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Larry Townsend (1930–2008)

Author of The Leatherman's Handbook

109+ Works 947 Members 10 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

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Series

Works by Larry Townsend

The Leatherman's Handbook (1972) 137 copies, 1 review
The Leatherman's Handbook II (1972) 95 copies
The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1993) 53 copies, 1 review
Masters' Counterpoints (1991) 45 copies, 1 review
Ask Larry (1995) 36 copies
One for the master, two for the fool : a Bruce MacLeod mystery (1995) 31 copies, 1 review
Run, Little Leather Boy (1971) 28 copies
The Scorpius Equation (1993) 24 copies
Leather Ad Volume I. M (1996) 20 copies
The Long Leather Cord (1994) 20 copies
Dream master; and other SM stories. (1992) 18 copies
Two Thousand Sixty-Nine: A Science Fiction Trilogy (1995) 18 copies
The Best of the Badboys (1995) — Contributor — 18 copies, 1 review
A Slave's Gambit (1993) 17 copies
The Hounds of Hell and Other Sm Stories (2000) 17 copies
Kiss of Leather (1994) 16 copies
Run No More (1993) 15 copies
Master of Masters (Boner Books) (1997) 15 copies
A Contagious Evil: The Mind of a Serial Killer (1998) 14 copies
Beware the God Who Smiles (1995) 14 copies
Chains (1994) 14 copies
The Case of the Severed Head (1994) 13 copies, 1 review
Man Sword (1994) 13 copies
Gay Adventures of Captain Goose (1994) 13 copies
Leather Ad Volume 2. S. (1996) 12 copies
The Faustus Contract (1994) 11 copies
Of Men, Ropes and Remembrance: The Stories from Bound & Gagged Magazine (1997) 10 copies
Czar!: A Novel of Ivan the Terrible (1998) 9 copies
Stalked: an Anatomy of Sexual Obsession (1999) 9 copies
Run, Little Leather Boy and Companion Sequal, Run No More (2003) 8 copies
The Construction Worker (1995) 8 copies
Binding Passion (2001) 7 copies
The fairy king (1970) 7 copies, 1 review
2069+2 7 copies, 1 review
2069+1 (1970) 6 copies
Mind Master (1994) 6 copies
TimeMasters (2008) 6 copies
Mickey's one (1970) 6 copies
Joven-cachoteca (1970) 5 copies
Billy's Club (1970) 5 copies
2069 (1969) 5 copies, 1 review
The new leatherman's workbook (1984) 5 copies
To take a slave and other stories of male/male SM (1997) 4 copies
The gooser (1969) 4 copies
Treasury of S & M 5 3 copies
Treasury of S & M 3 copies
Tales of discipline, obedience, & submission (1994) 3 copies
Tales of servitude & surrender (1991) 3 copies
Anthology of S&M 3 copies
Potpourri of S & M. Volume 2 3 copies
Of Slaves and Ropes and Lovers (1995) 3 copies
Leatherman's workbook: a supplement to the basic text, Vol. 1 (1979) 2 copies
Potpourri of S & M. Volume 5 2 copies
Treasury of S & M 9 2 copies
The SM confessional 2 copies
Treasury of S & M 6 2 copies
Potpourri of S & M : a wild miscellany of stories, letters, drawings & photos 2 copies
Treasury of S & M 4 2 copies
Tales of the naked slave 2 copies
Leatherman's workbook 7 : all new stories 2 copies
Treasury of S & M 7 2 copies
A third treasury of S & M 2 copies
Potpourri of S & M. Volume 4 2 copies
A second treasury of S & M 2 copies
School master 2 copies
The power gods 2 + 2 and other stories of leather-SM 2 copies
Of dungeons, barns and slaves : a collection of short stories 2 copies
Leatherman's workbook. Volume 8 2 copies
Hounds of Hell and Other SM Stories An Anthology (2000) 2 copies
Leatherman's workbook. Volume 2. (1975) 2 copies
Leatherman's workbook. Volume 6: All new stories (1977) 2 copies
The Lance/Jeff Kincaid SM reader 2 copies
Four SM tales of experimentation, punishment & revenge 2 copies
7 tales of whips, slaves & retribution 2 copies
The art of Tom "Ropes" McGurk (1995) 2 copies
Leatherman’s Workbook, Vol III 1 copy
2069 - larry townsend 1 copy
Leatherman’s Workbook, Vol II 1 copy
H.E.L.P.: Homophile Effort for Legal Protection (Volume 1, Number 2) 1 copy
2069 + 2 1 copy
Joven Chocheteca? 1 copy
Leather Ad Volume 1 - M 1 copy
HISTORIA DEL PRIMER CORAZÓN ARTIFICIAL 1 copy
Das Lederhandbuch. (1998) 1 copy
Leather Ad Volume 2 1 copy
Mickeys One 1 copy
H.E.L.P.: Homophile Effort for Legal Protection (Volume 3, Number 8) 1 copy
H.E.L.P.: Homophile Effort for Legal Protection (Volume 3, Number 2) 1 copy
H.E.L.P.: Homophile Effort for Legal Protection (Volume 2, Number 6) 1 copy
Leatherman’s Workbook, Volume I 1 copy
Leatherman's workbook. Volume 4 1 copy
Potpourri of S & M. Vol. 3 1 copy
More dungeons, more barns and more slaves 1 copy
Larry Townsend's Photo Collection (1992) 1 copy
Masters' Counterpoints (Old Edition) 1 copy
Discipline Obedience and Submission (1986) 1 copy
Der Todeskuß (1997) 1 copy, 1 review
The bloody tower and other stories of leather-SM 1 copy
Leatherman's workbook. Volume 3. 1 copy
The slaves 1 copy
Leatherman's Workbook (Volume 5) 1 copy
SM contrasts 1 copy
Treasury of S & M. Volume 8 1 copy
Two tales of SM fantasy & magic 1 copy
Meister seines Faches 1 copy
Anthology of S&M. Volume 5 1 copy
The bondage photos of Tom "Ropes" McGurk 1 copy
The Gay Adventures of Captain Goose 1 copy
H.E.L.P.: Homophile Effort for Legal Protection (Volume 2, Number 20) "Narcotics Awareness Seminar" - "The Los Angeles Tavern Guild" 1 copy
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Associated Works

