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.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Duff, Charles, 1894-1966.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : A. Melrose, [1954]
Edition:Definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
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Notes:"First appeared under the title A handbook on hanging, in 1928."

Physical description: 179 p. ; 19 cm.

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