Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1956. 8vo. 81pp. Preface de Georges Bataille [and a Note de l’éditeur by Pauvert]. No. 576 of 1500 copies. First openly published edition of Bataille's classic, though still attributed to 'Pierre Angelique.' (Bataille cheekily provides a preface under his own name). From the library of Patrick J...... More
Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1967. 16mo. 103pp. One of 6000 unnumbered copies. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the verso of the front cover. More
Paris: Minuit, 1947. 8vo. 180pp. First collected edition of these poetic and prose pieces. One of 2250 numbered examples. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the front pastedown. More
Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1957. 1st edition. 8vo. 215 pp. No. 900 of 3000 copies. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the verso of the front cover. More
Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1966. 8vo. 71pp. Preface de Georges Bataille [and a Note de l’éditeur by Pauvert]. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the verso of the front cover. More
London / New York: Marion Boyars. 224pp. Translated by Austryn Wainhouse. With essays by Yukio Mishima and Ken Hollings. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney. More
Los Angeles: AMOK Books, 1991. 1st Printing. 285pp. Translated by Richard Robinson. Georges Bataille presents the case of the most infamous villain of the Middle Ages: Gilles de Rais. Fascinated with the depths of human experience-the meeting points of sexuality, violence, ritual, spirituality, and death-Bataille examines with dispassionate clarity the..... More