BELBENOIT, René.

DRY GUILLOTINE. Fifteen years among The Living Dead.

London: Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, [1938]. First British Edition. Original maroon linen, gilt lettering to spine panel. 8°, 350 pp. Small bookseller's ticket and nice older ink name on front paste-down, a near fine bright copy. Item #314422

¶ An account of a prisoner's 15 year sentence in French Guiana at Devil's Island, revealing his five escape attempts, the fifth being successful. Illustrated (by a fellow prisoner). Introduction by William La Varre.

Price (CAD): $125.00