Hell Beyond the Seas A Convict's Own Story of His Experiences in the French Penal Settlement in Guiana
by Krarup-Nielsen, Aage & Convict #44,792
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First English Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards show some shelf wear, sun-faded on spine, corners bumped. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. B&W photos and map, This was first released in Danish as Helvedet Hinsides Havet. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages; The author has taken the notes from Convict #44,792 and turned them into a startling autobiography of a man suddenly thrust into a life of penal servitude. The subject's name is never revealed. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20511
- Title
- Hell Beyond the Seas A Convict's Own Story of His Experiences in the French Penal Settlement in Guiana
- Author
- Krarup-Nielsen, Aage & Convict #44,792
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- penal colony, Guiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law; Law & True Crime;
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