"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message
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I found at Savers, a used goods store, this evening on the way home, a first
printing (1968) of the Grove Press edition of the Marquis de Sade's *Juliette*
, 1205 pages, with dust jacket (with only minor defects) and light foxing to
the top edges (otherwise fine) and the first complete publication of the work
in America. For the older readers, like myself, Grove Press was the publishing
house that fought obscenity battle after obscenity battle in the 50s and 60s in
order to be able to publish a large list of books banned in America. While I do
not shelve them together (unless it otherwise suits the shelving scheme), I
always keep an eye out for the Grove Press firsts.

Nice find.
I remember the battles Grove Press fought way back when.
Today nobody bats an eye at those titles but back in the day they caused quite
an uproar.