{"title":"Books","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"_content_44ha1_46 _content_h4igy_1 _INTRODUCTION_h4igy_215\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our secret library. A syllabus of seduction for students of the sensual, poetic and romantic – curated by us, for your reading pleasure. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn our shelves you’ll discover rare, first and collectible editions of our favourite works of literature, erotic classics and artist books. We seek the pleasures of the flesh and the paper alike, and the volumes we add to our collection are chosen to stimulate every sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere for a moment, each item is a handpicked vintage find. Make them yours while you can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"story-of-o-by-pauline-reage","title":"Story of O","description":"\u003cp\u003e This is a first British edition of \u003cspan\u003eStory of O\u003c\/span\u003e, arguably the most famous erotic novel ever written, and the inspiration behind one of the fragrances in the debut \u003cspan class=\"smallCaps\"\u003eJOUISSANCE\u003c\/span\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003eOriginally written under the pen name Pauline Réage and published in 1954, the book was revealed four decades later to be the work of journalist Anne Desclos. Despite the book winning the French literature prize Prix des Deux Magots, the French authorities charged the publishers with obscenity, which resulted in a publicity ban, which lasted until 1967. The British edition was published by the avant-garde publisher Olympia Press in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003eFirst edition, hardback, in very good condition. Iconic 'O' dust-jacket intact. This edition contains a number of newspaper clippings and photocopies relating to Anne Desclos, collected by a former owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"First UK Edition — 1965","offer_id":49133261160751,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/Untitleddesign.png?v=1712227438"},{"product_id":"the-early-diary-of-anais-nin-vol-4","title":"The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003eThe fourth volume of Anaïs Nin's lifelong personal journals and notebooks. This volume provides the last link in a continuous record of her life. It ends where her now-famous \u003cspan\u003eDiary \u003c\/span\u003evolume begins: in 1931, at the run-down villa in Louveciennes so closely associated with Henry Miller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003eIn July 1927 Nin and her husband, Hugh Guiler, had been living in Paris for two and a half years. Despite her frequent reflections on their perfect marriage, she felt a growing \"duality\" of body and mind that was satisfied for a long time by a serious study of Spanish dancing and even prompted a diary within a diary, written by her wayward half \"Imagy\". While Anaïs remained a devoted wife, Imagy discovered the dangerous joys of flirtation. This led to a prolonged infatuation with the American writer John Erskine. She also renewed her intimate relationship with a handsome cousin, Eduardo Sánchez. During this period Nin produced a remarkably perceptive study of D.H. Lawrence that became her first published book, and she experimented with stories largely drawn from her diary. Yet it was Erskine, on the other side of the Atlantic, who continued to dominate her imagination and emotions until she could once again meet him face to face. The final pages of this book — the most candid of Nin's published journals — reveal how she exorcised the obsession that threatened her marriage and nearly drove her to suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003eFirst edition, hardback, in good condition with speckling to page edges and a name writted in pencil in the front cover. Grey cloth binding with purple foil lettering on spine. Dust jacket intact with an additional plastic covering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"First Edition — 1985","offer_id":49214585864495,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/2.png?v=1712763770"},{"product_id":"histoire-do-illustrated-by-leonor-fini","title":"Histoire D'O","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's fitting that the Surrealist artist Leonor Fini would illustrate a number of luxury editions of \u003cspan\u003eStory of O\u003c\/span\u003e, as she herself influenced part of the story. The owl mask the heroine wears in the final scene was \"stolen\" by writer Dominique Aury from a costume Fini made to wear to the Bal des Oiseaux given at the Palais Rose in 1948. Writing as Pauline Réage in the preface to \u003cspan\u003eStory of O\u003c\/span\u003e's sequel \u003cspan\u003eRetour á Roissy, \u003c\/span\u003eAury admitted \"Nor did I make up – steal, rather, for which I ask her belated pardon, but the theft was committed out of adoration – the Leonor Fini masks…\" Fini's illustrations continue the creative conversation between the two women, inspiring each other in turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003ePublished in 1968 by Tchou. First edition, hardback, in very good condition. Gold imitation leather binding with red and black debossed lettering covered in a clear dustcover. 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Over its brief 131 pages, \u003cspan\u003eNine and a Half Weeks\u003c\/span\u003e uses a detached but poetic style to chronicle an increasingly intense sadomasochistic affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003ePublished in 1978 by Henry Robbins \/ E.P Dutton. First edition, hardback, in good condition with some smudges to pages. Black cloth binding with red foil lettering. White dust jacket with small tear near the top of the spine, repaired with sellotape. 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Allen, with Anaïs herself on the cover, posing in a satin dress. