A HANDBOOK ON HANGING

Softcover. New Introduction by Christopher Hitchins. 'Being a short Introduction to the fine Art of Execution, containing much useful Information on Neck-breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapitation and Electrocution; Data and Wrinkles on Hangmanship; with the late Mr. Hangman Berry's Method and his pioneering List of Drops; to which is added an Account of the Great Nuremberg Hangings; a Ready Reckoner for Hangmen; and many other items of interest including the Anatomy of Murder. Finally Definitive Edition Diligently Compared and Revised in Accordance with the most Recent Developments in the Art and with a New Introduction by Christopher Hitchins. All very Proper to be read and kept in every Family'. With Appendix A Ready Reckoner for Hangmen. 197pp. trade size softcover. With signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover and price label removal from fr. cover o/w Vg+ with no creasing.