Edinburgh: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1966
9.7 x 138cm, 16pp (recto only). Original wrappers with printed mustard dust jacket. Small artist's book with childlike drawings Emil Antonucci, which are mostly visual puns by Finlay but also all are patches of some kind. Finlay has used the metaphor of a patch in many different works and formats - often as a symbol of the poverty or resourcefulness of rural communities. The print here is light blue and black on white. Murray has this as 3.20.
Another in the series of books which Finlay has entitled with the word Stripe in the title.

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Paris: Gallery du Tournesol, November 1966
25 x 36cm, 28pp on uncut cartridge paper - an artist's book with 10 original lithographs by Juan Romero and a poetic text. Loose signatures which were released uncut (probably awaiting private binding). Published by Boltanski as part of his activities as a gallerist during his first steps in the artworld. VG+. Extremely rare.

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Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1967 21 x 15cm, 4pp offset lithographic price list for the Press. This is the first mention of the change of address as Finlays had just moved to Dunsyre and the Stoneypath Farm. Additional is a long list of new publications as the Press became more prolific. Sea Poem by Robert Lax, Vasarely's early print and other early books and standing cards such as 4 Sails are mentioned as well as POTHs. VG+. ...

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