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In the Heart of the Heart of the Country – Inscribed First Edition

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Gass, William H., and Harper & Row. 1968. In the Heart of the Heart of the Country – Inscribed First Edition. Fiction Books: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country. Harper & Row, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/57625

Title: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country – Inscribed First Edition
Description: This book is one of six Gass first editions lovingly and cleverly inscribed to Joan and Stanley Elkin, and one of the hundreds of books we acquired from Stanley’s personal library. In this example, Gass refers to the heart attack that Stanley had recently suffered, showing his concern along with his usual humor.
Date: Circa 1968
Type: Book
Format: Paper; jpeg files
Creator: Gass, William H.; Harper & Row
Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
Relation: Fiction Books: In the Heart of the Heart of the Country; Contemporaries: Stanley Elkin
Source: Accession: MS2023-001; Acquired from: Molly Elkin
Identifier: PS3557 A922 I5 1968 c.3
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/