Lords of the Scaffold; A History of the Executioner
London: Robert Hale, 1991. First edition. 8vo. 191 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (45628). More
Crime-Punishment
Reluctant Hangman; The Story of James Berry, Executioner 1884-1892
London: John Long Ltd., 1956. First edition. 8vo. 191 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, edgewear, else very good condition. (75043). More
Radical History Review; Punishment and Death
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006. First edition. 8vo. 156 pp. Softcover, pictorial wraps, very good condition. (96451). More
Justice in Chains; From the Galleys to Devil's Island
London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1960. First printing. 8vo. 224 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (75079). More
Little Magazine, World Form
New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. First edition. 8vo. [xii], 333 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (49163). More
Red Hannah; Delaware's Whipping Post
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1947. First edition. 8vo. [xv], 144 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth binding in clipped dustwrapper, edgewear, else very good copy. (95842). More
Face of Justice
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1957. First edition. 8vo. 361 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (94560). More
Trial By Ordeal
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1956. First edition. 8vo. 309 pp. Cloth binding in clipped dustwrapper, else good condition. (74959). More
Executioners; A History of the Sanson Family, Public Executioners in France from 1688 to 1847
London: Arthur Barker Ltd., [1962]. First edition. 8vo. 205 pp. Cloth binding in clipped dustwrapper, good condition. (75043). More
Lesson of the Scaffold; The Public Execution Controversy in Victorian England
London: Allen Lane, 1974. First edition. 8vo. [xi], 212 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (74990). More
Men or Mules
Jonesboro, AR: Clyde Crosley, 1978. First edition. 8vo. 204 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, good condition. (75034). More
Trail of the Dead Years
Washington DC: Prisoners Relief Society, 1932. First edition. 8vo. [x], 342 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding, gilt embossed lettering, no jacket, owner signature, good condition. (75089). Edited by William Winfred Smith. More
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; ...
London: Putnams, 1955. Revised edition. 12mo. 191 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (95840). More
New 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; ...
London: Andrew Melrose, 1954. First edition thus. 16mo. 179 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (75043). More
Life After Death
New York: Blue Rider Press / Penguin Group, 2012. First edition. 8vo. 399 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (52983). More
Edison & the Electric Chair; A Story of Light and Death
New York: Walker & Co., 2003. First edition. 12mo. 358 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (81189). More
Hangman's Record; 1868-1899 • 1900-1929
UK: Chancery House Press, 1994. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes. v1: [xxxvi], 305 pp. / v2: [xxvi], 315 pp. Illustrations. Hardbound, printed covers, very good set. (75002). More
Sex In Prison; Revealing Sex Conditions in American Prisons
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935. First UK edition. 8vo. [xiv], 256, [12] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth binding, gilt lettering, no jacket, good condition. (75099). With an introductory essay on The Sexual Life of Prisoners by Ennst Toller. More
Hanging Tree; Execution and the English People, 1770-1868
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. 1994. 8vo. [xix], 634 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (84940). More
Flogging Others; Corporal Punishment and Cultural Identity from Antiquity to the Present
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014. First edition. 12mo.112pp. Illustrations, Softcover, pictorial wraps, very good condition. (88753). More
Chronicles of Newgate; From the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century • From the Eighteenth Century to Its Demolition; A Sketch of the Tower
London: Grolier Society, [1925]. First edition. 9vo. 2 volumes. v1: [x], 351 pp. / v2: 312 pp. Illustrations. Cloth bindings, printed spine labels, good set. (75088). More
Faithful Executioner; Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013. First edition. 8vo. [xxvi], 283 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (74626). More
Executioner's Journal; Meister Frantz Schmidt of the Imperial City of Nuremberg
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2016. First edition. 12mo. [lxiii], 171 pp. Softcover, pictorial wraps, fine condition. (88630). More
Crucifixion
Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1977. First American edition. 8vo. [xii], 99 pp. Softcover, pictorial wraps, very good condition. (78663). More
History of Newgate and the Old Bailey; And a Survey of the Fleet Prison and Fleet Marriages, the Marshalsea and Other Old London Jails
London: Underwood Press, 1935. First edition. 8vo. [xvi], 176 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding in mended, unclipped dustwrapper, good condition. (75043). More