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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 wrinkles 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
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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 wrinkles 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.
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[London] G. Richards and P. Sainsbury at The Cayme Press, 1928.
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2 p. l., 3-128+ p. 17 cm.
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A satire on capital punishment.
Page 129 lacking.
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English
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June 01, 2002
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