Gay Art + Photography

A Second Treasury of S & M
PRIVATE EDITION
Larry Townsend
Los Angeles, California
1973

digital replica

Bolerium Books of San Francisco offers the original paper volume for $195. They set the publication date as 1973, and say that Mr. Townsend is author of the gay bdsm stories contained therein. His first-page introduction to the volume places the origin of most fiction pieces in the 1950s.

The long and the short of it.

In this second volume of the Treasury series, we have again assembled a collection of stories and pictures which seem to exemplify a wide variety of leather-S&M fantasies. In our on-going attempt to study this particular form of sexual expression, it is essential to capture the feel of the practitioner, be he a true participant or merely a day-dreamer, setting down the conceptions of his active imagination.

A SECOND TREASURY OF S & M dwells most heavily on the fantasies relating to authority figures - to cops and prison guards [THE SHED, A COP'S LAMENT] - and to some heavy discipline situations [SPECIAL TRAINING, ENSLAVED, 3 INTO ONE). And in these latter two stories, we have the extremely diverse situations of S & M without bondage [ENSLAVED] vs. a very heavy bondage sequence in 3 INTO ONE. With the exception of THE SHED, these are all classic stories, written in the 1950s and passed along in hasty copies and reproductions. We have done a careful job of editing, purposely leaving them much as they were, eliminating only the most glaring flaws and bits of awkward structure. As they stand in this SECOND TREASURY, the original flavor is largely intact.

A number of people have indicated in their correspondence that geographic location presents a serious problem for them, and their only sexual outlet is through self-stimulation. In recognition of this, we have included a special section devoted to an exploration of these masturbatory practices. It is unfortunate that our social conditioning makes this subject so taboo, as it is surely the most common — and at the same time the least destructive — mode of sexual release one could possibly attain. We have presented the case quite candidly, as could only be done in a privately published book, compiled strictly for an adult audience. Many readers may find their own experiences to be laden with guilt or uncertainties, and we hope that this frank portrayal of other people's behavior may lessen these negative self-conceptions.

Except for the photo article on masturbation, all of our stories have been illustrated by the talented hands of SEAN, who seems able to bring many of these fictional situations into much clearer focus. We are also indebted to the editor of the Swedish publication REVOLT for a number of pictures which we have included to add extra dimension to the completed collection. While a couple of these are not strictly oriented toward the S & M motif, they seemed worthy of our attention because of their exceptional subject matter or humorous content.

We hope that the reader will find the succeeding pages both entertaining and informative.

The stories explore various forms of homosexual brutality and sex. Fifteen ink illustrations by Sean reflect tableaux described in the short stories.

Photographs appear on 9 pages, with some several to a page. Most illuminate the article about masturbation.

The ebook contains all content of the 48-page, magazine-shaped volume. The original page sequence is retained.

Brightness, contrast and levels were adjusted and shadows reduced to show detail. With the possible exception of a few photographs, all text and graphics transposed to ebook format with clarity.

All new scans. Nudity.

NOTE
Although some parts of pictures are obscured on this page, the ebook shows everything that's in the original.

also available
A Treasury of S & M, Volume One
A Treasury of S & M, Volume Four

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