Truman's Entertaining and Instructive Toy Books

Published by William T. Truman
Lily of the Valley: A Present from Father
Emma Mortimer, the Cottage Girl
Little Bird's Tale; A Present from Aunt 1843
John's Scrap Book
Picture Primer for Little Children
London Daisy, or, Gems in Poetry
True Story with Pretty Pictures
Pleasing Stories for Pleasant Children 1843
Two Peacocks; our, A Present from Uncle
Young Bible Reader
William Middleton and His Dog Trim

An edition of "Young Bible Reader" published by Truman and Smith has been seen. It is not known whether all of these titles previously were published by Truman and Smith. It does not appear that the Truman and Smith books were in a named series.

Undated books were published after 1844.
Wraps. Various colors. The cover has lettering surrounded by a number of vignettes. 3.75" x 5.75" 24 pp.

William T. Truman books that have no date were published between 1845 and 1849.
The Truman & Spofford books were published in 1850 or shortly thereafter.