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"UK First Edition Hardback","offer_id":56997661278589,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_7.png?v=1758641729"},{"product_id":"in-favour-of-the-sensitive-man-1","title":"In Favour of the Sensitive Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eIntellectual fuel for sensual minds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eYou may already love Anaïs Nin for her erotic tales and intimate diaries, but her writing can also indulge your scholarly side. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eIn Favour of the Sensitive Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e gathers 20 essays, lectures and interviews, from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eEroticism in Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e to the story of her own printing press. It was published late in Nin’s life.  Divided into three sections – ‘Women and Men’, ‘Writing, Music, and Films’, and ‘Enchanted Places’ – it’s the perfect introduction to Nin’s academic voice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis Star paperback 1983 reprint edition, with a cut-out of a 1920s flapper on the cover, wins our vote for prettiest edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56997691195773,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_8.png?v=1758642709"},{"product_id":"the-story-of-o","title":"The Story of O","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-4f3444e2-7fff-59c8-114a-70bb6c99253e\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFrom forbidden pages to perfume: the inspiration for LA BAGUE D’O.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe infamous erotic novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Story of O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eHistoire d’O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e) is the seminal tale of sexual submission that inspired our fragrance \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eLa Bague d’O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e. Written under a pseudonym, it was first published in 1954 but quickly drew legal scrutiny; obscenity laws curtailed further editions until 1967. Even so, in 1959 Olympia Press, under Maurice Girodias, issued this daring publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis is the Traveller’s Companion edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Story of O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, wrapped in its iconic green cover. Reprinted in 1965, it appears as no. 44 in Olympia Press’s 94-book series of erotica and boundary-pushing works once banned or censored in their own countries. This edition also includes an essay by the author’s lover, the literary critic Jean Paulhan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Olympia Press Traveller's Companion","offer_id":56997768036733,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_9.png?v=1758643702"},{"product_id":"the-story-of-o-1","title":"The Story of O","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-948c1dd2-7fff-d132-6ba7-cf6ae770d112\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA story so provocative it became the muse for our fragrance LA BAGUE D’O.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe infamous erotic novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Story of O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eHistoire d’O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e) is the seminal tale of sexual submission that inspired our fragrance LA BAGUE D’O. Written under a pseudonym, it was first published in 1954 but quickly drew legal scrutiny; obscenity laws curtailed further editions until 1967. Even so, in 1965 Olympia Press, under Maurice Girodias, issued this daring publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis is the First US hardcover edition brought out by Grove Press in 1965, the book’s first official appearance in the American market. 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Written under a pseudonym, it was first published in 1954 but quickly drew legal scrutiny; obscenity laws curtailed further editions until 1967. Even so, in 1965 Olympia Press, under Maurice Girodias, issued this daring publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis edition is the Grove Press paperback, splashed with a quote from Eliot Fremont-Smith’s New York Times Review in red. The book also comes with a 1994 newspaper article from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e on the uncovering of Aury’s identity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"First US Edition Paperback","offer_id":56997852447101,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_11.png?v=1758644464"},{"product_id":"belle-de-jour","title":"Belle de Jour","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-ba1a53d7-7fff-2eac-e8bd-8333c1a63729\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA classic tale of desire and double lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"None of my books is dearer to me than this one\", wrote Joseph Kessel in a preface to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eBelle de Jour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e. A book long overshadowed by its cinematic adaptation — Luis Buñuel's daring and stylish 1967 film — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eBelle de Jour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e is, in the author's own words, a sensitive study of \"the desperate divorce that can exist between body and soul\". Séverine is a young wife who lives a double life, working in a brothel every afternoon between two and five. The more she explores her secret desires, the harder it becomes to keep her two worlds apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFirst serialised in the French political weekly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eGringoire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, where it achieved quite the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003esuccès de scandale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eBelle de Jour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e didn’t receive an English translation until 1961. After Buñuel’s 1967 adaptation, it was thrust back into the spotlight, resulting in a spate of pulpy paperback editions, including this pretty 1969 Pan Macmillan edition, distinguished by its hazy, soft-focused cover photo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis copy also contains a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eTime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003es article in two parts – ‘The other Belle de Jour’, a profile of Dr Brooke Magnanti, the formerly anonymous blogger. