North

  • New York: Delacorte Press, 1972
By Louis-Ferdinand Celine; Ralph Manheim [trans.]
New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. First American Edition. Octavo (22 cm); 454pp. Boards bound in bright blue cloth with silver stamping, wrapped in publisher's intact jacket ($10.00). Green top stain and endsheets. Jacket toned at all margins, spine, and joints, with rubbing, creasing, and minor chips overall. Board margins lightly sunned, with corners and spine ends gently bumped and rubbed. Top stain faded. Previous price at gutter of first pastedown and previous owner name in pen on verso of first free endsheet. Otherwise pages clean. A Very Good or better copy in like jacket.

One of Celine's last three novels, based on his own experience escaping France after the German invasion of Normandy during World War II.

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