A Handbook on Hanging

Duff Charles

46187 London: Putnam, 1961 h/c + d/j, 191pp, 20x14, age browning , price clip. browning to d/j cover. The finally definitive edition diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art. Contains 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. Fact or Satire? $30.00AUD
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