Literature and Poetry

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978 The Edinburgh Course in Applied Linguistics.. Third Impression. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978 The Edinburgh Course in Applied Linguistics.. Third Impression. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Hogarth Press, 1969 Novel about a man who prefers younger girls. Why did Sonya, pretty but a slut and only sixteen, seduce a wealthy , middle-aged businessman? Where had she learnt her shameless approach to erotic pleasures. What was the secret that Egon, the smooth, vicious coffee-bar owner, held over these two, his victims? Modern, pleasure-loving Copenhagen sets the scene for this compelling story of mad obsession - where reckless passion carried the seeds of destruction. Proof copy, paperback inside d/j. Made into a film Directed by Hans Abramson and Brandon Chase.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Proof Copy. more information

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London: New English Library, 1975 Novel about football hooliganism. Some minor rubbing and creasing.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Saqi Books, 1995. In segregated, conservative societies with a repressive attitude to women, writing on the theme of love and sexuality are of particular interest. Among the plethora of studies on modern Arabic literature, this book is a major treatment of what has generally been a taboo subject. The scope covers the entire history of modern Arabic literature from the late-19th century to the end of the 1980s, with examples drawn from countries as diverse as Egypt and Kuwait. Although the main accent is on the prose of Egypt and the countries of the Mashreq, North African literature is also included. Examples are drawn form poetry, the novel and the short story. Topics range from "Erotic awareness in the early Egyptian short story" to "Death and desire in Iraqi War literature", from "Fathers and husbands as tyrants and victims" to "The foreign woman and the European mistress in the Maghreb novel". "Love and the mechanism of power" is analyzed, as are "Sexual politics and narrative strategies". Love and sexuality are shown as key elements in the work of Tawfik al-Hakim, Fuad al-Tikirli, the Kuwaiti writer Layla al-Uthman annd Nizar Qabbani. Other chapters treat "The lover in popular 20th-century Arabic drama", "Love and beyond in Mahjar literature" and "The romantic imagination and the female ideal".. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Home & Van Thal, 1948 Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley is one of a conurbation of six towns which joined together at the beginning of the twentieth century as Stoke-on-Trent. Enoch Bennett, his father, qualified as a solicitor in 1876, and the family were able to move to a larger house between Hanley and Burslem. The younger Bennett was educated locally in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Arnold was employed by his father, his duties included rent collecting. He was unhappy working for his father as he was rather mean. In his spare time he found time to do a little journalism. At age the age of twenty-one he left his father's practice and went to London as a solicitor's clerk. He won a literary competition in Tit Bits magazine in 1889 and was encouraged to take up journalism full time. In 1894 he became assistant editor of the periodical Woman. He noticed that the material offered by a syndicate to the magazine was not very good, so he wrote a serial which was bought by the syndicate for £75. He then wrote another. This became The Grand Babylon Hotel. Just over four years later his first novel A Man from the North was published to critical acclaim and he became editor to the magazine. From 1900 he devoted himself full time to writing, giving up the editorship and writing much serious criticism, and also theatre journalism, one of his special interests. He moved to Trinity Hall Farm, Hockliffe, Bedfordshire on Watling Street which was the inspiration for his novel Teresa of Watling Street which came out in 1904. His father Enoch Bennett died there in 1902, and he is buried in Chalgrove churchyard. In 1902 Anna of the Five Towns, the first of a succession of stories which detailed life in the Potteries, appeared. In 1903 he moved to Paris, where other great artists from around the world had converged on Montmartre and Montparnasse. Bennett spent the next eight years writing novels and plays. In 1908 The Old Wives' Tale was published, and was an immediate success throughout the English-speaking world. After a visit to America in 1911 where he had been publicised and acclaimed as no other visiting writer since Dickens, he returned to England where the Old Wives' Tale was reappraised and hailed as a masterpiece. During the First World War, he became Director of Propaganda at the War Ministry. He refused a knighthood in 1918. He won the 1923 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Riceyman Steps and in 1926 at the suggestion of Lord Beaverbrook, he began writing an influential weekly article on books for the Evening Standard newspaper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Hutchinson, 1967 Russian text.. Second Impression. