Rare 1982 1st Edition The Butch Manual Clark Henley LGBTQ Humor Paperback For Sale

Description:

No one was born Butch—and apparently, some of us need an instruction manual.

Offered here is an uncommon original 1982 first edition of The Butch Manual: The Current Drag and How to Do It by Clark Henley, published by The Sea Horse Press of New York City.

Part humorous handbook, part cultural time capsule, this delightfully tongue-in-cheek book instructs readers in the supposedly essential arts of walking, talking, dressing, sitting—and generally behaving—as “Butch” as humanly possible. Packed with wonderfully campy photographs, illustrations, observations, and advice, it offers a sharp and playful look at masculinity and gay culture in the early 1980s.

This is the desirable original Sea Horse Press edition—not the later Plume printing or modern reissue. A wonderfully unusual addition to any collection of vintage LGBTQ+ literature, queer history, underground humor, photography, or fabulously unconventional books.

Condition:

Vintage paperback in Good to Good Plus condition. The covers show noticeable rubbing, scuffing, edge and corner wear, and general age-related handling. Some yellowed adhesive or spotting is visible along the inner gutter near the title page. The displayed interior pages appear clean and readable, and the binding remains intact. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

Publication details:

* Author: Clark Henley

* Title: The Butch Manual: The Current Drag and How to Do It

* Publisher: The Sea Horse Press

* Place of publication: New York City

* Year: 1982

* Edition: First edition

* Format: Softcover/paperback

* ISBN: 0-9333322-11-9

* Original cover price: $6.95

Scarce, witty, provocative, and unmistakably of its era—this is one manual that definitely did not come with the furniture.

Ships carefully packed and protected.