Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1858. Original binding. Black cloth hardcover with blind stamping. Gilt titling to spine. Illustrated. Frontispiece with tissue protector. 440pp. FAIR to GOOD. Moderate wear to extremities with corners through. Foxing to endpapers. Binding sound but a bit woblbly. Owner's name.
Seller: Aldersgate Books Inc., Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First American Edition. Bound in publishers red cloth. Gilt to spine. Boards detached. Moderate shelfwear. Chipping and loss to spine. Pencil inscription to fep.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Good condition for it's advanced age. Edge wear on the covers, fading on the spine. Clean text, shaken binding. Corner wear down to the boards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: front board and spine missing, pages age toned, black and white illustrations, rear hinge broken DATE PUBLISHED: 1858 EDITION: 440
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bound in publisher's cloth. Wear. Hardcover. xiv, 9-440 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, plates. 20 cm. Foxing throughout.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Octavo. Head and tail of spine are torn and chipped. Corners are worn. Some stains and scuffing on front and back covers. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Foxing on first few pages. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamped decoration. Binding is tight, text is clean. 440 pages.
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ex-library (church) copy with normal markings and attachments (sticker removed). Text has limited pencil underlining in latter chapters and some scribbles from a child in earlier chapters. Pages are gently aging with time. Binding is tight and solid. Copy has light foxing throughout; otherwise in great shape considering age. 13 beautiful b/w plates, some covered with tissue plus frontispiece. Red covers is solid - no corner or spine issues Previous owner has attached newspaper clippings to fly page dated 1912 and 1913 related to author. Rare/scarce rm #47. 440 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiques & Collectibles. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560804222. Dated 1858 by Act of Congress, as stated.
Seller: a2zbooks, Burgin, KY, U.S.A.
Livingstone, David. Livingstone's Travels and Researches. J. W. Bradley, Philadelphia, PA, 1858.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo, Brown boards, gilt letters, corners, top & base of spine torn & 3 and 2 inch tears of front and rear edtes of spine. Hinges good. Some pages loose but still attached by threads. Gifted front free page. 440 pages. 1A
Seller: Olmstead Books, Port Dover, ON, Canada
Price: US$57.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Inside title reads: "Livingstone's Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including A Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence In The Interior Of Africa, And A Journey From The Cape Of Good Hope To Loanda On The West Coast, Thence Across The Continent, Down The River Zambesi, To The Eastern Ocean. From The Personal Narrative of David Livingstone, LL.D., D.C.L. Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow; Corresponding Member of The Geographical and Historical Society of New York; Gold Medallist and Corresponding Member of the Royal Geographical Societies of London and Paris, Etc. Etc. To Which is Added A Historical Sketch of Discoveries in Africa. Illustrated With Numerous Engravings." This J.W. Bradley Edition appears to be the first American or Abridged Edition from the First British Edition printed months earlier. The notices of the press state that this is the answer to the British Edition priced at $6.00 and contains all the most important facts leaving out only the "superfluous matter." 440 pp. Brown cloth with blindstamped design to covers and faded gold printinting on the spine. lower rear spine seam split to cloth only, corners rubbed with some minor edgewear and very minor foxing (small spot here and there), rear free-endpaper missing otherwise book is clean, complete, and tight. Hinges strong with NO INTERNAL SPLITS. ALL ILLUSTRATIONS PRESENT.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 7.75 X 5.5" in embossed cloth. Slightly faded and soiled covers. Lightly foxed throughout. Illustrated with numerous engravings. 1st U.S. ed. About G+ condition. 440pp.
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, same 1858 date to title and copyright pages. 5 3/4 x 8 Book; binding tight with small cloth loss to spine ends. straight boards have few small chips with mild to moderate bumping and rubbing to corners; mild soil spots to few pages else text free of marks, appears barely read. No dust jacket. Illustrated with engravings. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$106.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards with moderate wear and light soiling. A bit of chipping to spine ends. Spine outer covering detaching. Internally still handsome with light dampstaining and occasional light foxing - more prominent to first and last few pages. ; Brown buckram boards with decorative blindstamped pattern. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiv, 440 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Livingstones Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast, Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambezi, to the Eastern Ocean. From the Personal Narrative of David Livingstone, To Which is Added a Historical Sketch of Discoveries in Africa. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, J.W. Bradley, Philadelphia, 1858, illustrated frontispiece, full-page engravings, 440 pp, cloth, 8 x 5.5, 8vo. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremists with heavy rubbing and fraying to corners. Modest soiling to boards with staining. Wear at joints with light splitting. Ends worn with crushing. Doodle from a toddler on the rear of the fly. Fly vignette on title has been colored with crayon. Internally toned with scattered foxing. Some age staining. Binding remains intact. Please see photos.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Brown cloth covering boards is worn through in various places around edges, esp. at corners. Faded gilt lettering on spine. Cocked to lower right. Front end page has stamp of previous owner, pages have some age discoloration/foxing but are clean and binding is good. Pages 275 to 376 have bug tunnel in inner upper corner. DATE PUBLISHED: 1858 EDITION: 440
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$138.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. pp. 2(ads), xiv, [9]-440. 17 text illus. (incl. title vignette & frontis., most full-page). originalf blind-stamped cloth (joints & extremities chipped & frayed, former owner's rubberstamp on front flyleaf). cfMendelssohn III p. 136.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1858. "Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast, Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean.To Which is added A Historical Sketch of Discoveries in Africa. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings." This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition of Stanley's famous travails in Africa. Brown publisher's cloth binding, heavily stamped with decorations; gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; xiv, then begins at "9" continuing to 440 pages. Illustrated with many engravings. The text has only some light spotting throughout. Rubbed at the margins and all corners bumped. Nonetheless, a respectable copy of this classic adventure. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$186.97 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, xiv, 440pp. With 12 plates and a frontis. Scattered foxing o/w fine.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$201.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 440 pages plus advertising. Pages are in very good, clear condition, with occasional stains and light foxing. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Yellow endpapers with previous owner's name on ffep. Blue cloth with blind stamped design to both covers. Corners are bumped, spine faded, and covers lightly soiled. Binding is good and tight. VERY GOOD
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$214.29 + shipping
Description: Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked and blind-tooled cloth. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 440 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Subjects; Missions South Africa. Description and travel. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked and blind-tooled cloth. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 440 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Subjects; Missions South Africa. Description and travel. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.