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Paris: Collection des Orties Blanches, 1930 Very rare study of flagellation. Edition limited to 1000 copies. French text. c.1930's. Includes publishers catalogue at rear. Rebound.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2000 First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Buenos Aires: Ediciones Salido, 1991 Limited to 300 copies only. Spanish text.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Tony Pusey. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Buenos Aires: Ediciones Salido, 1991 Spanish text.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Kensington Publishing Group, 1983 Very bad taste and very politicly incorrect!. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Christchurch Publishers, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Paris: Les Editions De France, 1938 Rare early biography of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, author of Venus in Furs. French text.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Signet, 1965 Classic pulp erotica of the 1970s.. First US Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Fortune Press, 1964 Boards grubby and dented. Possibly the second edtion printed on heavier paper - equally, if not more, as rare as the first edition. d'Arch-Smith 11.. Second Edtion. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1981 First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Diego: Greenleaf, 1966 Explicit gay pulp novel about a gay man's relationship with an American indian. An unread copy. Rare.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1837. Translated From an Indian Manuscript. Some minor staining to rear pages.. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Delectus Books, 1993. The Romance is filled with saucy tales, verse and anecdotes inluding a headmistress taking a birch to the bare backsides of schoolgirls, women whipping each other, men spanking women, an aunt whipping her nephew and further painful pleasures. A complete facsimile of the 1888 edition with an introduction by Michael R. Goss. Quote: "Who, brandishingthe rod, doth straight begin to lose her pants - she trembles with affright - Adown they drop, appears the dainty skin, Fair as the furry coat of whitest ermelin." "One of the all time flagellation classics." The Literary Review, "In an entirely different class.A chronicle of punishment, pain and pleasure." Time Out. "A classic of Victorian vice." Forum, "A very intense volume.a potent, single-minded ode to flagellation." Divinity, "A delightful book of awesome contemporary significance...beautifully written." Daily Telegraph. "Stylishly reproduced and lovingly illuminated with elegant graphics and pictures.written in a style which is charming, archaic and packed with fine detail." The Redeemer. LAST FEW COPIES - THIS BOOK IS ALMOST OUT OF PRINT!. Signed by Publisher. First Thus. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Delectus Books, 1993. SPECIAL PRICE FOR DECEMBER ONLY! The Romance is filled with saucy tales, verse and anecdotes inluding a headmistress taking a birch to the bare backsides of schoolgirls, women whipping each other, men spanking women, an aunt whipping her nephew and further painful pleasures. A complete facsimile of the 1888 edition with an introduction by Michael R. Goss. Quote: "Who, brandishing the rod, doth straight begin to lose her pants - she trembles with affright - Adown they drop, appears the dainty skin, Fair as the furry coat of whitest ermelin." "One of the all time flagellation classics." The Literary Review, "In an entirely different class.A chronicle of punishment, pain and pleasure." Time Out. "A classic of Victorian vice." Forum, "A very intense volume.a potent, single-minded ode to flagellation." Divinity, "A delightful book of awesome contemporary significance.beautifully written." Daily Telegraph. "Stylishly reproduced and lovingly illuminated with elegant graphics and pictures.written in a style which is charming, archaic and packed with fine detail." The Redeemer. LAST FEW COPIES - THIS BOOK IS ALMOST OUT OF PRINT!. First Thus. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Paris [New York?] : For the Author & His Friends, 1902. Essentially a catalogue of Chrales Carrington's publications, probably compiled by John S. Farmer. Gershon Legman's copy with his hand writtten notes on reverse of fep. This edition proably printed by Samuel Roth c.1929. A valuable reference work.. Second Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Beacon Books, 1963 Pulp erotic novel. Older woman, younger man theme.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Edinburgh: Albyn Press, 1950. Scottish play. Albyn Scottish play series No. 6. Booklet.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Elliot Stock, 1913 This seminal work traces the history of superstitions, legends and myths in Ulster, especially the folk tales of fairies, dwarves and giants.