EPONINE. 1949.

Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1949

16.5 x 10cm, 48pp plus original wrappers. First edition of Bataille’s short nihilistic novel written at a time when he had fallen fully under the influence of Nietszche. Bad things happen, no-one is punished. An unnumbered copy aside from 1,000 numbered copies. An uncut example with minor wear to wrappers. Scarce.