ISBN10: 1714606430, ISBN13: 9781714606436, [publisher: Blurb] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Otto of the Silver Hand is a children's novel about the Middle Ages written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. The novel was one of the first written for young readers that went beyond the chivalric ideals of the time period, and showed how cruel the time period could really be. The novel is set in 13th-century Germany, partly during the Great Interregnum and partly during the reign of Rudolph of Habsburg. The book centers upon the life of Otto, the son of German warlord Baron Conrad. Otto's mother, Baroness Matilda, has died in premature labour, brought on by the sight of the Baron's battle wounds, prompting Conrad to take his newborn son to be raised in a nearby monastery.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2024]
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6.75"), decorative green cloth. xiii, 170 pp., [4]. numerous b&w illus plates. CONDITION: Good, spine cocked, head of spine bumped, 1" damp stains at bottom corners of front and rear covers, spotting at edges of covers, insect damage at back free endpaper, otherwise clean interior. Later edition of one of the first historical novels written for children in America. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927 US

[publisher: Scribner's, New York] Hardcover Second Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy of this wonderful classic. Light shelf/edge wear, tough of rubbing at spine, white area from front decorative elements largely lost (as is typical), else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, burgundy cloth spine, dark green paper boards, gilt and red ink lettering and decorative elements, white, black and red ink decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 173pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Very Good (Textblock Fine). No DJ.
[Portland, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1914]

[publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. Spine re-backed with binder's tape. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, edgewear, fading. Loose hinges. Pages tanned with scattered foxing. Pyle's first book. Set in 13th-century Germany, this is one of the first historical children's novels written by an American.
[Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1888]

[publisher: New York: Charles Scribner s Sons,] 173 pages, with illustrations by Howard Pyle Little traces of time on the binding. Title page detached, otherwise binding unaffected. Small handwritten dedication on the front free endpaper. Overall good, clean ad charming condition. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 922
[Salzburg, S, Austria] [Publication Year: 1888]
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[publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York] Hardcover First Edition Pyle, Howard. First edition. Written and illustrated by Pyle, with a frontispiece "In the Belfry" and 24 full-page b/w plates as well as numerous text vignettes by Pyle. xiii, [i],170, [4], [16, ads]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's half leather and green cloth binding (advertised on p. 16 of ads at $2.00. Fine Written and illustrated by Pyle, with a frontispiece "In the Belfry" and 24 full-page b/w plates as well as numerous text vignettes by Pyle. xiii, [i],170, [4], [16, ads]pp. 1 vols. 8vo
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1888]
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