An edition of A new handbook on hanging (1954)

A new handbook on hanging

beinga 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 andhis 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, all very proper to be read and kept in every family.

Definitive edition diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.

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An edition of A new handbook on hanging (1954)

A new handbook on hanging

beinga 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 andhis 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, all very proper to be read and kept in every family.

Definitive edition diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.

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Publisher
Melrose
Language
English
Pages
180

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Subjects
Capital punishment, Hanging
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Cover of: A new handbook on hanging
A new handbook on hanging: beinga 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 andhis 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, all very proper to be read and kept in every family.
1954, Melrose
in English - Definitive edition diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
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Cover of: A new handbook on hanging
A new handbook on hanging: being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution. ... to which is added an account of the great Nuremberg hangings, a ready reckoner for hangmen, and many other items of interest
1954, Henry Regnery
in English - Definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art
Cover of: A new handbook on hanging
A new handbook on hanging: being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution ... to which is added an account of the great Nuremberg hangings, a ready reckoner for hangmen, and many other items of interest.
1954, A. Melrose
in English - Definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
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Cover of: A new handbook on hanging
A new handbook on hanging: being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution. ... to which is added an account of the great Nuremberg hangings, a ready reckoner for hangmen, and many other items of interest
1954, Henry Regnery
in English - Definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art

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Previous ed. published as 'A handbook on hanging'. London : Freedom Press, 1948.

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Dewey Decimal Class
364.66

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180p. ;
Number of pages
180

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OL16530959M

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