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Isle of the Damned: Twenty Years in the Penal Colony of French Guinea
by Seaton, George John; Kersh, Cyril (Foreword)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good. The lost chronicle from Devil's Island--the story of a daring escape" by the author, a wealthy young Englishman who turned to thievery in France & subsequently served 20 years in that infamous penal colony in French Guinea. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1951, in 302 pages with map endpapers + other maps, photographic frontispiece, & black-and-white photos throughout text. Hardcover 8vo has blue-green cloth-covered boards lettered in bright yellow to spine. Condition is VG: very clean inside & out, binding strong & straight, pages off-white with moderate tanning, heavier to edges; offsetting to front endpapers. Mild bumping to corners & rubbing to both ends of spine, with slight fraying at heel. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.50 price intact to front flap) is VG- (minus), with slight spine fading & chipping at lower spine/some corners; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023453
- Title
- Isle of the Damned: Twenty Years in the Penal Colony of French Guinea
- Author
- Seaton, George John; Kersh, Cyril (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc.
- Keywords
- penal colony prison imprisonment convicts inmates jail escape france french guinea prisoners true crime autobiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Crime: True Crime;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
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- Chipping
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