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Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
Seller: Blue Vase Books , Interlochen , MI

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Condition: Very good
Seller: HPB-Movies , Dallas , TX

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Description: 0940322676.
Condition: Fine
Notes: 8vo 8"-9" tall; 232 pp.
Seller: Avon Hill Books , Cambridge , MA

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Seller: Napa Bookmine , Napa , CA

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Condition: New
Notes: Size: 8x5x0; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Seller: GridFreed , North Las Vegas , NV

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Description: 12mo-over 6æ"-7æ" tall.
Condition: Very Good. No Jacket
Notes: Small hardcover bound in black cloth with paper spine label. 130 pages. Pictorial end-papers. First American edition, first printing. Full title reads: "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." As Arthur Koestler wrote some years later, "Great Britain is that peculiar country in Europe where people drive on the left side of the road, measure in inches and yards, and hang people by the neck until dead." Duff was not the first to pen a satirical polemic against capital punishment [think Swift] but he may be said to be the most unflagging, updating his polemic every decade from 1928 through 1938 and 1948 and up until 1961. An inestimable contribution to the literary catalog of English satire from Swift, through Blake and Dickens., but finally erudite and effective blow struck against the "ineffaceable indecency of the death penalty, most especially in its rope-and-trapdoor manifestation, perhaps, but in all the other permutations." First published in England a year before, this First American edition is actually the scarcer of the first printings. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very light, nearly invisible ring stain on rear board and some toning to spine label, else a well preserved copy. Very good..
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books , Staten Island , NY

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Condition: Very Good
Notes: 1938 revised and enlarged edition tight and unmarked with light tone and shelf dusting. hardcover in jacket. Please email for photos.
Seller: Griffin Books , Stamford , CT

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Condition: Good + No Jacket
Notes: Size: 16mo-over 5.75"-6.75" tall; Solid, Straight And Square First Edition Hardcover In Taupe Paper Covered Boards With Little Diagrams Of A Man Hanging From A Noose All Over Both Boards. Black Cloth Covered Backstrip Has A Complete Paper Label With The Same Guy Hanging On It. The Spine Piece Repaired Back On Book, And Book Is Now In A Heavy Gauge Clear Mylar Cover Which Will Keep This Book Looking Good Going Forward. There Are Small Chips At Head And Foot Of Backstrip, Still Displays Well. Tidy Name On Fep, 128 Page Text Is Tight And Bright And Includes A Chart On The Last Page: A Ready Reckoner For Hangmen: Take The Weight Of The 'Client' In Stones And Look Down The Colomn Of Weights Until You Reach The Figures Nearest To 24 Cwt., And The Fiture In The Left-Hand Column Will Be The Drop. The Title Continues: 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 Reader Reckoner And Certain Other Items Of Interest. All Very Proper To Be Read And Kept In Every Family.
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC , Boston , VA

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Seller: Half Price Books Inc , Dallas , TX

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Condition: BRAND NEW
Notes: 9780940322677.
Seller: Websew.com Inc , Avenel , NJ