A HANDBOOK ON HANGING

Hardback. UK reprint from the 1961 edn. (1st pub. 1928). '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. All very Proper to be read and kept in every Family'. With Appendix : A Ready Reckoner for Hangmen. 192pp. Red cloth/gilt lettering. V.v. lightly browned edges, o/w Nr. F. in Vg+ pcdw which has faded sp.