Works of James Whitcomb Riley

The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley. 12 volumes. Homestead Edition.

Author: Riley, James Whitcomb

8vo (5.125" x 8.5") 1897-1902. 12 volumes. Homestead Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Half brown leather with corners, over floral printed boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title/author in second compartment, gilt subtitle in fourth, gilt "ear of corn" in each other compartment, gilt rule to head and foot. Top edge gilt, floral printed endpapers, deckled edges. Engravings for each frontispiece (12 total). Six of the volumes having small chips to the head of the spine with loss. Most corners bumped and rubbed with some having small loss. Extremities rubbed in places. Volumes 11 and 12 with evident repairs to gutters. Overall a good looking set of books.

From Wiki: James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". By the 1890s, Riley had become known as a bestselling author. His children's poems were compiled into a book illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Titled Rhymes of Childhood, it was his most popular and sold millions of copies. As a poet, Riley achieved an uncommon level of fame during his lifetime. He was honored with annual Riley Day celebrations around the United States and was regularly called on to perform readings at national civic events. He continued to write and hold occasional poetry readings until a stroke paralyzed his right arm in 1910. Riley's chief legacy was his influence in fostering the creation of a Midwestern cultural identity and his contributions to the Golden Age of Indiana Literature. With other writers of his era, he helped create a caricature of Midwesterners and formed a literary community that produced works rivaling the established eastern literati. There are many memorials dedicated to Riley, including the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children.

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