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Howard Pyle

Author,Illustrator

(1853 - 1911)

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Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.



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Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1900)

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The Autograph Edition, limited to 500 sets, includes 135 plates. The frontispiece in each volume is in color and also in black and white, the latter signed by the artist. The Old Manse Edition has only 100 plates but was printed from the same type and likewise limited to 500 sets. There were several different bindings of the two sets.

Author(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle
Jessie Willcox Smith

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David Balfour: Being Memoirs of His Adventures at Home and Abroad (1895)

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In this second volume, David Balfour continues his adventures as he puts himself on the right side of the law, reclaims his inheritance and finds himself a wife.

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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The Garden Behind the Moon (1895)

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The Moon Angel invites David into a magical realm behind the moon where he must battle a giant. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Hero Tales From Many Lands (1961)

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A collection of stories about the great heroes of mythology and history.

Author(s): James Baldwin
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
Et al
Illustrator(s): Gordon Laite

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Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates (1921)

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A collection of Howard Pyle’s work dealing with pirates, both artistic and literary. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Et al
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Howard Pyle’s Book of the American Spirit (1923)

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Howard Pyle’s vast work illustrating the history of the United States of America is here brought together, along with prose accounts of the scenes depicted. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 (1895)

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When David Balfour comes to his uncle to claim his inheritance, he is kidnapped and put on a ship for the Carolinas. He escapes and, in company with Alan Breck Stewart, adventures about the Highlands of Scotland.

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Men of Iron (1892)

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A tale of Henry IV of England and his court. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire (1883)

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Howard Pyle’s retelling of the Robin Hood legends has set the standard since its first publication in 1883. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire (1884)

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Howard Pyle wrote the definitive story of Robin Hood. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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A Modern Aladdin or the Wonderful Adventures of Oliver Munier (1892)

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The hero meets the 18th century polymath and adventurer the Comte de St.-Germaine. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Otto of the Silver Hand (1888)

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The scholarly son of a robber baron is recalled to his father’s castle. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Pepper & Salt. or Seasoning for Young Folk (1886)

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A collection of original tales, quite in the old style. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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The Ruby of Kishmoor (1908)

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Jonathan Rugg is set on a quest to recover the famous gem, looted by a pirate from an eastern queen. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Saint Joan of Arc (1919)

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This biography of the saint was originally published in Harper’s Magazine in 1904. It comprises the introductory essay and the final chapter of the author’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Wilfred J. Jones
Howard Pyle

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