The image of this card is a black and white photograph of a toy windows of a toy shop; it includes a toy sail boat among other toys. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The smaller card is a duplicate of the larger card. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title on the cover of this second edition is printed in black ink. Papercut illustrations were made by John Picking and Pete McGinn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title on the cover of this edition is printed in black ink. Papercut illustrations were made by John Picking and Pete McGinn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains a holographic translation from the Glasgow dialect, written with pencil by Finlay, on pages facing the printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover of this edition is printed in red and black with a totally different style than the earlier issues. Papercuts were made by John Picking and Pete McGinn. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the first edition with its title printed in blue ink. Papercut illustrations were made by John Picking and Pete McGinn. The text of the poem is composed with a Glasgow dialect. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image on this card reproduces a stamp for the exhibition, "Imagined Lands" at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, 1996. It depicts the name of an old fishing boat and the new European Union type of fishboxes as a comment on the decline in the national fisheries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems, printed on translucent paper, overlay photographs of gliders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Both the print and the folder (lighter color than print) depict four identical Scottish fishing ships from the bow aspect. One has the number LH815. There is a cryptic caption for the Glossary, viz., "Leman, (Scots) Sweetheart." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Edeline, the author of this book, analyzes Finlay's works and provides critical commentaries on several examples which are reproduced. These include among others Sea Poppy 2, Pool, Lullaby, Wave Sheaf, Rhymes for Lemons, National Flags, Barges, Estuary Cupboards, Star/Steer, Sea Ms, Sails/Waves, Iron Ship, Eastertide, Homage to Seurat, Homage to Pop Art, Homage to Kahnweiler, Homage to Max Bill and Homage to Jonathan Williams. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Finlay uses the gourd as a metaphor for aircraft carrier based fighter airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Finlay uses the gourd as a metaphor for aircraft carrier based fighter airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Jo Hincks did the linocuts illustrating Finlay's one-word poems that appear, one to each page. Harry Gilonis provided the commentary on the poems and the concept of the one-word poem. He explains the background behind the Nautical terms employed by Finlay as the one-word poem relating to the various titles. This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition that was designed by Finlay and Simig. Colin Sackett laid out the typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The works of Ian Hamilton Finlay are featured in this book especially in the chapter entitled, "Word and Image in the Garden." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition on the theme of boats and voyages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The color of the card is green to suggest a grove but the poem lists nautical terms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.