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[EROTICA]. [RÉAGE, Pauline, pseudonym of DESCLOS, Anne (1907-1998)]. Story of O. New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1965]. 8vo. [201], [3, blank] pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, spine stamped in silver, unclipped (“$6.00”) dust jacket (minor rubbing, soiling to jacket, previous owner’s inkstamp on title-page and last text page). Fine. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THIS NOTORIOUS BOOK. This book, despite its controversy, was a commercial and critical success in its native France, but encountered obscenity charges elsewhere, due to its themes of dominance and submission.