Signed book: Down in My Heart. First edition. Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1947. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.75, 94 pages. Signed and inscribed opposite the title page in fountain pen, "To Doris, from the author, Bill Stafford." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: Very Good/Good, with soiling, chipping, and significant paper loss to dust jacket, including a missing front flap. A very scarce inscribed example of Stafford's first book.
