A NEW HANDBOOK ON HANGING

Hardback. Definitive Edn. greatly enlarged and revised throughout previous editions. '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. The Definitive Edition diligently Compared and Revised in Accordance with the most recent Developments in the Art. All very Proper to be read and kept in every Family.' This established classic first appeared under the title 'A Handbook on Hanging' in 1928: a new and enlarged edition was issued in 1938. A further edition was published in 1948. This, the Definitive Edition was first published in 1954 under the title of 'A New Handbook on Hanging'. The work has been greatly enlarged and revised throughout and contains much new material. With Appendix (A Ready Reckoner for Hangmen). 180pp. 12mo. h/back. V. lightly browned edges, small mk. to fpd/fep, sl. slanted sp. o/w Vg. in chipped Nr. Vg. protected dw.