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CHILDREN'S BOOKS • FICTION • P — R

All entries are alphabetized by title and by series:

Please note that, due to the nature of their intended audience, many--if not the majority--of the books listed in this section have the owners' names written on the inside front cover or title page.

Panchito by Loren D. Good (1955) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Nicolas. 160 pages.
Coward-McCann, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-library; corner blunting,
card pocket on inside cover, various library stamps.)

Papa's Panda by Nancy Willard (1977) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Lilian Hoban. 36 pages.
Harcourt-Brace-Jovanovich [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Parveen by Anne Mehdevi (1969) $5.00
Hardcover. 176 pages.
Alfred A. Knopf [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Mild edge and corner wear.)

Patriots' Gold by Virginia Frances Voight (1969) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by H. Tom Hall.
Weekly Reader Books [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Peggy Lane #1: Peggy Finds the Theater by Virginia Hughes (1962) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Sergio Leone. 174 pages.
Grosset & Dunlap #4900 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear, rub damage to back cover.)

Peter and the Rocket Fishing Trip by Hazel W. Corson (1964) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Jack Faulkner. 64 pages.
Benefic Press [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some corner wear.)

Peter, the Rocket Sitter by Hazel W. Corson (1964) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Jack Faulkner. 64 pages.
Benefic Press [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (1974) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. 32 pages.
Grosset & Dunlap [Printing unknown]
Book is Fine. (Some corner wear.)

Peter Rabbit Giant Treasury by Beatrix Potter (1980) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter. 92 pages.
Derrydale Books [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

The Phantom Brakeman & Other Railroad Stories
by Freeman Hubbard (September 1969) UNAVAILABLE
Softcover. Illustrated by Jerry Robinson. 92 pages. SRP: 50¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-166 [Eighth Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Phantom by the Sea by Stephan Ryan Oliver (1983) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Cherie R. Wyman. 110 pages.
Weekly Reader Books [Book Club Edition]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

Pippi Longstocking: Pippi Goes on Board
by Astrid Lindgren (August 1967) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Nancy Seligsohn. 116 pages. SRP: 35¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-274 [Sixth Printing]
Book is Fine.

Pippi Longstocking: Pippi in the South Seas
by Astrid Lindgren (December 1967) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman. 116 pages. SRP: 45¢.
Scholastic Book Services #TX-602 [Fifth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Poems for Galloping Edited by Robert M. Quackenbush (1963) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Robert M. Quackenbush. 28 pages.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear, particularly along bottom of book.)

Potawatomi Indian Summer by E. William Oldenburg (1975) $12.00
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Betty Beeby. 136 pages. SRP: $5.95.
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint except for some writing on the front endpaper.
Dust Jacket is Very Fine Plus.

Prima Ballerina by Gladys Malvern (1951) $3.00
Hardcover. 180 pages.
REC [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good. (Ex-library; some edge and corner wear, card pocket
on first page, various library stamps, Dewey number on lower spine.)

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (1954) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Peter Spier. 240 pages.
Nelson Doubleday [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Princess and the Goblin
& The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald (1970) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by William Stobbs. 200 pages.
American Education Publications [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Corner wear.)

Professor Wormbog's Gloomy Kerploppus by Mercer Mayer (1977) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer. 28 pages.
Golden Press/Western Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Mild splitting between front cover and spine, otherwise nice.)

Puff by William Wondriska (1960) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by William Wondriska. 40 pages.
Pantheon Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Puff the Magic Dragon by Paul Newman (1965) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by Tony Tallarico. 20 pages. SRP: 29¢.
Wonder Books #851 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Some mild blunting of the upper
spine and a name written in pen on the inside front cover.)

Puppy Dog Tales by Nita Jonas (1964) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Dale Maxey. 28 pages.
Random House [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Corner wear, small hole on one page.)

Quest in the Desert by Roy Chapman Andrews (1997) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. 192 pages.
The Junior Literary Guild/The Viking Press [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Corner blunting.)

The Rabbi and the Twenty-Nine Witches by Marilyn Hirsh (1976) $2.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Marilyn Hirsh. 32 pages.
Scholastic Book Services #TW-3637 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (2" cover crease.)

Raggedy Ann: Raggedy Andy's Stories by Johnny Gruelle (1960) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle. 96 pages.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company [Printing unknown]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Corner wear, inscription on second page, rubbing back cover.)

Raggedy Ann: The Raggedy Ann Book by Janet Fulton (1977) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Aurelius Battaglia. SRP: 49¢.
Golden Press/Western Publishing Company #5951 [Tenth Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Raggedy Ann: Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle (1955) $10.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle. 96 pages.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company [Book Club Edition]
Book is Fine. (Some edge wear, writing on interior cover.)

