num_pages: 284
description: The Leatherman's Handbook was Number 46 on Lambda Book Report's end-of-the-millenium list of 100 Gay &amp; Lesbian Books that changed our lives."...Leatherman's Handbook was an immediate cult classic when it first came out in 1972. Its publication was the first step in bringing leather sex into the open in the gay world. Its instant popularity proved just how interested men were in this previously taboo subject." - John Preston, 1993"What L.T. offers in the Handbook are principles learned through years of experience in the SM playing field, and he invites you to agree or disagree with his ideas and conclusions...a pioneering work in gay SM." - Victor Terry, 1997"The groundbreaking 1972 publication of Larry Townsend's Leatherman's Handbook is as remarkable a construct as Stonewall itself, because it was a declaration of independence for 'anatomically Correct' homomasculinity." - Jack Fritscher, 1996NB: The author states in 'Epilogue for a New Millenium' (p. 275) that the first printing of the Silver Jubilee Edition in 1997 was "handled very badly" by his publisher and that the books were nearly all remaindered.
language: English
title: The Leatherman's Handbook
titlecomplete: The Leatherman's Handbook
genres: M M Romance, Queer, LGBT, Nonfiction, Sexuality, BDSM, Gay
ratings_count: 72
publisher: L.T. Publications