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56997913133437,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_12.png?v=1758645126"},{"product_id":"return-to-the-chateau","title":"Return to the Chateau","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-25a9ae76-7fff-eedd-29c3-c076780b5fe6\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eOnce is Never Enough\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReturn to the Château\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eRetour à Roissy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e) is the 1969 sequel to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Story of O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, penned once again by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage. The book was published by Jean-Jacques Pauvert in France and later translated into English by Richard Seaver, who used the pseudonym Sabine d'Estrée.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe narrative continues the story of O, the protagonist from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eStory of O\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, as she returns to the château for further exploration of her desires. While \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReturn to the Château\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e did not achieve the same level of notoriety as its predecessor, it remains a significant work in the canon of erotic literature, partly due to Reage’s introductory essay, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA Girl in Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, in which the author, still keeping her true identity a secret, revealed the personal motivations behind her writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis is the first edition in English, published in 1971 by Grove Press, with its beautiful gothic-novel–style illustration on the wrapper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"First Edition","offer_id":56997964054909,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_13.png?v=1758645637"},{"product_id":"venus-in-furs","title":"Venus in Furs","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-0542f4d4-7fff-f78b-862f-2c91714ac6e9\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA story so perverse it inspired Freud.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFew titles have captured the erotic imaginary as vividly as Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eVenus in Furs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eVenus im Pelz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e). Published in 1870, it was inspired by the author’s relationship with his first wife and fellow writer Fanny von Pistor, with whom he signed a ‘love contract’ agreeing to become her slave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFramed as a found manuscript, the story follows the increasingly fraught dynamic between Severin von Kusiemski and the object of his obsession, Wanda von Dunajew. As his infatuation deepens, Severin begs to be treated with contempt and degradation at the hands of his beloved. The book’s legacy runs from Freud’s coining of the term “masochism” (much to Sacher-Masoch’s displeasure) to the Velvet Underground’s iconic drone-rock track.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWhile Luxor Press issued the first unexpurgated English translation in 1965, the prize for prettiest surely goes to Sphere Books, whose edition from the same year features a 60s-meets-1960s boudoir-style portrait on the cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Sphere Paperback Edition","offer_id":56997983453565,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_14.png?v=1758646137"},{"product_id":"venus-in-furs-1","title":"Venus in Furs","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-3fbc2132-7fff-3f80-30d0-7652b3f74a1f\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe book so notorious it gave the world a new word.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFew titles have captured the erotic imaginary as vividly as Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eVenus in Furs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eVenus im Pelz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e). Published in 1870, it was inspired by the author’s relationship with his first wife and fellow writer Fanny von Pistor, with whom he signed a ‘love contract’ agreeing to become her slave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFramed as a found manuscript, the story follows the increasingly fraught dynamic between Severin von Kusiemski and the object of his obsession, Wanda von Dunajew. As his infatuation deepens, Severin begs to be treated with contempt and degradation at the hands of his beloved. The book’s legacy runs from Freud’s coining of the term “masochism” (much to Sacher-Masoch’s displeasure) to the Velvet Underground’s iconic drone-rock track.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWhile Luxor Press issued the first unexpurgated English translation in 1965, the prize for prettiest surely goes to Sphere Books, whose reprinted 1971 edition features a pulpy illustration of Sacher-Masoch’s dream tormentor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Sphere Books Reprint","offer_id":56998003704189,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_15.png?v=1758646368"},{"product_id":"the-marquis-de-sade-copy","title":"The Marquis de Sade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe writer of women’s liberation on the man who gave sex a new word.