A HANDBOOK ON HANGING. BEING A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE FINE ART OF EXECUTION, AND CONTAINING SUCH USEFUL INFORMATION ON NECK-BREAKING, THROTTLING, STRANGLING
by Duff, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richmond, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusettes: Hale, Cushman and Flint, 1929. First edition 12mo, 7" x 4 1/4". Bound in original black cloth with paper spine label. Save for a owner's inscription, (name and date), on the front free endpaper, this is a fine copy in original pictorial dust wrapper which although chipped and soiled, is complete. The repeating pattern of a man hanging from a scaffold in silhouette is used on the endpapers and spine label. Published the year after the more common British first edition. Surely this small book, with its keenly provocative perspective on the subject of capital punishment, stirred the winds of controversy amongst an American public still struggling with this issue.
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- Bookseller
- Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53
- Title
- A HANDBOOK ON HANGING. BEING A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE FINE ART OF EXECUTION, AND CONTAINING SUCH USEFUL INFORMATION ON NECK-BREAKING, THROTTLING, STRANGLING
- Author
- Duff, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Capital Punishment, Sociology, Crime, Criminal, Penal System
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Glossary
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.