Georges Bernanos — The Open Mind
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Georges Bernanos. Bernanos (1888 Â 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thought. Published during the Second World War, this book "is produced in complete conformity with the Authorized Economy Standards." With original dustwrapper. In a full cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with minor shelfwear only. Dustwrapper is very smart with just some slight chipping to the spine and loss to one corner. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Bookseller's sticker of Foyles, London, to front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.
