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Burne, S. Wynne. (pseud. Stanley Collins). Anthology of Love Poems. London: Kent & Surrey, [1929]. From an unstated limited edition. Textured brown boards with brown paper jacket. 8vo. Near fine. Collins produced his Anthology of Love Poems in 1929, printing a limited quantity of the special “forcing” book – which allows the performer to force various words on unsuspecting readers – with the name “S. Wynne Burne” printed as compiler, a play on the name Swinburne. Citing Robert Lund, Thomas Sawyer wrote in Aphelion N7 that approximately 100 copies of this edition were printed.


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Date:
2014-11-01

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