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.

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Author / Creator:Duff, Charles, 1894-1966
Edition:Definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
Imprint:London : A. Melrose, [1954]
Description:179 p. ; 19 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/553011
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Notes:"First appeared under the title A handbook on hanging, in 1928."

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