston:, 1934
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover, missing Dust Jacket. First Edition. Good++ spine sunned, suffing to covers, inscription in ink on the ffep, April 1934.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, c.1934,, 1934
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
hardcover, Condition: Good, Grosset & Dunlap, NY, c.1934, 2nd.prtg. this ed., 8vo., cloth, 509pp., G $.
Published by Vision Press Ltd, London, 1950
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. navy blue cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 509 pp piece of front dust jacket laid in first UK edition front endpapers' hinges split covers worn corners bumped spine cocked Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1934
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. First U.S. Edition, first printing. Octavo. 509 pp. Black cloth stamped in gilt; red topstain. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure, spine sunned, and white streaks (paint?) to rear board. Binding gives a little but overall sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, and pages otherwise unmarked. Very Good.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1934
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
First American Edition. First American edition. 509 pp. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with tanning to pages and light foxing to textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with wear to the extermities, fading to the red print of the spine panel, soiling and toning to the rear panel but on the a much nicer example of this dust jacket than normally encountered. The first English translation by John Marks of Celine's debut novel, which is one of the best examples of dark humor in 20th Century fiction. Uncommon in jacket.