SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS

Hardback. A book dealing with all aspects of judicial hanging and its history. Chapter headings include : The Gallows and the Gibbet; The Journey to the Scaffold; The Science of Sudden Death; A Contemporary Execution; The Gentler Sex; Not Hanged Enough; The Present Status of Hanging; The Future of Hanging etc. With 10 Illus., Index. 224pp. 8vo. h/back. Lightly foxed and browned edges, o/w Vg+ in frayed and notched G. only dw.