Bayly and Burns, Baltimore

This firm was in business between 1837 and 1839 at 132 Market Street in Baltimore.

The only known juvenile series it published were chapbooks known as the "Coloured Toys"

I have seen three different book lists for the same named series. The cover formats are different.

There were two series that were designated as "Colored Toys".

Bayly & Burns published two "Coloured Toys" Series. Publisher's advertisements state that other books were in preparation. Whether other titles were ever included in the "Coloured Toys" series is unknown. All three lists below have 12 titles which is a common number of volumes for many chapbook series.

Coloured Toys (First Style)

Two title lists have been seen for the "Coloured Toys"-12 mo Series

List 1:

Peahen at Home, or Swan's Bridal Day
Butterfly's Ball, and Grasshopper's Feast
Adventures off Little Dame Crump
Child's First Book
Life and Death of Poor Cock Robin
Child's Own Scrap Book
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
Adventures of Good Two Shoes
New London Cries
Adventures of Mother Hubbard
Puss in Boots
Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat

List 2:

Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
Paul Pry and His Young Friend
Johnny Newcome in the Navy
Cinderella, or the Glass Slipper
London Cries
Whittington and His Cat
The House that Jack Built
Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Goody Two Shoes
Little Red Riding Hood
Dame Wiggins of Lee

12 books in wraps. Book specific line drawn illustration on the cover. Colored illustrations. 8 leafs. 4.5" x 7.5". 1837.

Coloured Toys (Second Style)

My Father (by Mary Elliott)
My Mother
My Brother
My Sister
My Aunt Lucy's Gift
My Cousin
Honest Tommy
Gallery off Birds
Gallery of Beasts
Child's Play Book
The Babes in the Woods
The House that Jack Built

This book has an 1839 inscription. Thus, this format may be later than the 1837 format above.

There are eight pages of text. Each page of text has a colored illustration. 16 mo.