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New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941. The experiences of a former Gestapo and Russian OGPU agent who defected to the US and joined the American Army during WWII. Denim cloth boards have light aging, rubbed edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941. The experiences of a former Gestapo and Russian OGPU agent who defected to the US and joined the American Army during WWII. Jacket is very chipped, rubbed and tanning. Denim cloth boards have light aging, rubbed edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh, Oakland, And West Virginia: AK Press / Nabat. Very Good; Remainder stripe on page bottoms.. 2004. Reprint. Softcover. 1902593863 . Reprint of this memoir, first published in 1941, by German-born revolutionary, "the best cautionary tale of political fanaticism ever written." Includes discussion of Krebs' years as a Communist agent, time in German and American prisons, fought Stalin, and survived the Great Depression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 674 pages .

New York.: Alliance Book Corporation., 1941. Book Club Edition. Book-of-the-Month Club Selection.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Volume blemished only by two small top page block smudges. Jacket has edge wear.. Salter, George (Jacket illustrated by).. 1 Dark blue heavy cloth over boards; gold titles, angled on front. vi, 749 p. 25 cm. Autobiography of "a child of the generation nobody knows". Reared between 2 world wars, the author came out of 2 decades of "political undertow" to find sustainable work in Southern California in 1939. Ten years earlier he had been imprisoned in San Quentin. He loved the sea and writing, and had escaped Nazis and Communists; This is his ruthless, unapologetic autobiography, written at age 36, and capturing the reading public preparing for war in America, and at war in Europe. "Who's Who" list at back.

London: Fortress Books, 1988. 1st ed. thus. As New. octavo. dust jacket xii + 691pp., b/w plates, appendix, Account of Communist activities in Germany and elsewhere between the two world wars. Originally published in 1941. This new edition with a new introduction & foreword

New York: Alliance Book Corporation, c. 1941. The book is in very good condition. The dust jacket is in fair condition. . Binding: Publisher’s blue cloth. Gilt text on cover. Gilt text on spine. Top edge dyed red. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. , Notes: Jan Valtin was the alias of Richard Julius Hermann Krebs (1905 - 1951), a German writer during the interwar period. He settled to the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book Out of the Night, his highly publicized autobiography. In the book he described in detail the actions he supposedly had carried on as a secret agent of the Soviet GPU. A 1926 attempted murder was described by Krebs/Valtin as a GPU operation. The book received great critical acclaim. A 1940 review for the Saturday Review of Literature reads: "No other books more clearly reveals the aid which Stalin gave to Hitler before he won power". As a result, he Valtin/Krebs was invited to testify before the House Un-American… Read More

NY: Alliance Book Corp, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. 749pp. Three pages of "Who's Who" in the back. It appears this is a fascinating and well-written memoir. From Wiki: "Richard Julius Hermann Krebs (December 17, 1905 - January 1, 1951), better known by his alias Jan Valtin, was a German writer during the interwar period. He settled in the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book Out of the Night." Fine copy in slight chipped, price-clipped dj.

New York: Alliance Book Corporation. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Front hinge starting. .

New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1940. First edition of Valtin's bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Ben Mandel, who helped. Jan Valtin November 1940." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by George Salter. A bestseller in 1941, described as". . . full of sensational revelations and interspersed with episodes of daring, of desperate conflict, of torture, and of ruthless conspiracy . . . It is, first of all, an autobiography the like of which has seldom been." The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic events of 1920’s and 1930s, where he rose both within the ranks of the Communist Party and on the Gestapo hit list. Known for his honesty and incredible memory, Krebs dedicated his life to the Communist Party,… Read More

New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941. First edition of Valtin's bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the great boxing champion and his wife, "To Polly and Gene Tunney with admiration and cordial fond wishes from Jan Valtin June 1, 1941." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by George Salter. A bestseller in 1941, described as". . . full of sensational revelations and interspersed with episodes of daring, of desperate conflict, of torture, and of ruthless conspiracy . . . It is, first of all, an autobiography the like of which has seldom been." The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic events of 1920’s and 1930s, where he rose both within the ranks of the Communist Party and on the Gestapo hit list. Known for his honesty and incredible… Read More