S M Riis (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

A Pictoral Soft Cover. Condition: Like New. temporary bent. AnnArbor Specialty Shop Closed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and personally inscribed by Riis on FFEP. Bookplate on front pasted down endpaper. Covers show light fading, edgewear, and rubbing, otherwise clean and unmarked. Interior clean, tight, and unmarked. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 116 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 116 pages; light fading on spine. Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 252. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1935 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 252.…

First Edition. First printing. With a lengthy inscription to the noted Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson on front fly-leaf, reading in full: "On the occasion of my 25th anniversary as active member of the Explorers Club, I wish to present this book to its honored President Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, whose sympathies and unfailing understanding of the various knotty problems in connection with the promotion of exploring expeditions has done so much to encourage those less experienced in taking on such undertakings - therefore preserving the True Character of the Clulb, as Truly Explorers club," signed, datemarked New York, Feb. 1937. Octavo (21cm). Publisher's blue cloth, titled in red; 236pp. Bookplate of the Stefansson Collection, Dartmouth University (with small deaccession stamp). Small (ca. 3/4") split to front hinge (internal); gentle fading to cloth on spine; a few pages roughly opened, else a tight, Very Good copy. Front panel and front flap of dustwrapper have been affixed to the rear pastedown. A very distinguished copy of this rather uncommon work, in which the author narrates an almost unbelievable account of his experiences in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Riis, an American Naval intelligence officer assigned to Moscow, was forced to flee for his life at the outset of the Revolution; he was soon captured by Red Army guards, but on the way back to Moscow he killed his guard, assuming his identity. Now lacking identification, and unable to convince the American ministry to Russia that he was who he claimed to be, Riis was forced to remain incognito in the Red Army for more than a year, eventually achieving the rank of High Komisar of Kazan, before finally escaping on a merchant vessel out of Odessa and returning to the U.S. Riis concludes, "I would rather be a doorman in the United States, with no hopes for the future beyond that, than be the mightiest man in all Russia, with the doorways of the world waiting to be opened at my touch.". Signed.…