144pp. Illus. in text. Little foxing to fore-edge o/w VG copy. A facsimile reprint of the scarce original 1892 edition. Berry, who plied the gallows trade from 1884 to 1892, was the first - and the last - British hangman to write freely about the techniques of execution. He describes not only his personal attitude towards the ultimate punishment but also that of many of the condemned prisoners whose fall he engineered. A fascinating social document. Includes new Introduction by Jonathan Goodman and an Appendix outlining the history of capital punishment.

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