THE LIFE AND LABOURS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON WALKER, of Hobart Town, Tasmania.
Pp. xii+556+12(Friendly Counsel), engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; brown blind stamped cloth, a trifle soiled, corners slightly worn, professionally rebacked, with the original gilt lettered and decorated spine laid on; top edges uncut; hinges neatly reinforced, binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, slight waterstain to top fore-corner of frontispiece, a couple of tiny edge chips or splits, a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; A. W. Bennett/Thomas Brady, London & York, 1862. First edition. F.6473. *Presentation copy from James Backhouse to his cousin, Mary King, with his signed inscription (dated 1804) on verso of upper free endpaper. Quakers James Backhouse and George Washington Walker were sent to the Australian colonies by the London Society of Friends. They travelled to all major centres and many isolated settlements between 1832 and 1838, investigating and reporting to the authorities on the penal system and the treatment of Aborigines, promoting the cause of Temperance, and preaching to the settlers. The final 12 pages of text, Friendly Counsel addressed to the Working Classes, more especially to Newly-Arrived Emigrants, by George Washington Walker, was originally published in 1854. Item #098957
Price: $400.00