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Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. Hardcover. Good. Later reprint edition with a poor DJ with lots of chipping, tape across the spine, and a large hole in the rear panel

Tattered jacket, chipped around the edges, taped together along the hinges. The book itself is good though. Binding still firm. Pages unmarked.

Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. hardcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. 9x6x1.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth hard covers, with black titling and design to front and spine. Soiling and rubbing to covers. Toning to edges and endpapers; some mild staining to top edge, mostly affecting plates. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- still a sound and tight copy. Illustrated (plates). 345[+plates]pp..

New York: Dutton, 1938. 345p, cloth, DW, moderate edgewear to DW, VG/VG-

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1938. 345pp. Black cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Binding secure, spine faded, corners solid. Titles on spine still legible, but cloth is closer to gray than black. Deckle edged pages age toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. B&W illustrated plates throughout. Early printing of Belbenoit's chronicle of life in a penal colony in French Guiana. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo.

E.P. Dutton, 1939 printing. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. nice book with dust jacket that has small tears along edges Price of $1.49 still on flap

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1939. 345 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white plates throughout. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Darkened deckle edges. Bound in black cloth with red titles. Faded on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. VG/- -. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938. The classic account of prison life on Devil's Island and escape to freedom.. 14th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/DJ Good (price clipped). Large Octavo.

Blue Ribbon Books. hardcover. Good. Sturdy unmarked ex-library copy. Blue cloth cover with minor corner and edge-wear. 1940 edition, originally printed in 1938

E-280: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc. Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc, New York. 1938. 345 pgs. 12 illustrated. Later printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Extraordinary, searing true account of life in the French prison on Devils Island. Belbenoit recounts his 15 year prison term in the hell of French Guiana at Devil's Island. The work outlines his 5 escape attempts, the fifth being successful. A scathing description, by the only survivor, of life in the French penal colony and the hell to be found there at that time. E-280; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages .

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938. 8vo. 345, [1] pp. 11 sepia-toned plates. Black cloth, gilt lettrng, red ruling, w/ d.j. (vry slght chppng at uppr fore-edge bk cvr, vry slght wear), NF/VG copy from library of H.G. Hills, of former Vice President of Hills Brothers Coffee. First edition, 5th printing of this searing account of a prisoner’s 15 year prison term in the hell of French Guiana at Devil’s Island. The work outlines his 5 escape attempts, the fifth being successful. A scathing description of the French penal colony of the time.

E.P. Dutton, 1/1/1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 345p. First edition and first printing. Hardcover and dust jacket in mylar. Good binding and cover. Wear and tear to DJ with some loss. Soiling to rear wrap. Slight sunning to spine. Slight cock to spine. Crack to front hinge on fep. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Dry Guillotine by Rene Belbenoit first UK editionhardcoverPublisher:Jonathan Cape, 1938Condition: Good- (some writing on the end papers, some foxing, spotting on some pages)

Jonathan Cape. Collectible - Good. London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. 1st UK edition. Sm 8vo. 350pp. Illus. Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped along edges. Front flap detached but present. Lower corner of textblock slightly bumped at middle. (French Guiana, exiles, prisons, escapes) Inquire if you need further information.

Various Places, Mainly New York, Costa Rica, and California, 1938 to 1956. A collection of 40 letters, together with several greeting cards, and many original mailing envelopes, all sent by Rene Belbenoit, French American author of the bestseller Dry Guillotine, a memoir of his experiences in the French penal colony of Devil’s Island, off the coast of French Guiana. Arrested in Paris after committing numerous thefts, Belbenoit was sentenced to 16 years in Devil’s Island. He escaped from the colony in 1935, and reached the United States in 1937. Belbenoit worked towards the abolition of the penal colony, which he sharply criticized in his novels, the publication of which led to a public outcry against the colony and its eventual closure. The archive consists of two batches of correspondence: 30 letters (44 pages) sent to Reverend Cornelius Greenway, pastor of All Souls Universalist Church in Brooklyn, mainly between 1938 and 1941, together with 10 letters (15 pages), sent to Max Lamb, editor at 20th… Read More