BATAILLE (Georges). Lot n° 5

L'Abbé C. Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1950. In-12, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 30 copies on Ghaldwill vellum, after only 3 madagascars. "Malraux had advised Gallimard against publishing this scabrous novel whose hero, a Resistance priest, ends up giving his twin brother and his mistress to the Gestapo under torture. The Lettres françaises were indignant that this "apology for denunciation" was published by the historical publisher of the Resistance, and the case was settled in court, but to the benefit of Éditions de Minuit" (Henri Vignes). Vignes, n°116.