{"title":"Rarities","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the collector, desire is part of the acquisition. Our Rarities edit brings together first editions of our core and inspirational texts, alongside out-of-print artist books and other beautiful printed objects discovered in our travels. These editions are for those who seek more than reading alone: they seek the thrill of scarcity and the pleasure of owning something truly rare.\u003c\/p\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":"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. Clean interior pages with 12 full colour illustations by Leonor Fini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003eText in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"First Edition — 1968","offer_id":49216404980015,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/4.png?v=1712766762"},{"product_id":"carlo-mollino-polaroids","title":"Carlo Mollino Polaroids","description":"\u003cp\u003eA superstar architect and designer, Carlo Mollino's erotic photographs were kept a secret until they were discovered after his death in 1973. The photographs in \u003cspan\u003ePolaroids\u003c\/span\u003e are a selection of 1200 pictures of sex workers and dancers that Mollino invited back to his 18th-century Turin villa – a dream space that he designed as if to photographed, but never lived in himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003ePublished in 2002 by Arena Editions. First edition, hardback, in very good condition. Dark red moire cloth covers with a Polaroid illustration on the front cover and gold foil lettering on the spine. No dust jacket as issued. Used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"First Edition — 2002","offer_id":50047662588207,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookShopImagesFloating_09967f2b-44e8-45aa-b888-db94599a72b2.png?v=1718378153"},{"product_id":"lhistoire-do-de-guido-crepax","title":"L'Histoire d'O de Guido Crépax","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest known as the creator of Valentina, a famed erotic comic strip heroine of the 1960s, Guido Crepax was an Italian architect and master erotic cartoonist. Through his work, Crepax sought to challenge and disrupt the sexual repression of an Italian society dominated by the doctrine of Catholicism. His 1975 adaptation of \u003cspan\u003eStory of O\u003c\/span\u003e was more than merely an illustration of the text. His longest graphic novel, the story is adapted in its entirety in the artist's trademark elegant style, with quotes from the original text alongside those of Freud and other sources on eroticism. This rare edition also includes introductions from philosopher Roland Barthes and writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductDescription_paragraph__I6UyF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SanityBlockContent_wrapper__kPtgB undefined\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodyLarge\"\u003ePublished in 1975 by Franco Maria Ricci. Extremely rare, signed first edition, number 815 of 900 numbered copies. Oversized hardback in good condition. Black slipcase intact. Black cloth binding with gold foil lettering, inside pages printed on light blue paper and illustrated in black and white. Text in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"First Edition — 1975","offer_id":50208783073583,"sku":"","price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookShopImagesFloating_4.png?v=1720013083"},{"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. 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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 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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