VALTIN, Jan

Bend in the River: Saltpeter Coast; A Whale Is Dead; Cape Horn; Juanita

Introduction, Jan Valtin in San Quentin, by "Pat" Gil Rankin (San Quentin No. 45193). New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1942. xxxviii, 281 p. 1st ed. Deutsches Exilarchiv 6084. Sternfeld & Tiedemann p. 516. About fine. [27996]

Outstanding association copy. Valtin, then known as Richard Krebs, worked as a prison librarian in the 1920s while an inmate at San Quentin. Much of the material in this book was originally published in the San Quentin "Bulletin." This copy bears the stamp on the San Quentin Prison Library on the title page & on page 281.

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