Histoire D'O by Pauline Réage

The scandalous, pseudonymously-written and, in time, hugely influential BDSM novel, written at least in part to prove that women too could write books like the Marquis de Sade. Anne Desclos, the work’s author did not reveal herself for forty years after its publication. It won the Prix des Deux-Magots in 1955, and the French authorities brought obscenity charges against its publisher that same year. This is the first edition, published in 1954 by Sceaux, and is one of just 600 numbered copies. There are some creases to cover and the spine but overall a charming copy.