Flesh and the Word: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (1992) — Contributor — 208 copies, 1 review
Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica (1996) — Contributor — 91 copies, 2 reviews
Even Our Fantasies: A Compendium of Gay Erotica (1998) — Contributor — 42 copies
Best Gay Erotica 2001 (2000) — Contributor — 38 copies
Happily Ever After: Erotic Fairy Tales For Men (1996) — Contributor — 35 copies
Best Gay Erotica 1999 (1999) — Contributor — 33 copies
Best Gay Bondage Erotica (2008) — Contributor — 23 copies

Tagged

Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1930-10-27
Date of death
2008-07-29
Gender
male
Occupations
writer
Relationships
Yerkes, Fred (spouse)
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
Los Angeles, California, USA
Associated Place (for map)
California, USA

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Reviews

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10 reviews
Kaysbooks471 reviews
Der Geköpfte by Larry Townsend
Schwulenticker, Schwulenhasser und Schwulenfeindliche treffen auf Freunde des SM in ihren vielfältigen Formen. Und wenn dann auch noch Drogen hinzukommen, muss das wohl unvermeidlich zu einem abgehackten Kopf im Müllcontainer führen. Townsend ist natürlich bekannt aufgrund seiner Ledergeschichten; und genau das ist auch dies. Der Krimi sorgt für einen faszinierenden Hintergrund, obwohl es eigentlich um die Faszination zwischen Männern, die ein Faible für die härtere Gangart beim Sex show more haben. show less
Aug 13, 2011
aulsmith2,871 reviews
The best of the Badboys by Michael Lowenthal
Boy do I miss Badboy Press. If you like inventive, hard, sweaty men-on-men sex, any Badboy Press book you find in a used book story should satisfy. This is an anthology of short stories and excerpts from novels. The Lars Eighner excerpts from BMOC were hilarious.
Nov 7, 2014
jwhenderson2,961 reviews
The Leatherman's Handbook by Larry Townsend
An riveting look at the world of Leather and the men who engage in Leather sex.
½
Mar 13, 2026
Joanna.Oyzon408 reviews
The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Larry Townsend
Awesome. Written by the man who write The Leatherman's Handbook, so yeah this isn't so much slash as it is unapologetic gay porn. So yeah...awesome! :p
Apr 17, 2018
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Awards

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Lambda Literary Award

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Statistics

Works
109
Also by
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Members
947
Popularity
#27,151
Rating
½ 3.5
Reviews
10
ISBNs
49
Languages
1
Favorited
1

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