Dry Guillotine: Fifteen Years among the Living Dead, by Rene Belbenoit (Prisoner No. 46635), published by E. P. Dutton and Company in New York in 1939. First edition, 22nd printing.
Translated from French by Preston Rambo. With an introduction by William La Varre. 345 pages.
Black hardcover volume. Some wear to cover boards and spine (see photos). Very good+ otherwise – no writing or markings in the book, volume is tightly bound. Slight fading to pages. No dustjacket.
11 sepia-toned plates. Deckled fore-edges.
Rene Belbenoit was the first person to escape and expose the French penal system of Guyana. His story is riveting and true.