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 Translated by C.L. Meader and F.N. Scott, with Introduction By V.V. Brusyanin. Playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionism movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the tsarist government. Born in the Oryol province of Russia, Andreyev originally studied law in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but abandoned his unremunerative law practice to pursue a literary career. He became police-court reporter for a Moscow daily, performing the routine of his humble calling without attracting any particular attention. His first story published was About a Poor Student, a narrative based upon his own experiences. It was not, however, until Gorky discovered him by stories appearing in the Moscow Courier and elsewhere that Andreyev's literary career really began.. First English Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: John Westhouse, 1947 Translated by Walter Morison. Ex-Boots library. Playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionism movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the tsarist government. Born in the Oryol province of Russia, Andreyev originally studied law in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but abandoned his unremunerative law practice to pursue a literary career. He became police-court reporter for a Moscow daily, performing the routine of his humble calling without attracting any particular attention. His first story published was About a Poor Student, a narrative based upon his own experiences. It was not, however, until Gorky discovered him by stories appearing in the Moscow Courier and elsewhere that Andreyev's literary career really began.. First English Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Brian Robb. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Paris: Olympia Press, 1953 The first English edition of the Modern erotic classic The Story of the Eye (L'Histoire de l'Oiel). Translated by Austryn Wainhouse. An unread copy. Very rare.. First English Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Random House, 1976 The noted writer-entertainer continues her autobiography, recounting her passage into adulthood and the white world, her initial experiences of marriage, motherhood, and show business, and her European tour in Porgy and Bess.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1970 First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Np Erotic debauchery in an Indian palace during colonial times. c.1950s Soho typescript bound in card. Some creasing to covers.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1968 Three volumes in one July 1879-December 1880.. First Thus. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Riverhaven, 1971. Novel about a sexually insatiable young female opera singer whose life is almost devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasures. First published as Pauline The Prima Dona; or Memoirs of an Opera Singer by the Erotica Biblion Society of London, 1898. An English translation of Aus den Memoiren einer Sängerin. This edition translated by R.J.B. Krauss.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Nelson, 1996 Collection of erotic stories.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Birchopolis for the Delectation of the Amorous and the Instruction of the Amateur in the Year of the Excitement of the Sexes, 1917 Classic flagellation text. A Charles Carrington publication. Spine stapled and repaired with clear tape.. First Thus. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Paris (New York): Privately Printed, 1933 The story of a Russian serf girl compiled from contemporary documents in the Russian Police files and private archives of Russian libraries. Rare American erotic novel, illustrated with 6 explicit drawings. Published January 1933 hand numbered limited edition of 800, this copy not numbered. The supposed author was Val Lewton, a well known film producer, responsible for a series of good low-budget horror movies in the 1940's by such directors as Robert Wise, Mark Robson and Jacques Tourneur.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bexhill-on-Sea: AKS Books, 2003 First published as a serial in the ‘underground’ magazine, The Pearl, in 1879 and 1880, Bride of the Birch is a series of letters from Miss Coote, now an old maid, to a younger lady friend. Miss Coote admits to being wedded to the birch rod and details her experiences of being severely whipped as a child, both at home by her grandfather, and then at school at Miss Flaybum’s Academy. As a woman of property, she sets up her own home with a strict disciplinary régime and the birch rod is in frequent use. The gardener’s wife and her two young daughters incur Miss Coote’s wrath for stealing fruit and all three are soundly flogged, as is a sneak-thief who tries to hide her ill-gotten gains in her private parts! "Tie her to the horse and get ready for business," the General ordered, as he seated himself in the chair to look on at his ease. "Come, Rosa, dear, don’t be troublesome and make your grandfather more angry," said Mrs. Mansell, unfastening my waistband. "Slip off your dress whilst the girls put the horse in the middle of the room." Oh! No! No! I won’t be whipped," I screamed. "Oh! Sir! Oh grandfather! Do have mercy," I implored, throwing myself on my knees before the old man. "Come, come, it's no use showing the white feather, Rosa, it's for your own good! Now, no more nonsense! Mrs. Mansell, do your duty, and let us get the painful business over with; she isn’t one of my stock if she doesn’t show her pluck when it comes to the pinch.". First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1885 A Victorian classic. (Mendes 7B). