CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Autograph letter signed "Ferd." to - Lot 122

CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). Autograph letter signed "Ferd." to Victor Carré, Saint-Malo, "le 21/8" [1943]. 1 p. 3/4 in-folio, envelope retained. "Still for you! But this time promise! the last. We'll be back around [le] 15 sept[embre]! but how can we live until then without the cards! so without your fraternal help! Apart from that, it's wet, it's windy, it's autumn approaching. FROM MIGRATION TO MIGRATION I HAVE REACHED THE 300th PAGE OF MY BEAR, WHICH IS 760! YOU SEE I'M NOT DONE! WHAT AN ASPIRIN! THE WORLD COLLAPSES AND I SCRIBBLE... [Céline was then working on GUIGNOL'S BAND]. You, at least, you act, you cartifouilles! You decimate city hall! I've just prefaced a story on Bezons! Competition! [It's about Bezons à travers les âges that Albert Serouille, one of Céline's patients, would publish in 1944]. Mille mercis et remercis et excuses! All our best to Madame Carré, and a kiss to you as usual. Ferd. Poste restante. St-Malo. Because la concierge." On Victor Carré, see no. 120 above.