Duff, Charles. A HANDBOOK ON HANGING. BEING A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE FINE ART OF EXECUTION, AND CONTAINING SUCH USEFUL INFORMATION ON NECK-BREAKING, THROTTLING, STRANGLING... 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. Price: USD 300.00 other currencies   order no. 53    inquire

(To order this book, press this button)

Read the ABAA Code of Ethics

offered by: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books 16236 Highway 13 Richmond, MO 64085-8894 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA P: Larisa A. Cassell Tel. (816) 776-6735 E-mail:  Literature, Art & Philosophy of the Arts & Crafts Movement in America & Britain. Strong Emphasis on the Cotswold District & the Glasgow School: Ruskin, Morris, Mackintosh, Stickley, Hubbard, et al. Appraisals and Collection Services in all areas. # Catalogues issued occasionally * By appointment only CONDITIONS OF SALE We accept MasterCard, Visa and Bank Drafts in US dollars. No packing fees, post charged at actual cost. Deferred payment for institutions. Books are returnable if not as described, with prior notice and payment of return shipping. The item must be carefully packaged, properly insured and received in the same condition as it was sold. The title of any item sold does not transfer until the balance due has been paid in full.    search our database...