Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE (1894-1961), novelist. Autograph letter signed "LF Destouches" to his "dear friend". ½ p. in-4, "Le 15" [May 1939]. On Hachette's call for his anti-Semitic pamphlets to be banned. "Here is the Hachette note to all booksellers and which says well what it means". [On 4 May 1939, Messageries Hachette sent a circular to booksellers concerning two anti-Semitic pamphlets by Céline, published by Denoël. The circular prohibited the sale of Bagatelles pour un massacre and L'École des cadavres, and ordered them to return all copies still in stock to the publisher.