A handbook on hanging . being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, and containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution; as well as data and wrinkled for hangmen, an account of the late Mr. Berry's method of killing and his working list of drops; to which is added a hangman's ready reckoner and certain other items of interest. All very proper to be read and kept in every family. By Charles Duff.
Charles Duff (1894-1966)
Category
Books
Date
1928
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3093466
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 127, [1]p. ; 17 cm. Reprinted September, 1928. Binding: quarter black cloth, with decorated paper (gallows design) over boards; printed paper spine label.
Makers and roles
Charles Duff (1894-1966)