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Backhouse (James). A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies, 1st edition, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1843, 14 etched plates (1 folding), 3 folding maps, wood-engravings in the text, plates spotted, maps with linen tape-supports verso at stubs, first map with short closed tear, ink-stamp ('Courtois-Viçose') to initial blank, contemporary tan half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 8vo (21.5 x 13 cm), together with: ibid., A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa, 1st edition, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1844, 16 etched plates, 2 folding maps, variable spotting and marginal tide-mark to plates, maps slightly browned and offset, closed tear in text-leaf Y5, contemporary tan half calf uniform with the preceding item, front joint cracked at foot, 8vo (21.5 x 13 cm), and ibid., Extracts from the letters of James Backhouse, now engaged in a Religious Visit to Van Dieman's Land, and New South Wales [ ... Australia ... Mauritius ... South Africa], 10 parts in 1 volume, 3rd edition of part 1, 1st editions of parts 2-10, Harvey and Darton, 1837-41, variable light spotting and browning, repair to part 5 leaf C1, 20th-century quarter calf, 8vo (19.6 x 12 cm) (Qty: 3) Ferguson 3558 (Australian Colonies), 2434, 2226, 2436, 2437, 2703 (Extracts, parts 1-5); Mendelssohn I pp. 61-2 (Extracts, parts 7-10), p. 62 (Mauritius). Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.