Burnett (David) - Hero & Leander.

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Hero & Leander. A Poem, by David Burnett. Engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. 8vo, [45]pp., privately printed at Oxford University Press,1975.
One of 200 copies (this marked out-of-series and not signed by the author). 18 linocuts printed in pink, various sizes. Sewn and glued into white paper covers with pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy with a loosely inserted T.L.s from David Burnett addressed to the Literary Editor of The New Review asking to review the book.
First edition. For the engravings, which were done in 1969, Shirley Smith took an unpaid term off from his teaching at Marlborough.

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