Raggedy Ann: Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle (1961) $12.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle. 96 pages. SRP: $2.75
The Bobbs-Merrill Company [Printing unknown]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Minor corner wear.)

The Rain Mouse by Helga Aichinger (1970) $12.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Helga Aichinger. 32 pages.
Franklin Watts, Inc. [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus save for inscription on first page.

The Ransom Note by J.M. Goodspeed (1978) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Ray Keane. 48 pages.
Xerox Corporation [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

The Ransom Note by J.M. Goodspeed (1978) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Ray Keane. 48 pages.
Xerox Corporation [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

The Rattle-Rattle Train by Darlene Geis (1975) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Carl Bobertz. 20 pages. SRP: 59¢.
Wonder Books/Grosset & Dunlap [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1960) $5.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Sari. 282 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company #1634 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1965) $4.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by June Goldsborough. 254 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company #2720 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Red Balloon by A. Lamorisse (circa 1970s) $5.00
Originally published as Le Ballon Rouge.
Hardcover. Illustrated. 52 pages.
Doubleday & Company [Eighteenth Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some edge and corner wear.)

The Red Red Roadster by Gene Olson (October 1966) $3.00
Softcover. 192 pages. SRP: 45¢.
Scholastic Book Services #T-462 [Third Printing]
Book is Fine.

Rex Cole Jr. and the Grinning Ghost by Gordon Chapman (1931) $6.00
Hardcover. 208 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Minor corner wear/blunting, minor dust shadow back cover.)

Ribsy by Beverly Cleary (1964) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by Louis Darling. 192 pages.
William Morrow & Company [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

Ride Like an Indian! by Henry V. Larom (1958) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. 140 pages.
Whittlesey House [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Edge and corner wear, tanning to edges of pages.)

Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum (Date Unknown) $10.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by John R. Neill. 320 pages.
The Reilly & Lee Company [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet by Blake Savage (1952) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by E. Deane Cate. 254 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some edge/corner wear, particularly on top and bottom of spine.)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ghost Stories & Plays (May 1968) UNAVAILABLE
Softcover. Illustrated. 124 pages. SRP: 45¢.
Scholastic Book Services #T-905 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Robert Rows the River by Carolyn Haywood (1965) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by Carolyn Haywood. 192 pages.
William Morrow & Company [Book Club Edition]
Book is Very Fine.

Robin Kane #3: The Mystery of Glengary Castle
by Eileen Hill (1966) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by Sylvia Haggander. 192 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some wear upper spine and edge.)

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel deFoe (1955) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Paul Frame. 284 pages.
Whitman Publishing Company #1611 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Nice save for corner wear.)

Rocket Mouse by Lee Priestley (September 1966) $3.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Prue Theobalds. 94 pages. SRP: 40¢.
Scholastic Book Services #F-611 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Adapted by Walter B. Gibson (1963) $6.00
Hardcover. Illustrated.
Harosset & Dunlap #3946 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Mild edgewear and light rub damage.)

Ronny Meets the Sasquatch by Elmay Crow (1972) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Elmay Crow. 128 pages.
Limited edition of 3000 copies.
Crow Publishing [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine. (Nice save for corner blunting.)

Roundabout Train by Betty Ren Wright (1958) UNAVAILABLE
Hardcover. Illustrated by Charles Clement.
Whitman Publishing Company #2659 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Corner wear/blunting.)

Rover's Regatta Day by Sam Smith (1977) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Sam Smith. 32 pages.
Doubleday & Company [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Rumpelstiltskin by Ruth Ainsworth (1979) $2.00
Softcover. Illustrated by Ruth Ainsworth. 20 pages.
Banner Press [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Some stress marks along spine.)

Rusty by Emmo (1966) $3.00
Hardcover. Illustrated by Emmo. 24 pages.
James & Jonathan [First Printing] Book is Very Good Minus. (Edge wear.)

Rusty, the Pup Who Wanted Wings by Gladys & Corinne Maluern (1939) $8.00
Hardcover. Illustrated. 64 pages.
McLaughlin Brothers/The Little Color Classics #821 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine Plus.

Russian Folklore Series: Fenist the Falcon
by Irina Zheleznova (1977) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 12 pages.
Publisher Unknown [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Russian Folklore Series: Mary Morevna
by Irina Zheleznova (1977) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 12 pages.
Publisher Unknown [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Russian Folklore Series: Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka
& The White Duck by Irina Zheleznova (1977) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 12 pages.
Publisher Unknown [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Russian Folklore Series: The Tale of Tsarevich Ivan, the Fire-Bird and Grey Wolf
by Irina Zheleznova (1977) $12.00
Softcover. Illustrated. 12 pages.
Publisher Unknown [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.


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