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My experiences as an executioner; edited by H. Snowden Ward. [1st ed. reprinted]; with a new introduction and additional appendices by Jonathan Goodman.

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Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1972.

1972-1892

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L'exécution.

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Paris, Grasset [1973]

1973

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Los verdugos españoles; história y actualidad del garrote vil. [1. ed.]

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Madrid, Alfaguara [1971]

1971

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Legacy of death.

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Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1973]

1973

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Executions in America [by] William J. Bowers, with the assistance of Andrea Carr and Glenn L. Pierce.

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Lexington, Mass., Lexington Books [1974]

1974

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Firenze boia. Fatti di cronaca nera dal Cinquecento al Settecento.

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Firenze, Bonechi, 1973.

1973

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Executions in America [by] William J. Bowers, with the assistance of Andrea Carr and Glenn L. Pierce.

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Lexington, Mass., Lexington Books [1974]

1974

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FormatTextCall numberSc 364.66-B (Bowers, W. J. Executions in America)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Dødsdømt / Ole Schierbeck. -

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København : Bogan : [eksp. DEK, 1974]

1974

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Chile : an Amnesty International report.

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London : Amnesty International Publications, 1974.

1974

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Executioner, Pierrepoint / by Albert Pierrepoint.

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London : Harrap, 1974.

1974

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Galgebergen en galgevelden in West- en Midden Nederland / H. C. Jelgersma.

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Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1978.

1978

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Le métier de bourreau / Jacques Delarue.

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[Paris] : Fayard, c1979.

1979

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Executions, 1601-1926 : when, where, why, how, who? : all the principal executions for 400 years. 1st ed.

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London : Sungolf Plus Leisure Co., 1979.

1979

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Hr. [i.e. Herr] Sørens henrettelse : mordet i Vejlby / Niels Fenger ; vignetter af Sven Okkels.

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Herning : Poul Kristensen, 1976.

1976

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Il était une fois-- la guillotine / J.M. Bessette.

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Paris : Editions Alternatives, [1982]

1982

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Hangman : the life and times of Alexander Green, public executioner to the colony of New South Wales / by Ray and Richard Beckett.

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West Melbouarne, Vic. : Nelson, 1980.

1980

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Geschichte des Grauens : deutscher Strafvollzug in 7 Jahrhunderten / Gerd Hensel.

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Altendorf : Lector-Verlag, c1979.

1979

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Die Scharfrichter von Tirol : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Strafvollzuges in Tirol von 1497-1787 / Heinz Moser.

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Innsbruck : Steiger, 1982.

1982

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Legal homicide : death as punishment in America, 1864-1982 / William J. Bowers, with Glenn L. Pierce and John F. McDevitt.

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Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1984.

1984-1974

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Au pied de l'échafaud : les dernières exécutions en Suisse romande, 1834-1902 / Jean-Claude Choffet.

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Genève : Tribune éditions, achevé d'impr. 1980.

1980

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Misdadigers tussen rechter en beul, 1400-1800 / Fernand Vanhemelryck.

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Antwerpen : Nederlandsche Boekhandel, c1984.

1984

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For the sake of example : capital courts-martial, 1914-1920 / by Anthony Babington ; with a postscript by Frank Richardson.

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New York : St. Martin's Press, c1983.

1983

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The common hangman : English and Scottish hangmen before the abolition of public executions / by James Bland.

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Hornchurch, Essex : I. Henry Publications, 1984.

1984

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Tortures of the Tower of London / G. Abbott ; verses by Shelagh Abbott.

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Newton Abbot : David & Charles, c1986.

1986

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Réponse à Pierre Vidal-Naquet / Robert Faurisson. Suivi de, Le mythe des "chambres à gaz" entre en agonie. L'argent des contribuables contre R. Faurisson.

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Paris : Vieille Taupe, c1982.

1982

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For the occasion of death : poems.

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Iowa City : Windhover Press, University of Iowa, c1981.

1981

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FormatTextCall number*KP (Windhover) 90-117Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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Civil War justice : Union Army executions under Lincoln / by Robert I. Alotta.

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Shippensburg, PA : White Mane Pub. Co., c1989.

1989

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FormatTextCall numberIKC 90-994Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / Louis P. Masur.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

1989

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"Never losing faith-- " [microform] : for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

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New York : National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, [1953]

1953

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Assassinations and executions : an encyclopedia of political violence, 1865-1986 / by Harris M. Lentz, III.

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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1988.

1988

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FormatTextCall numberPub. Cat. HV6278 .L45Item locationSchwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315

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Mādhā qāl al-ʻālam ʻan al-Ustādh Maḥmūd?

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[Khartoum] : al-Ikhwān al-Jumhūrīyūn, 1985.

1985

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Ḥaythīyāt al-Maḥkamah al-ʻUlyā fī qaḍīyat al-Ustādh Maḥmūd Muḥammad Ṭāhā : intiṣār lil-ḥaqq, wa-daḥḍ lil-ḥukm al-mahzalah / Ikhwān al-Jumhūrīyīn.

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Umm Durmān : al-Ikhwān, 1986.

1986

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Until you are dead : the book of executions in America / by Frederick Drimmer.

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Secaucus, NJ : Carol Pub. Group, 1990.

1990

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Śród żywych duchów / Małgorzata Szejnert.

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Londyn : Aneks, 1990.

1990

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Executions at the old Ararat Gaol / compiled by Judith E. Barry from The Ararat & Pleasant Creek advertisers.

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Ararat, Vic., Australia : J.E. Barry, 1990.

1990

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Stockholms blodbestänkta jord.

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Stockholm : Bokförlaget Rediviva, c1972.

1972-1874

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Lords of the scaffold : a history of the executioner / Geoffrey Abbott.

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London : R. Hale ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.

1991

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Death comes to the maiden : sex and execution, 1431-1933 / Camille Naish.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.

1991

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Iniquity purged by mercy and truth : a sermon preached at Grafton, October 23d., 1768 ; being the Sabbath after the execution of Arthur, a Negro man, at Worchester, aged about 21, for a rape / by Aaron Hutchinson, pastor of the church of Christ in said Grafton.

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[Boston] : [Publisher not identified], 1769.

1769

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FormatTextCall numberSc Rare 252-H (Hutchinson, A. Iniquity purged by mercy and truth)Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Der Henker und die Frauen : ein dramatischer Bericht / Max Pierre Schaeffer.

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München : Lichtenberg, c1965.

1965

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Last words : letters and statements of the leaders executed after the rising at Easter 1916 / [edited by] Piaras F. Mac Lochlainn.

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Dublin : Stationery Office, c1990.

1990

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The confession and execution of prisoners at Tyburn, &c. [microform] .

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[London? : s.n., 1679?]

1679

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Life on death row : one man's fight against racism and the death penalty / Merrilyn Thomas.

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London : Paladin, 1991.

1991

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De dood in het leven van alledag : twee eeuwen rouwadvertenties en openbare strafvoltrekkingen in Nederland / Herman Franke.

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's-Gravenhage : Nijgh & Van Ditmar, c1985.

1985

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