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Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916). All the Year Round. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. 4to, navy cloth with white cloth spine, dj split but present, unpaginated, but with 12 poems and woodcuts (one for each month). Woodcuts in color by Gustave Baumann Riley was known as the "Hoosier Poet," and often wrote in a central Indiana dialect. By the 1880s he had achieved national recognition, even being invited to the White House to discuss cultural topics with Grover Cleveland. By the mid-1890s, he was sometimes known as the "National Poet," writing patriotic poetry read at the dedication of monuments and at civic celebrations. When Riley died in 1916, he became only the second person to lie in state at the Indiana Statehouse (Abraham Lincoln being the first). He was buried at the top of the hill at Crown Hill Cemetery, the highest point in Indianapolis. Although he himself never married or had children, one focus of his life was helping children, especially the poor and disabled. Within a year of his death, the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children was created and opened several years later. Many other child-oriented memorials were created, including camps, schools, and even an annual festival (Riley Days in Greenfield). Condition: Front hinge cracked; soil and staining to the binding and endpages. Complete with all 12 color woodblock illustrations which are in excellent, clean condition.