Coming to Power: Writings and Graphics on Lesbian S/M

Title: Coming to Power: Writings and Graphics on Lesbian S/M Author: SAMOIS Publication: Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1982. Description: "Coming to Power" is a seminal work on lesbian BDSM and contains erotica, firsthand accounts, advice, and political analysis. Irreverent and resistant, it begins with the line, “This is an outrageous book.” Edited by members of SAMOIS, a San Francisco-based lesbian-feminist S/M support group that operated from 1978 to 1983, the first such group in the United States. Second edition, revised and expanded. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings and photographs. In pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 281, [7] pages, including [4] pages of publisher's advertisements. Spine sunned and creased, top edge toned, and small spots of soiling on the advertisement leaves. Very Good.