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: BCA, 1992 Erotic novel.. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Anconne (Bruxelles): Chez Uriel Bandant, 1865 Attributed to the Duke d'Aiguillon, F.A. Paradis Moncrief and others. Two parts in two volumes, Leyde [Bruxelles, July 1865]. Two parts in two volumes, machine numbered limited edition 23/163 on papier de Hollande, in fine binding, top edge guilt. French text. From the library of Gerschon Legman. (Rose 3836, PC 1523, Horn Book pp.87-90) Rare.. First Thus. Three Quarter Leather. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Barrel of Fun, 1964 Collection of bawdy jokes and cartoons. This type of American ephemera is exceptionally scarce.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Star, 1985 The story of a French gentleman who spends his afternoons sampling the delights of Parisian houses of pleasure. When he discovers that his clandestine partner is really his unhappily married cousin, he joins her and another friend in a marvelous menage a trois. Erotic novel first published in the late 1800s.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Paris: Editions Nilsson, 1932 Anthology of quotes from 18th.c. libertines with 4 delightful coloured illustrations, part of the "Les Pensees illustrees" series. Pages uncut. French text.. First Edition. Paperback in Wraps. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Covina: Collectors Publications, 1967 Explicit erotic journal from the Victorian era.. First US Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Star Distributors, 1995 Lesbian novel.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Pyramid, 1961 Pulp erotic novel. spine top worn with 2" loss.. Sixth Printing. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Paris: Office Central de Librairie, 1909. Illustrated flagellation novel. Pref. de Pierre Guénolé, 16 gravures. Some minor foxing. French text.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Velvet Publications, 1995. Victoria's journal reveals her darkest secrets, her induction into a bizarre yet addictive sexual underground at the hands of her immoral, incestuous guardians. Blazing with erotic excess and incandescent cruelty, The Whip Angels is a feast of dominance and submission, of corrupted innocence and tainted love. In the tradition of The Story of O and The Image, this modern classic was written by Diane Bataille, wife of Georges, an authoress fully versed in the ways of whipcord and the dark delirium of those in both physical and spiritual bondage.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Paris: Guill. Cavelier Et Franc. De Laulne, 1686 Early example of French gallant literature. French text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Delectus Books, 1995. SPECIAL PRICE FOR DECEMBER ONLY! A Parisian gentleman of position and wealth begins a romantic liaison with Anna, a poor, but voluptuous young woman, and falls wholly under her spell. Her power is complete. There is no doubt or hesitation in its wielding. Completely enchanted we watch George descend into his own private oblivion. He is powerless to resist. The greater the cruelty and humiliation, the deeper his submission becomes. His passion to obey becomes his obsession. The perversity of Anna's nature with its absolute domination over him ultimately culminates in a tragic ending. Includes an introduction by Michael R. Goss. "But, my child, you don't seem to understand what a Mistress is. For instance: your child your favourite daughter might be dying and I should send you to the Bastille to get me a twopenny trinket. You would go, you would obey! Do you understand?" - "Yes!" he murmured, so pale and troubled that he could scarcely breathe. "And you will do everything I wish?" - "Everything, darling Mistress! Everything! I swear it to you!" Sordid, gripping, extreme, highly unhygienic fun." Fiesta. "Anna is one hell of a woman, and The Mistress and the Slave is an S/M classic." Screw. "Another delectable classic for collectors of decadent erotica.it possesses an elegance rare in today's erotic prose." Desire. Compelling.another gem to excite." KPPT. "Sadistic & unpleasant." Headpress. "Powerful and explicit." Lust. "Imperious humiliation" Fetish Times. Ex-shop copy showing some wear.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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