Lucette DESTOUCHES

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

Letter autograph signed by Lucette Destouches, dictated by Louis-Ferdinand Céline Henri Mahé and his wife, dated April 9 [1947] in Copenhagen, 37 lines in blue ink on a slip of laid.
Wetting in the upper part of the letter, without affecting the reading of the text, the upper right corner torn, repaired with adhesive paper, two small tears, one at the head, the other on the right at the folds.
First letter of the couple Destouches, then in exile in Denmark after the release of prison of Céline, with the Mahé couple. Mahé and Céline met in 1929 and have never ceased to write. Thus, to the man who was nicknamed "Riton-la-Barbouille" because of his job as a painter-decorator, Lucette and Céline confide in the exile and their sadness of not having children, a void they wish fill in by sponsoring the first girl of the couple: Marine.
Moving letter plunging us into the intimate life of Lucette and Louis-Ferdinand Céline.