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Published by Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1941
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1941
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Luís de Caralt, Barcelona, 1954
Seller: Librería Raíces, Alicante, Spain
First Edition
Tela. Condition: Normal. Primera edición. 387 pp/ Gigante/ Versión española de M.P. Luz/ A-200 Size: 14x20. Libro.
Published by Caralt. Gigante., Barcelona., 1951
Seller: angeles sancha libros, Logroño, RIOJA, Spain
20 x 14. Tela. Puntos de óxido en corte sup. y guardas. 450 págs.
Published by Caralt. Gigante., Barcelona., 1973
Seller: angeles sancha libros, Logroño, RIOJA, Spain
20 x 13.Tela estamp. 375 págs.
Published by New York: [1941], Alliance Book Corporation, 1941
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. vi, 749 p.; 24.5 cm. First trade edition [following limited edition of 1940] VG gold-stamped orig. midnight blue cloth.
Published by Frechen: Komet o. J. [2001??] (Dt. EA.: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 1957), 2001
Seller: Antiquariat Lengelsen, Werdohl, Germany
Opbd. mit ill. Ou. 600 S. (Sehr gut. Bilder auf Anfrage).
Published by Alliance Book Corporation., New York., 1941
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Salter, George (Jacket illustrated by). (illustrator). 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. Fine in very good dust jacket. Volume blemished only by two small top page block smudges. Jacket has edge wear. Book Club Edition. Book-of-the-Month Club Selection.
Gr.-8vo. VI, 749 S. Orig.-Leinwand. Erste Ausgabe. - Vorderes Innengelenk an Titel angeplatzt, sonst gutes Exemplar.
Published by Fortress, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 1870958039ISBN 13: 9781870958035
Seller: Antiquariat Fuchseck, Gammelshausen, Germany
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Dust Jacket Condition: Leichtere Gebrauchsspuren. 1988.XII, 691 Seiten, einige Abb. Mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber recht ordentl. erhalten. -- In englischer Sprache.
Published by Luis de Caralt, Editor, Barcelona, 1954
Seller: Libreria Castrillo, Madrid, MADRI, Spain
Tela editorial. 1º Edición. 387 pp. Col. "Gigante". Versión española de M.P. Luz. Canto superior tintado de amarillo. Estado Muy Bueno.
Published by Fortress Books London 1988, 1988
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st ed. thus dust jacket As New octavo 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.
Published by Alliance Book Corporation c. 1941, New York, 1941
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Publisher?s blue cloth. Gilt text on cover. Gilt text on spine. Top edge dyed red. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. , 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 Activities Committee as regards Soviet secret activities in Europe., Size : 8vo (238x153mm). The book is in very good condition. The dust jacket is in fair condition.
Published by Fortress Books / William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1988
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Alan Hardman (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published in 1941, this is a first edition of this new expanded edition with Foreword and Postscript, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of largely black jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, very slight backwards lean, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 692pp. A largely autobiographical novel. The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs a.k.a. Jan Valtin (1905-51), came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic events of 1920s 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, rising to a position as head of maritime, organizing worldwide for the Comintern, only to flee the Party and Europe to evade his own comrade's attempts to kill him. As a professional revolutionary, agitator, spy and would be assassin, Krebs traveled the globe from Germany to China, India to Sierra Leon, Moscow to the United States where a botched assassination attempt landed him a stint in San Quentin. From his spellbinding account of artful deception to gain release from a Nazi prison and his work as a double agent within the Gestapo, to his vivid depiction of a Communist Party fraught with intrigue and subterfuge, Krebs gives an unflinching portrayal of the internal machinations of both parties. A scarce book.
Published by Alliance Book Corp, NY, 1941
Seller: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 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.
Published by Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1942
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by author to former owner "with fond wishes, [signed] Jan Valtin / February 10, 1942" in black ink on front free endpaper. First edition, trade issue. xxxviii, 281pp. Original oatmeal cloth lettered in blue. Very Good with slight lean, a few light stains to cloth, slightly faded lettering on spine. No jacket. A follow-up to the German-born author's bestselling expose of KGB spy tactics Out of the Night, signed in the year of publication.
Published by Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1941
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of Valtin's bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Polly and June _____ 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 memory, Krebs dedicated his life to the Communist Party, rising to a position as head of maritime, organizing worldwide for the Comintern, only to flee the Party and Europe to evade his own comrade s attempts to kill him. As a professional revolutionary, agitator, spy and would-be assassin, Krebs traveled the globe from Germany to China, India to Sierra Leon, Moscow to the United States where a botched assassination attempt landed him a stint in San Quentin. From his spellbinding account of artful deception to gain release from a Nazi prison and his work as a double-agent within the Gestapo, to his vivid depiction of a Communist Party fraught with intrigue and subterfuge, Krebs gives an unflinching portrayal of the internal machinations of both parties. Writing at age 36 under the name Jan Valtin, Krebs lays bare a young life filled with idealism and devotion disillusionment and loss in a world full of revolutionary promise gone immeasurably wrong."An exciting, real book without a trace of unnecessary melodrama" (H.G.Wells).
Published by Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1941
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Front hinge starting.
Published by Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1940
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
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, rising to a position as head of maritime, organizing worldwide for the Comintern, only to flee the Party and Europe to evade his own comrade s attempts to kill him. As a professional revolutionary, agitator, spy and would-be assassin, Krebs traveled the globe from Germany to China, India to Sierra Leon, Moscow to the United States where a botched assassination attempt landed him a stint in San Quentin. From his spellbinding account of artful deception to gain release from a Nazi prison and his work as a double-agent within the Gestapo, to his vivid depiction of a Communist Party fraught with intrigue and subterfuge, Krebs gives an unflinching portrayal of the internal machinations of both parties. Writing at age 36 under the name Jan Valtin, Krebs lays bare a young life filled with idealism and devotion disillusionment and loss in a world full of revolutionary promise gone immeasurably wrong."An exciting, real book without a trace of unnecessary melodrama" (H.G.Wells).