A JOURNEY TO ALASKA IN THE YEAR 1868: BEING A DIARY OF THE LATE ... by Teichmann, Emil - 1963

New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1963. Reprint. hardcover. near fine. Foreword by Ernest Gruening. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1963. Fine. Reprint. One of 750 copies.<br/> <br/>

Argosy - Antiquarian, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket. Blue cloth, 272 pages, 9-in tall. A year after the United States bought Alaska from Russia, Teichmann went to Alaska representing his employer, a British fur trading company. Edition limited to 750 copies. Reprint of a 1925 privately printed edition. A clean and unworn copy with owner's name on endpaper.

Argosy Antiquarian LTD. New York 1963, 1963. Hardcover. Like New. Book is like new an inside publisher slip case. White leather-backed blue boards. ''For Mike- with the esteem of his friend the publisher S-- Lewis. ''One of 97 copies specifically bound and numbered, of which eighty-five for sale- number 43''.

New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1963. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Foreword by Ernest Gruening. illustrated. 8vo, white leather-backed blue boards, publisher's slipcase. New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1963. Reprint. De Luxe editon of 87 copies, specially bound in 1/2 white leather. A fine copy, as new in the original onionskin overwrapper and box, but the leather joints are somewhat brittle from being un-touched since printing.<br/> <br/>

London: privately printed at the Cayme Press,, 1925. First edition, association copy presented by a member of the Teichmann family on the front free endpaper: "J. W. Thompson, d.d., [?] Teichmann, 1926". This is one of the earliest accounts of Alaska as a newly formed state, shortly after its cession to the United States in 1867; scarce in commerce. In 1868 Teichmann (1845-1924), entered the New York branch of Messrs. J.M. Oppenheim & Co., the leading fur merchants of London. During that time the company had monopoly on the Alaskan seal fur trade, working with the Russian-American company to deliver the yearly yield. This lucrative business collaboration came in jeopardy with the Alaska Purchase in 1867, where the state was bought from Russia for $7.2 million. The Russian-American company went into liquidation thus jeopardizing its contract with the Oppenheim Co., which was to run until the end of 1868; Teichmann was sent to Alaska to prevent any loss of revenue. Upon his arrival in Sitka "in view of… Read More