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eEasily the most covetable edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Marquis de Sade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e – the New English Library’s UK First Edition Paperback, complete with shocking pink wrapper with its bold blackletter title. 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The luxurious paper and erotic, full-colour illustrations invite the reader to read, to touch and to savour Flaubert’s story of a woman who seeks escape through romance as a sensual object in its own right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Librairie d'Amateurs","offer_id":57506041069949,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/1_aff8f963-8705-43ff-9e26-f2fd055cd82f.png?v=1765273125"},{"product_id":"women-in-love","title":"Women in Love","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-26269ea9-7fff-70e9-16d6-7babd8fe0362\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eD.H. 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His breakthrough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eSong of the Loon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e (1966) is now seen as a landmark of gay literature, spawning two sequels and a film. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFrost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, one of Amory’s later works, was marketed as a “gay thriller”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e“Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. An ancient story. But in the peculiar California culture that spawned both the Sexual Freedom League and the ultra right wing Minute Men, the ancient tale takes a new twist: Frost isn't interested in marrying his mother, and his father is out to kill him! At the crossroads, beautiful Billy lies dead by his motorbike; at home the father plots more than just a simple murder; and in the Northern California hills Frost finds true love in the arms of another man.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA 1970s Olympia Press paperback edition with super sexy ‘O cover’, from the phase when the publisher moved on from its plain green covers to something far more of-the-moment. Please note: the book reflects the language and social norms of its era, some of which may feel outdated or offensive now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Olympia Press Paperback","offer_id":57506182398333,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/12.png?v=1765288500"},{"product_id":"who-pushed-paula","title":"Who Pushed Paula","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-18d634f8-7fff-e635-5c4c-c0b8c23b7f54\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFor a while there was a rumour that Olympia Press books published under the name ‘Akbar del Piombo’ were written by William Burroughs – whose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e had also come out with the notorious press – a mix-up that infuriated the real writer behind the pseudonym. 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Inside, the selection moves between the literary, the bawdy, and the frankly filthy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWe chose this 1978 Pan Books paperback edition for its illustrated cover that wraps right around the book, starting off suggestive on the front and becoming decidedly more explicit once you turn it over. 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Lawrence was an early literary touchstone for JOUISSANCE favourite Anaïs Nin, who admired the candour and sensuality of his writing. 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Hinz, collects this verbal body of work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis pretty edition is part of the iconic series of W. H. Allen-published Anais Nin covers (Star Books is the publisher’s paperback division), all featuring 1920s pin-ups posing provocatively. 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Fanny Farou’s husband is a celebrated playwright, whose moods and brief affairs she endures. But when she discovers that his latest lover is a close friend, she must confront who she is more afraid of losing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis chic 1972 Penguin edition features Kees van Dongen’s ‘Les Amies’ on the cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Penguin Books Paperback","offer_id":57872923197821,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/1_9102bd94-4a6c-4c0a-84ad-c52644dbcb81.png?v=1772114594"},{"product_id":"la-chamade","title":"La Chamade","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-c4a5aa72-7fff-a499-cd5f-d2ffe2892a7d\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eLove that changes with the weather.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe mistress of an older man and the lover of an older woman fall in and out of love across three seasons – Spring, Summer and Autumn. 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Often paired with another of the author’s books due to its brevity, here it sits alongside \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJulie de Carneilan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eGigi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e, a young girl is being prepared for life as a courtesan, but upends the plans her elders have for her when she decides to find love for herself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJulie de Carneilan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eexplores the struggles that face a chic, sophisticated woman when the ex that got away wants her back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eAs far as 20th century book covers go, the Americans so often did it better, so we had to source far and wide to find this pretty 1950s Signet edition from New American Library, with its prettily romantic painted cover and rose pink page edges. 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