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Annotated Bibliography." Bulletin of Bibliography. 54(2): 101–105.
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Annotated Bibliography." Bulletin of Bibliography. 54(2): 101–105.
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Wetherbee, Winthrop Jr. (1949). Donn Byrne: A Bibliography. New York: The New York Public
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Bibliography, 1912–1935. New York: Garland.
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