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This book is a collection of one line aphorisms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image of a sailboat with a small toy sailboat on its stern, is surrounded by text which reads "Elegy for 'Whimbel' and 'Petrel': Petrol." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a duplicate print from Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. It was probably drawn by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is identical to the edition published by Frankfurter Kunstverein except that the colophon is printed in English rather than German. Both editions are held by the Sackner Archive. The poems, printed one to a page, are left in white on different colored backgrounds of narrow rectangles. Some of the poems have also been issued as cards or prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image is identical to the print with the same title. The complete text is "Evening will come They will sew the blue sail." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The complete text is "Evening will come They will sew the blue sail." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The poem is printed in red with folded paper shaped like an arrow. It was printed on the Second Anniversary of the First Battle of Little Sparta and its slogan relates to Finlay's dispute with the local tax collectors. Wikipedia: Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 "“ September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including both Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Feuerbach was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated for liberalism, atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism, where he is often...

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This print is a template for a design of covers for jampots base upon the image of sundials. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The stiff papercard is folded to permit the two columns of poetry to stand up. The poem describes Finlay's impressions of Malevich's suprematist paintings in terse terms. Another copy is stored in a Finlay box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This anthology includes a poem by Edwin Morgan that Houedard retyped, 'Dogs Round A Tree.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Five names of ships and the names of their ports have been written in green color with a traditional calligraphic style. *WEB 1998: Publisher's name misspelt. Date wrong -- should be 1978. Sackner: corrected. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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One of six glass lenses designed by Finlay and interpreted by Stevens, engraved on two sides with a decorative representation of a ship, its name and inscription composed by Finlay. The inscription reads "In a Blossom of Foam" The printed, folded brochure describes and documents the six glass lenses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem was composed after a work by Tom and Laurie Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This work is based upon a design by the Elizabethan architect, Inago Jones. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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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.

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The image of a classical Greek temple fronted by trees is based upon a quotation from Milton's "The Passion" viz., The gentle neighborhood of GROVE and spring, Would soon unbosum all their echos mild..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a polemic against Finlay's critics of his books on the staff of the Glasgow Herald. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.