Pleasure Books/ Indestructible Pleasure Books
Published by Hurd and Houghton
Pleasure Books
| 1. Life and Death of Cock Robin |
| 2. The House that Jack Built |
| 3. Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog |
| 4. Little Bo-Peep and Henny Penny |
| 5. Little Old Woman and Her Pig |
| 6. Little Man and Little Maid |
| 7. The Cat and the Mouse |
| 8. The Three Bears |
| 9. Mother Goose and Simple Simon |
Books noted in 1864-1865 but not afterward included:
Wedding of Cock Robin
Life and Death of Jenny Wren
Child's Pictorial Reader
The earliest advertisements for the Pleasure Books' series notes 12 kinds. This list is pre-1865 since the address noted for Hurd and Houghton is 401 Broadway. The 1865 and later ads only noted books #1-9 on the list above.
Wraps. 7.125" x 4.875"
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Indestructible Pleasure Books
| (1864-1865 list) |
| 1. Life and Death of Cock Robin |
| 2. The House that Jack Built |
| 3. Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog |
| 4. Little Bo-Peep and Henny Penny |
| 5. Life and Death of Jenny Wren |
| 6. The Old Woman and Her Pig |
| 7. The Little Man and Little Maid |
| 8. Boys and Girls Illuminated Primer |
| 9. Farmer Boy's Alphabet, or, Speed the Plough |
| 10. Bible Alphabet |
| 11. The Cat and the Mouse |
| 12. The Three Bears |
| 13. The Death of Cock Robin |
| 14. Mother Goose and Simple Simon |
| 15. Wedding of Cock Robin |
By 1867 the list only included six titles:
| 1. The House that Jack Built |
| 2. Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog |
| 3. Cock Robin and Jenny Wren |
| 4. Little Bo-Peep and Henny Penny |
| 5. The Three Bears |
| 6. The Old Woman and Her Pig |
All the pages are on cloth. 7.125" x 4.875"
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