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Record ID marc_records_scriblio_net/part08.dat:59213939:1223
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LEADER: 01223cam 2200241 4500
001 74173605
003 DLC
005 19760810000000.0
008 740717r19741961enk 00000 eng
010 $a 74173605
015 $aGB***
020 $a0874714591 (Rowman)
050 0 $aHV8694$b.D8 1974
082 $a364.6/6
100 10 $aDuff, Charles,$d1894-
245 12 $aA handbook on hanging;$bbeing 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 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.
250 $aFinally definitive ed. diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
260 0 $a[Yorkshire, Eng.]$bEP Publishing$a[Totowa, N.J.]$bRowman & Littlefield,$c1974.
300 $a191 p.$c19 cm.
350 $a£2.50
500 $aReprint of 1961 ed. published by Putnam, London.
650 0 $aHanging.
650 0 $aCapital punishment.