COMING SOON
The Leatherman’s Handbook
Golden Anniversary Edition
by Larry Townsend
Originally published in 1972, The Leatherman’s Handbook opened doors to a world that had previously been seen only in the shadows. By the time the Millennium Edition was released in 2000 to celebrate the book’s Silver Jubilee, the world of gay sex had changed dramatically because of “the catastrophe”—“the advent of AIDS, which changed almost every aspect of our lives—certainly our sexual lives,” as Townsend wrote in his revised introduction.
This Golden Anniversary edition, with special cover by artist Ego Rodriguez, will revisit the ways the world has changed—again. “As for myself,” Townsend wrote, “I suppose I should look forward to the Golden Jubilee, by which time I hope the health crisis will be long gone and we will have been able to revert back to some of the behavior I so blithely described twenty-five years ago.”
The world has indeed changed, and so has Leather. Like Larry, “I am hopeful that this new edition will prove instructive, or at least entertaining, for the new generation of leathermen now on the scene.”
From the Introductions to the Millennium Edition (2000):
As I said, Larry Townsend changed my life, and I am grateful. I am certain he has changed the lives of many other people, too. This new edition of The Leatherman's Handbook will undoubtedly change even more lives, open more windows, unlock more closets.
—Victor Terry
Larry Townsend's Leatherman's Handbook was combination etiquette book and Boy Scout Handbook for the Mineshaft's epic nights of beautiful people . . . .
—Jack Fritscher
Larry Townsend's Leatherman's Handbook was an immediate cult classic when it first came out in 1972. Its publication was the first step in bringing leathersex into the open in the gay world. Its instant popularity proved just how interested men were in the previously taboo subject.
—John Preston
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by Larry Townsend
“It’s a game,” I suggested.
“For many, unfortunately, it is,” sighed Bert.
After being caught with a man, Wayne Hoffsteder—spoiled and handsome, lusty and insightful—is sent by his parents to live with his Uncle Bert in a stately London townhome.
Through Uncle Bert, Wayne learns the meaning of SM and seeks his own place within the Leather hierarchy. From the dark formal London leather clubs to the cold stone torture chamber of a Bavarian castle, Wayne follows his obsessive lust to learn—and experience—more. And in the end, he learns to master the most difficult submissive of all—himself.
“There really is no game. For us it is life, and the opportunity to activate the most profound potentials within our living minds and bodies.”