A NEW HANDBOOK ON HANGING
Book Details + Condition: Andrew Bruce (London), 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket. 180 pages. More title: 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 of 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. Contents include: Fashion in Execution; Hangman an Artist; Charming Personality of Hangmen; Farcical Inquest and Official Secrets; and much more. In very good condition: tight binding; text is clean and unmarked; dust jacket has been clipped and is protected with a mylar cover.
