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The conventional poems by Finlay dealing with toy sailing ships are accompanied by photographs of ships taken by Dave Paterson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poems are constellations to describe the photographs of the two Alpine scenes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These items constitute the working materials for the poem collection, "A Mastful of Hankies." The manuscripts consist of conventionally composed poems, not all of which were used in the final version of the work. Maquettes for the folder and cards and directions for color stock of paper are included. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In 1971, Finlay sends letters to Michael Harvey, Udo Breger, and bp Nichol (Nichol letter not in Archive) asking assistance in publishing A Boy's Alphabet Book based upon photographs of his toy airplane, glider and ship models to be accompanied by a poem for each letter of the alphabet. He selects Diane Tammes as the photographer for this project and 3 of her b&w photographs are included in this Archive. Nichol replies in June 1973 that Coach House Press may be interested in publishing the book. Nichol replies to Finlay in July 1973 indicating that plans for publishing the book by Coach House Press are still progresing. Finlay replies that he is still looking for a photographer to do the images and brings up the Fulcrum Press legal battle. Nichol acknowledges receipt of the manuscript and photographs (Dave Paterson) in Nov 1974. Finlay replies that he is pleased with its acceptance. Archive contains three manuscripts for the text, designated first shot, second shot and third...

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The book comprises 22 black and white photographs of varied numbers of inner toilet paper rolls inscribed with port letters and fishing numbers drawn by John Andrew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a photograph taken by Paterson of a fighter plane model, held on strings, made by Finlay. The title of the poem suggests the manipulation by the military or government in fighting wars. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a photograph taken by Paterson of a fighter plane model, held on strings, made by Finlay. The title of the poem suggests the manipulation by the military or government in fighting wars. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The photographs of Finlay's sculptural works consisting of stone carvings onto classical columns and vases were taken in the Steinhalle Landesmuseum, Mainz Germany. An explanation of each piece is provided in the back of the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a photograph of the underside of a model glider plane. The caption is subtitled, "Homage a Gris." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This depicts a photograph of a sundial sited at the museum. The drawing for this work is also held by the Sackner Archive. The motto refers to the fact that it is the "golden sun" that is the origin of the shadow which indicates the solar hour. This work is also depicted in Bulletin of the National Galleries of Scotland No.3, a pamphlet periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The photographs of the sculpture in Finlay's garden were made by Dave Patterson. Two brief introductory essays by Bernard Lassus and Stephen Bann are included in the first four pages. The remainder of this book consists of photographs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page depicts a duotone photograph of Finlay's toy airplane, glider and ship models. The facing page has a description for the photograph. There is one photograph and description for each letter of the alphabet. bp Nichol was the editor of Coach House Press at the time of the publication of this book. The Archive for this book is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Photographs of sculptures in Little Sparta, Finlay's garden, by David Paterson done on Christmas 1995. Designed by Finlay and Simig. The title of the book, Unsigned, refers to the name of a model boat in Finlay's collection. A photograph of it is printed in the book which consists only of the photographs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a photograph of models of two V1 rockets employed by the Germans in World War II and the caption refers to the name of the German project to build these rockets, viz., Kirschkern (Cherry Stone). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.