ROUGH AND READY OR, Life Among the New York News-Boys (in) The Student and Schoolmate. An Illustrated Monthly For ALL Our Boys and Girls. Vols. XXIII-XXIV (January-December

Boston:Joseph H. Allen, Publisher. 1869. 576pp. Illustrated with one fold-out. Hardcover. Covers faded and shelfworn with gilt on spine dulled. Page edges soiled. Internally endpapers slightly age-toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. Aside from slight foxing scattered throughout, a very good copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact. *1st printing of Algers' Rough and Ready.