A Handbook on Hanging. Being a short Introduction to the fine Art of Execution, containing muich information on Neck-breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapitation and Electrocution. Revised edition.
de Duff, Charles
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London, England: Putnam and Company, 1955. 5th or later Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The "Finally revised edition"; 6th Edition, First Printing, 1955. Hard cover 8vo in russet cloth w/gold spine titles. Very Good w/light slant, 2 sentences in "Preface to this Edition" highlighted, else Fine and unmarked; in Very Good unclipped DJ w/ 1/2" tear top front and modestly chipped crown. A satirical essay filled with facts and details on both sides of the question of legal executions, e.g. it outlines "Chances of Errors Reduced to a Minimum". The jacket proclaims, "All very proper to be kept and read in every family".
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- Librería
- Basement Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 033988
- Título
- A Handbook on Hanging. Being a short Introduction to the fine Art of Execution, containing muich information on Neck-breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapitation and Electrocution. Revised edition.
- Autor
- Duff, Charles
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 5th or later Edition 1st Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Putnam and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- London, England
- Fecha de publicación
- 1955
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- HISTORY HANGING EXECUTIONS LEGAL JUSTICE LAW SENTENCING
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Non-fiction; History;
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Basement Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sobre Basement Books
BASEMENT BOOKS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in hard-to-find non-fiction, Western Americana, History, and First Edition mysteries and literature.
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