Second edition (following the similarly undated London: Houlston and Wright edition (c.1857))? 8vo, pp. xxvi, 322 + frontispiece and illustrated title page, and 60 engravings: lacks the fold-out map. Original red cloth, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt to spine and upper board (”The Life of Dr Livingstone”), blind-ruling and decoration to bottom board. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Shabby: dust-soiled, rubbed, spine ends frayed, corners bumped and worn. Hinges cracked, boards only just attached, shaken. PO stamp to ffep, handling marks and grubbiness, occasional foxing. Fair. A reading copy of an early title about the Scottish explorer. Jisc LHD lists six holdings in the UK of the Blackwood edition (BL, Bodleian, UoCambridge, NLS, NLW/ LGC and SOAS).